Antica e Moderna: The Poetry of Umberto Saba Antica e Moderna: The Poetry of Umberto Saba
The poems of Umberto Saba let tradition speak to and through modernity.
Mar 18, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Susan Stewart
There Will Always Be Blood: True Crime Writing There Will Always Be Blood: True Crime Writing
An anthology of true crime writing appeals to the culture vulture--and the plain old vulture--in us.
Mar 18, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Lorna Scott Fox
The People’s Press Conference The People’s Press Conference
A new initiative empowers citizens to submit and rank questions for the president to answer.
Mar 18, 2009 / Feature / Ari Melber
Miseries of ‘Il Manifesto’ Miseries of ‘Il Manifesto’
Italy's small, independent, radical daily is an indispensable voice on the left.
Mar 18, 2009 / Feature / Norman Birnbaum
The Death and Life of Great American Newspapers The Death and Life of Great American Newspapers
The collapse of journalism threatens democracy itself--that's why we need a government rescue.
Mar 18, 2009 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
Bush Law Continued Bush Law Continued
Obama vowed to reverse Bush's excesses. But his resistance to judicial oversight and constitutional restraint may render his promises unenforceable.
Mar 18, 2009 / David Cole
AIG Lights a Fire AIG Lights a Fire
A new kind of economic populism is driving grassroots protests to nationalize, reorganize and decentralize the financial system.
Mar 18, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Noted. Noted.
Iraq by the numbers, six years on; John Nichols on The Daily Show's meltdown smackdown.
Mar 18, 2009 / The Editors
Which Side Are You On? Which Side Are You On?
Every Democratic elected official must answer an old but newly relevant question: are you for or against labor unions?
Mar 18, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Don’t Bail on EFCA Don’t Bail on EFCA
In a climate of crisis, it would be foolish for Democrats to retreat from the one measure that could rebalance our disastrous economic formula: pass the EFCA.
Mar 18, 2009 / The Editors