John Hope Franklin, RIP John Hope Franklin, RIP
I was a history major in college so I'm especially saddened when any great historian dies. But John Hope Franklin, who passed away this morning at the age of 94, was far more than...
Mar 25, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
After Gaza: Jerusalem? After Gaza: Jerusalem?
Reclaiming Palestinian territory in East Jerusalem looks to be new frontier for Israeli expansionism.
Mar 25, 2009 / Feature / Helena Cobban
Obama’s ‘Katrina Moment’? Never Mind. Obama’s ‘Katrina Moment’? Never Mind.
The AIG bailout bonuses were "Obama's Katrina Moment" -- that's what Frank Rich argued in his New York Times column on Sunday. Just three days later that seems like a ri...
Mar 25, 2009 / Jon Wiener
McGovern: The Man, the Press, the Machine, the Odds McGovern: The Man, the Press, the Machine, the Odds
A decent man runs a flawed campaign.
Mar 25, 2009 / Feature / Arthur I. Blaustein and Peter T. Sussman
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