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
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