The Jazz Singer The Jazz Singer
Hollywood's first talking film marked the beginning of the end for some of cinema's biggest stars, but it did preserve the talent of Al Jolson on celluloid.
Feb 1, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Bakshy
Calculations Could Add GOP Senator to Cabinet Calculations Could Add GOP Senator to Cabinet
With speculation running rampant that New Hampshire Republican Judd Gregg could be plucked from the Senate by President Obama and nominated to serve as Commerce Secretary, we retu...
Feb 1, 2009 / John Nichols
What Happened in Congress This Week What Happened in Congress This Week
From correspondent Greg Kaufmann a look back at last week on the Hill: Here are the big items this week: the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act that reverses the terrible anti-equal pa...
Jan 31, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Obama’s Security Priorities Obama’s Security Priorities
He has significantly pivoted US policy on torture. But where the president stands on warrantless wiretapping should give progressives some cause for concern.
Dirty Trickster Steele Is New RNC Chair Dirty Trickster Steele Is New RNC Chair
When Michael Steele ran for Maryland's open US Senate in 2006, his backers hired 300 mostly poor African Americans from Philadelphia -- most if not all of them unemployed, many of...
Jan 30, 2009 / John Nichols
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
First things first, we have a new Think Again column here called "Spying on Journalists? Why the Silence?" and a new Nation column called "The Defamation League," here, which add...
Jan 30, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Vote for White House Farmer Vote for White House Farmer
Author Michael Pollan suggested last fall that the next president--as part of a broader move to encourage understanding of and support for sustainable agriculture--should appoint ...
Jan 30, 2009 / John Nichols
Is the GOP the Obstruction Party? Is the GOP the Obstruction Party?
The Nation's Chris Hayes explains why bipartisan overtures from Democrats failed to win GOP support for Obama's stimulus bill.
Jan 30, 2009 / Countdown
Let’s Get A-Changin’ at Treasury Let’s Get A-Changin’ at Treasury
This, from Barry Ritholtz about Timothy Geithner's performance so far is pretty on the money: I've noticed something I find a bit disturbing about our new Treasury Secretary: He ...
Jan 30, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Bloody Monday Bloody Monday
The headlines tell the story. On Tuesday, my hometown paper played the news relatively mildly as "Layoffs Spread to More Sectors of the Economy"; the Washington Post cho...
Jan 30, 2009 / TomDispatch