Update on Gary Gensler Update on Gary Gensler
Six weeks ago I wrote a column about Gary Gensler, Obama's problematic nominee to be chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission As Robert Scheer points out here, Bernie S...
Mar 25, 2009 / Chris Hayes
The Takeover: Who’s Running This Country? The Takeover: Who’s Running This Country?
Matt Taibbi, Jane Hamsher and Robert Johnson discuss what can be done to take that power back from the financial institutions that have wrecked the economy and our democracy.
Mar 25, 2009 / GRITtv
The Kinsey Report The Kinsey Report
The publication of the Kinsey report means for the for the first time that frank talk about sex is no longer the sole domain of the church and psychoanalysts.
Mar 25, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Martin Gumpert
The Press and Watergate The Press and Watergate
The Washington Post and its reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein deservedly won the Pulitzer Prize for demonstrating the immense value of an independent press.
Mar 25, 2009 / The Editors
Obama Attacked With Wave Of ‘Isms’ Obama Attacked With Wave Of ‘Isms’
Communist McCarthyism!? The right-wing makes less sense than usual with its Obama insults.
Mar 25, 2009 / Media Matters for America
An Economic Platform That Is Ours An Economic Platform That Is Ours
In a capitalist economy, the government needs channels to use taxpayers' money to work on social needs, needs that cannot easily be met through market mechanisms.
Mar 25, 2009 / Feature / Saskia Sassen
The Populist Storm (II) The Populist Storm (II)
As mentioned in an earlier post, we're hearing a lot these days about dangerous "pitchfork populists" storming the barricades, as though the public's anger at Wall Street...
Mar 25, 2009 / Eyal Press
The Real Economic Crisis The Real Economic Crisis
Today I want to highlight an example of remarkably good and important journalism, namely, a story in the Washington Post by Karin Brulliard that opens the door, a crack at least, ...
Mar 25, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Thoughts on the Press (Conference) Thoughts on the Press (Conference)
I was in the East Room of the White House last night for the press conference. I was, alas, not one of the 13 journalists given an opportunity to ask the president a question, tho...
Mar 25, 2009 / Chris Hayes
O’Reilly’s Harassment Machine Exposed O’Reilly’s Harassment Machine Exposed
In light of an ambush by Bill O'Reilly producers, progressive blogger Amanda Terkel responded in an incredible manner--with reason.
Mar 25, 2009 / Countdown