Save the Solis Nomination Save the Solis Nomination
Labor secretary-designee Hilda Solis is not a toxic asset in the Obama personnel portfolio. The GOP is wrong to equate her husband's tax dispute with the infractions of high roller...
Feb 9, 2009 / Feature / John Nichols
The Biden Speech: The Downside The Biden Speech: The Downside
Joe Biden's widely hailed speech hit a lot of the notes calculated to please his European audience. But there's a lot to worry about, too, in the vice president's address. Most w...
Feb 9, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Last Week on the Hill Last Week on the Hill
From Greg Kaufmann: This Week in Congress Republicans continued to fight with no holds barred to defend a failed ideology. Thirty-six out of 41 Republican Senatorsvoted for an ...
Feb 8, 2009 / Chris Hayes
From My Inbox: UPDATE on Dr. Susan Wicklund’s Clinic From My Inbox: UPDATE on Dr. Susan Wicklund’s Clinic
The Mountain Country Women's Clinic in Livingston MT has been open for one week. There were 51 picketers, and patients from hundreds of miles away. That tells you that for all ...
Feb 8, 2009 / Katha Pollitt
More Bipartisanship, Less Stimulus More Bipartisanship, Less Stimulus
Determined to pass something in the way of a stimulus package, Senate Democrats on Friday bartered away key elements of the more robust plan approved by the House. Senate Majorit...
Feb 7, 2009 / John Nichols
Steadfast Before Goliath Steadfast Before Goliath
A leading Palestinian politician defends his people and their nonviolent resistance to Israeli occupation.
Feb 6, 2009 / Mustafa Barghouti
Progressives and Obama Progressives and Obama
A panel discussion on progressive change in the Obama era, with Eli Pariser, William Greider, Patricia Williams and Lawrence Korb.
Feb 6, 2009 / Nation Audio
Paul Krugman: GOP Is Led by Limbaugh Paul Krugman: GOP Is Led by Limbaugh
Nobel prize winning economist Paul Krugman defends Obama's stimulus package and paints Republicans as obstructionists.
Feb 6, 2009 / MSNBC
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
We've got a new Think Again column here called "William Kristol: Journalism's Indispensable Man."
Name: Charles Pierce
Hometown: Newton, MA.
Hey Doc:
Feb 6, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Jim Harney, 1940-2008 Jim Harney, 1940-2008
Guided by the principles of liberation theology, he devoted his life to the pursuit of peace and social justice.
Feb 6, 2009 / Laura Foner and David Weinstein