Secret GOP Strategy Session Revealed Secret GOP Strategy Session Revealed
The Republicans on Capitol Hill celebrate their 'victory' in the stimulus fight and plot their next scheme: taking down the Obama girls.
Feb 16, 2009 / Saturday Night Live
Holbrooke, Blair Note Iran’s Afghan Role Holbrooke, Blair Note Iran’s Afghan Role
Richard Holbrooke, US envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, had nice words to say about Iran and its potential role in fixing Afghanistan, in a manner that the New York Times suggest...
Feb 16, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
A Recap of Last Week’s Action on the Hill A Recap of Last Week’s Action on the Hill
Courtesy of Greg Kaufmann: "There are three Republicans in the Senate who are writing this policy," Democratic Rep. Peter DeFazio complained about the American Recovery and Reinv...
Feb 16, 2009 / Chris Hayes
One Congressman Who Gets It: Pete DeFazio One Congressman Who Gets It: Pete DeFazio
Who cast the most meaningful vote on the final version of the federal "stimulus" legislation? Here's a hint: It was not one of the Republican senators who extracted extreme compr...
Feb 15, 2009 / John Nichols
This Week’s Woman We Love to Hate This Week’s Woman We Love to Hate
Just in time for the Big Recession comes Nadya Suleman, the unemployed single mom with six kids under the age of seven plus a complete set of octuplets and no more sense than a ...
Feb 15, 2009 / Katha Pollitt
William Greider Responds William Greider Responds
William Greider defends his analysis of how Social Security is threatened by entitlement reformists.
Feb 14, 2009 / William Greider
Anatomy of a Stimulus Smear Anatomy of a Stimulus Smear
Keith Olbermann explores how Fox News, Rush Limbaugh and other right wingers managed to spread outright lies about the stimulus.
Feb 13, 2009 / Countdown
The Peterson Foundation Responds The Peterson Foundation Responds
David M. Walker, president and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, responds to William Greider's essay, Looting Wall Street, published in the March 2 edition of The Nation.
Feb 13, 2009 / The Nation
WSF: Is Another World Possible? WSF: Is Another World Possible?
At a time of economic, climatic and political crisis, advocates of social justice gathered for the annual World Social Forum to contemplate a new vision for a better world.
Feb 13, 2009 / Feature / Tim Costello and Brendan Smith
Senate, House Approve Stimulus With Scant GOP Support Senate, House Approve Stimulus With Scant GOP Support
With the deciding vote cast by Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown -- who interrupted preparations for his mother's funeral to return to Washington -- the U.S. Senate approved the $787 bil...
Feb 13, 2009 / John Nichols