I’ve Got a Right to Sing the Blues… I’ve Got a Right to Sing the Blues…
We've got a new Think Again here. It's called "Cable News Blues."Â My Nation column, comparing Jon Stewart with yes, Edward R. Murrow, is here, and I did a post about Obama's pre...
Mar 26, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Militant Minorities Militant Minorities
The task of socialists today is to build and support such militant minorities so that tomorrow we can set larger groups into motion.
Mar 26, 2009 / Feature / Dan La Botz
Noted. Noted.
Esther Kaplan on the SEIU and the California Nurses Association's "game changer"; Bruce Shapiro on the death penalty; praise and prizes for The Nation.
Mar 26, 2009 / The Editors
Bonus Outrage: Class Struggle or Class Envy? Bonus Outrage: Class Struggle or Class Envy?
Imagine, if you will, a white-collar CEO version of the TV show Cops. Roll cameras. Send up the chopper.
Mar 26, 2009 / Column / Gary Younge
Behold the Michele Bachmann Effect Behold the Michele Bachmann Effect
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has an uncanny ability to provoke befuddlement in the faces of her adversaries.
Mar 26, 2009 / Talking Points Memo
Is Jon Stewart Our Ed Murrow? Maybe… Is Jon Stewart Our Ed Murrow? Maybe…
It's a sad comment on the state of the media that we have come to rely on funnymen to tell us the truth about our country.
Mar 26, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman
Experts of the World Unite Experts of the World Unite
Despite Obama's inaugural call for a New Era of Responsibility, the old cynicism threatens a comeback.
Mar 26, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Geithnerism Must Go Geithnerism Must Go
In the end, the treasury secretary's fate is less important than the fate of the economic principles he has championed.
Mar 26, 2009 / The Editors
A ‘Stolen’ Education A ‘Stolen’ Education
An inner-city mother jailed for sending her kids to a suburban school district? This belongs to a past we'd do best to leave behind.
Mar 26, 2009 / Susan Eaton
Fair Elections Now! Fair Elections Now!
The moment is ripe for major campaign-finance reform.
Mar 26, 2009 / Nick Nyhart and David Donnelly