The Politics of Hunger The Politics of Hunger
Oil prices have come down steadily but the global food crisis continues to worsen. What's driving the crisis at home and abroad?
Jan 27, 2009 / GRITtv
Apologies Accepted Apologies Accepted
If this were a real blog, I'd have more crowing to do regarding theTimes' decision to drop William Kristol from its op-ed page. I wrote acolumn about his hiring for the American...
Jan 27, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Scientists Come Out for Human Rights Scientists Come Out for Human Rights
After eight years of being sidelined by the Bush administration, many in notoriously apolitical professions are ready to stand up and be counted on the social and ethical implicati...
Jan 27, 2009 / Feature / Sonia Shah
Conyers Subpoenas Rove Conyers Subpoenas Rove
"Change has come to Washington, and I hope Karl Rove is ready for it," declared House Judiciary Committee chair John Conyers, D-Michigan, on Monday, when he issued a new subpoena ...
Jan 27, 2009 / John Nichols
Purple Heart, Purple Haze Purple Heart, Purple Haze
By honoring the psychological wounds of soldiers--not shaming them--the armed forces might give fighting men and women the respect they deserve.
Jan 26, 2009 / Feature / Simon Maxwell Apter
Tiger’s Tepid ‘Coming Out Party’ Tiger’s Tepid ‘Coming Out Party’
The notoriously apolitical Tiger Woods's presence at Barack Obama's pre-inauguration concert could have been momentous. But it wasn't.
Jan 26, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin
Paulson’s $140 Billion Surprise Paulson’s $140 Billion Surprise
Henry Paulson rewrote a piece of the tax code to expedite mergers. Will Tim Geithner and the Democrats attempt to correct the wrong?
Jan 26, 2009 / American News Project
A New Era in Government? A New Era in Government?
The Bush era is coming to an end. But is it a new era of progressive government? The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel and others discuss the possibilities.
Jan 26, 2009 / GRITtv
The Week Ahead The Week Ahead
Correspondent Greg Kaufmann writes in with a look at the week ahead on the Hill: Here's the big stuff everyone will cover: The $825 billion recovery package will be taken up by t...
Jan 26, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Star Wars Star Wars
The only film ever made that could be said to have cost the United States government billions--in a missile defense system that only Hollywood could make work.
Jan 25, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch