Taking Back the Economy Taking Back the Economy
Laura Dean attended the local Take Back the Economy protest today and files this dispatch: Quite a crowd had gathered outside AIG's K street offices despite the dreary weather fo...
Mar 19, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Is Anyone Covering Iraq Anymore? Is Anyone Covering Iraq Anymore?
The Iraq war wasn't one of the US media's finer moments. But six years on, have they improved?
Mar 19, 2009 / GRITtv
Grassley to Rush: More Lies Please Grassley to Rush: More Lies Please
I think there's a fascinating cultural difference between the way that Democratic politicians view the progressive base (as something to keep distance from, to be triangulated aga...
Mar 19, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Everybody Wants to Rule the World Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Big Alter-media week: We've got a new called "Think Again column called"Remember Real Journalism," and it's here. We did a BHTV episode with our new conservative buddy Reihan,...
Mar 19, 2009 / Eric Alterman
What AIG Started What AIG Started
As promised here's my comment in this week's issue on the AIG bonus issue. It's behind a sub-wall, but I'm just gonna yank it out and post it here: The infamous letter from AIG C...
Mar 19, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Another Way to Recoup The Bonuses Another Way to Recoup The Bonuses
Like everyone I've been following the AIG brouhaha, though with more than a bit of skepticism at the howls of outrage from the political class. (I have some more extended thoughts...
Mar 19, 2009 / Chris Hayes
The New “Welfare Queens” The New “Welfare Queens”
I am deriving a quirky and somewhat devious pleasure from the current rhetoric surrounding the AIG bonus debacle. I've noticed that members of Congress, media outlets, and the gen...
Mar 19, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry
What Would You Ask Obama? What Would You Ask Obama?
If ordinary citizens could attend a White House press conference, what would they want to know? Submit your questions here for a People's Press Conference.
Mar 19, 2009 / Feature / Ari Melber
Obama Takes Fight to Southern Calif. GOP Obama Takes Fight to Southern Calif. GOP
When Barack Obama appeared on Wednesday at a town hall-style event at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Southern California, he was challenging the Republicans in their historic hea...
Mar 19, 2009 / Jon Wiener
A Nameless Vocation: On Fanny Howe A Nameless Vocation: On Fanny Howe
In The Winter Sun, Fanny Howe proves to be a reluctant and rebellious memoirist.
Mar 18, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko