“One Thing” “One Thing”
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and this year, Connecticut Sexual Assault Crisis Services and the Victim/Survivor Advisory Council are making it easy to take a critical f...
Apr 9, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Nationalize, Reorganize, Decentralize Nationalize, Reorganize, Decentralize
Two days ago I wrote about introducing a new kind of scale-based antitrust. Before exploring some other structural reforms, I want to encourage people to join a nationwide demonstr...
Apr 9, 2009 / Zephyr Teachout
Noam Chomsky on the Heathcare Hold Up Noam Chomsky on the Heathcare Hold Up
Noam Chomsky explains the lag between public will to de-privatize healthcare and political plans to implement a new system.
Apr 9, 2009 / OntheEarthProduction
The Blame for Lawrence The Blame for Lawrence
Textile workers seek only a living wage, but their walkout is met with violence at the hands of the police and a jingoistic citizenry.
Apr 9, 2009 / Feature / Raymond Swing
Fair Elections Now (Or a Donor Strike?) Fair Elections Now (Or a Donor Strike?)
At this perilous moment, as we face key battles on the economic crisis, climate change, healthcare, and a slew of other issues, it's important to recognize that these fights will ...
Apr 9, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Ahoy, Obama! They’s Pirates Aplenty in These Waters Ahoy, Obama! They’s Pirates Aplenty in These Waters
Forget the economy! Vice President Joe Biden says the White House is working "around the clock" on the problem of piracy in the Gulf of Aden and on the Indian Ocean. Asked by a ...
Apr 9, 2009 / John Nichols
Joe Lieberman’s Love of Lasers Joe Lieberman’s Love of Lasers
Jon Stewart wonders what upside down world sees a defense spending increase as a deep cut.
Apr 9, 2009 / The Daily Show
Lesson from Vermont: Don’t Cower, Push. Lesson from Vermont: Don’t Cower, Push.
They did it. On Tuesday the Vermont legislature formally recognized that civil unions are not the same as marriage. Forgive me for saying it, but I think the Vermonters h...
Apr 9, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Ten Things You Can Do to Oppose the War in Afghanistan Ten Things You Can Do to Oppose the War in Afghanistan
Get involved in the peace movement. Demand oversight hearings. Read up on the war--and more.
Apr 8, 2009 / Z.P. Heller
Dennis Ross’s Iran Plan Dennis Ross’s Iran Plan
Is Obama's dialogue with Iran already doomed?
Apr 8, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss