From My Inbox: WRRAP Says Thanks; UPDATE From My Inbox: WRRAP Says Thanks; UPDATE
Despite hard times which have made philanthropy hard for many, readers responded to the appeal in my last post for donations for the Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project...
Mar 31, 2009 / Katha Pollitt
US Envoy Writes of Israeli Threats US Envoy Writes of Israeli Threats
In a forthcoming memoir, John Gunther Dean writes about not only pressure from pro-Israeli officials in Washington but attempts on his life for reaching out to the Palestinians.
Mar 31, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
Carmageddon ’09: Obama’s Lemon Aid Carmageddon ’09: Obama’s Lemon Aid
When Detroit gives the American public lemons we give them billions of dollars.
Mar 31, 2009 / The Daily Show
The Senate is Broken The Senate is Broken
Over the weekend, during a drive to and from New York I listened to Steven Johnson's enjoyable and stimulating new book The Invention of Air. It's about a British scientist/preach...
Mar 31, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Blue Gold: Have the Next Resource Wars Begun? Blue Gold: Have the Next Resource Wars Begun?
How we decide to manage water will determine whether our future is peaceful or perilous.
Mar 31, 2009 / Feature / Tara Lohan
Hightower vs. McCain on Afghanistan Hightower vs. McCain on Afghanistan
Jim Hightower debates John McCain (sort of) over the unasked questions with regards to Afghanistan.
Mar 31, 2009 / Brave New Films
Obama’s Democrat Problem Obama’s Democrat Problem
The must-read in this week's news magazines is Jonathan Chait's lacerating piece on Congressional Democrats in The New Republic, in particular the centrists and moderates who are d...
Mar 31, 2009 / Eyal Press
Bridging It Bridging It
With the help of a collector, Sonny Rollins has taken the curating of his career in a new direction.
Mar 31, 2009 / Books & the Arts / K. Leander Williams
Auto Gets Tough Love, While Wall Street Feels the Love Auto Gets Tough Love, While Wall Street Feels the Love
Of course, General Motors CEO Rick Rick Wagoner was incapable of running a major auto company. Aside from a name that sounded like a Jeep model, Wagoner brought nothing to the Ame...
Mar 31, 2009 / John Nichols
No to War, No to NATO No to War, No to NATO
With President Obama announcing his new strategy for US/NATO escalation in Afghanistan, the April 3-4 NATO Summit in Baden-Baden and Kehl, Germany, and in Strasbourg, France, take...
Mar 31, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel