Planting the Seeds Planting the Seeds
The ACLU is offering 16 young civil liberties activists $12,500 each toward their first year in college. The winners will become part of a special class of scholar-activists, part...
Oct 14, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
A Well-Deserved Prize for An Outspoken Liberal A Well-Deserved Prize for An Outspoken Liberal
Before the Bush years, Paul Krugman was simply an economist. As a young academic, he made a tremendous splash through his work on economic geography, developing what came to be kn...
Oct 14, 2008 / Chris Hayes
My Great Depression My Great Depression
Far more than all the other bad things that have happened during the Bush years, our current financial crisis makes me feel that the American empire is in ruin.
Oct 14, 2008 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Radio Nation with Laura Flanders: For Real Change, Vote Green? Radio Nation with Laura Flanders: For Real Change, Vote Green?
Green Party VP nominee Rosa Clemente makes her case. Plus: Van Jones on how green jobs can get us out of this economic crisis.
Oct 14, 2008 / Radio Nation
Chocolate News: Is Obama Really Black? Chocolate News: Is Obama Really Black?
Comedian David Alan Grier implores White America to get over its irrational fear of voting for a Black man.
Oct 14, 2008 / Chocolate News
Frank Gaffney’s Obama Insanity Frank Gaffney’s Obama Insanity
Some pundits have intelligent things to say, even if now and then they let their emotions step all over their better judgment. Some pundits have little or nothing intelligent to s...
Oct 14, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Nation to New Yorkers: Vote Change Like You Mean It. Nation to New Yorkers: Vote Change Like You Mean It.
"In an otherwise desultory fall election, there is one lever New York voters can pull on Election Day that will make a real difference – that of the Working Families Party…"--...
Oct 13, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Openings for US-Iran Deal? Openings for US-Iran Deal?
The elections in Iran are nearly a year away, but it's encouraging to see the emerging possibility of a new bid for the presidency by former President Mohammad Khatami. Last week,...
Oct 13, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
A Phrase for Obama: “The McCain-Bush Economy” A Phrase for Obama: “The McCain-Bush Economy”
The new Washington Post-ABC News poll is out, and the numbers are astounding. No, we're not talking about Barack Obama's lead, although let's be clear that a 53-42 advantage over...
Oct 13, 2008 / John Nichols
The Right’s Response to the Bailout The Right’s Response to the Bailout
It's a tough time to be a conservative, and not just because John McCain has been nose-diving in the polls. The financial crisis seems to be history rendering its final judgment o...
Oct 13, 2008 / Chris Hayes