Undecided Progressives: Make the Difference for Obama Undecided Progressives: Make the Difference for Obama
Thinking of casting a symbolic vote for Nader or some other third-party progressive? Think again.
Oct 8, 2008 / Tom Hayden
Obama v. McCain: “Fundamental Difference” on Health Care Obama v. McCain: “Fundamental Difference” on Health Care
NASHVILLE -- Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama offered radically different responses to what was arguably the best question asked so far in any of this year's debat...
Oct 8, 2008 / John Nichols
Activist Scholars Stand Up Activist Scholars Stand Up
Win an ACLU youth scholarship for $12,500.
Oct 7, 2008 / StudentNation / The Nation
Toxic Loans, Tainted Food Toxic Loans, Tainted Food
As financial markets reel from the US financial crisis and tainted Chinese dairy products are sold around the world, we're learning hard lessons on the limits of globalization.
Oct 7, 2008 / Feature / David E. Gumpert
Olbermann’s Special Comment on Palin and Terrorism Olbermann’s Special Comment on Palin and Terrorism
Keith Olbermann takes Sarah Palin to task for her baseless and insidious attacks on Barack Obama's character and patriotism.
Oct 7, 2008 / Countdown
Krapp’s Last Horse Krapp’s Last Horse
With his new play Kicking a Dead Horse, Sam Shepard is still stranded in a prairie of tough-guy cliché.
Oct 7, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb
Sarah Palin’s Extreme Sports Sarah Palin’s Extreme Sports
Polititians routinely manipulate Americans' fixation with sports. But Sarah Palin plays an extreme--and disingenuous--version of the game.
Oct 7, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin
Bush’s Failing Financial “Surge” Bush’s Failing Financial “Surge”
Here we are, with ringside seats--far too close for comfort--at the Great Global Crash of '08. Nobody's quite calling it that yet, but what else could it be? All over the world y...
Oct 7, 2008 / TomDispatch
Bearing Witness: The Afghan Tragedy Bearing Witness: The Afghan Tragedy
Seven years after the US invasion, Afghanistan is still chained to the fundamentalist warlords and the Taliban. Women and children suffer the most.
Oct 7, 2008 / Malalai Joya
Expert Failure Expert Failure
Eli Lake and I talk about the VP debate, the future of newspapers and the financial crisis on bloggingheads. Here's our discussion of something I've been thinking a lot about: the...
Oct 7, 2008 / Chris Hayes