Drop the Rock Drop the Rock
"Few public safety initiatives have failed as badly and for as long as the Rockefeller Drug Laws." That's how New York Governor David Paterson described New York State's drug law...
Feb 19, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Will Obama Do With KBR? What Will Obama Do With KBR?
KBR civilian workers can be found in every nook and cranny of US bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, thanks to sweetheart contracts negotiated in the Bush/Cheney era. Is this any way to...
Feb 19, 2009 / Feature / Pratap Chatterjee
‘Slumdog Millionaire’: From Fantasy to Reality ‘Slumdog Millionaire’: From Fantasy to Reality
Slumdog Millionaire may provide romantic escapism for some, but for me it stirs up very real memories from my childhood in India.
Feb 19, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Nur Laiq
Can We Take The Media Seriously? Can We Take The Media Seriously?
Is the media out of touch? We talk about the good, the bad, the ugly--and The Nation's Leslie Savan on the Oscars.
Feb 19, 2009 / Books & the Arts / GRITtv
Still Tired… Still Tired…
We (Danielle and I) have a new Think Again up here It's called Media To Climate: 'DropDead' We had a few problems with the links last time and apparently a great manypeople, t...
Feb 19, 2009 / Eric Alterman
The Nation’s Chris Hayes on Michele Bachmann’s Bull The Nation’s Chris Hayes on Michele Bachmann’s Bull
The Nation's Chris Hayes crowns Congresswoman Michele Bachmann the Demi Glas of Wingnuttia for her ignorant attack on the stimulus plan.
Feb 19, 2009 / Countdown
AEI and Afghanistan: Listen to Petraeus! AEI and Afghanistan: Listen to Petraeus!
Across the left and among progressives, there is angst about President Obama's decision to add 17,000 troops to the war in Afghanistan. Among neoconservatives and the right -- jud...
Feb 19, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Can a Green Economy Save a Drying Planet? Can a Green Economy Save a Drying Planet?
While we are busy addressing the economic meltdown, the worst droughts in history present a new, possibly bigger threat that there's no clear roadmap for fixing.
Feb 19, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Bloomberg: Wrong Mayor, Wrong City, Wrong Time Bloomberg: Wrong Mayor, Wrong City, Wrong Time
Any erstwhile liberal New Yorkers thinking of supporting Mike Bloomberg's bid for a third term should read the New York Times carefully. The city hasn't been spared the ravages of ...
Feb 18, 2009 / Richard Kim
Obama’s War? Obama’s War?
Obama's escalation threatens to make Bush's war his own. There's still time to change direction.
Feb 18, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel