Q&A with Jim Brown Q&A with Jim Brown
The Hall of Fame football legend discusses his experiences working with gangs in the black community and why the death penalty just doesn't work.
Sep 5, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin
Inside Palin’s Politics Inside Palin’s Politics
Wednesday night I did a CBS Webcast with Katie Couric and sparred with Republican strategist Barbara Comstock over Sarah Palin -- what she represents and where she would lead the...
Sep 5, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sarah, Will UB My BFF? Sarah, Will UB My BFF?
U R so right: With the beehive and schoolmarm glasses, people really take you seriously!
Sep 5, 2008 / Annabelle Gurwitch
The Anti-Republican Who Is Really a Republican The Anti-Republican Who Is Really a Republican
ST. PAUL – In the eighth year of Republican dominance of the executive branch of the federal government, after an extended period in which Republicans also controlled the legisl...
Sep 5, 2008 / John Nichols
McCain’s “Worst Speech” Panned by Pundits McCain’s “Worst Speech” Panned by Pundits
John McCain's nomination speech was so flat, so disjointed, so utterly devoid of any vision or affirmative plan for the U.S. -- it's hard to say much about it, other than it sucked...
Sep 5, 2008 / Ari Melber
Ratings Race: Can McCain Beat Palin? Ratings Race: Can McCain Beat Palin?
ST. PAUL -- The numbers are in for Sarah Palin's Republican National Convention speech, and they're pretty remarkable. Some 37.2 million viewers watched Palin deliver a sharp, fr...
Sep 4, 2008 / John Nichols
Jon Stewart Hits Karl Rove, Bill O’Reilly, Dick Morris On Sarah Jon Stewart Hits Karl Rove, Bill O’Reilly, Dick Morris On Sarah
Jon Stewart exposes the shameless GOP double-speak in the wake of the Palin selection.
Sep 4, 2008 / The Daily Show
Community Organizers Fight Back Community Organizers Fight Back
Organizers are not particularly practiced at taking things lying down. Surprise! "I have ‘actual responsibilities,'" said Jacqueline del Valle, a community organizer in the B...
Sep 4, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Back Talk: Elizabeth Royte Back Talk: Elizabeth Royte
Environmental writer Elizabeth Royte plumbs our obsession with bottled water.
Sep 4, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
Cheney Blusters Through the Caucasus Cheney Blusters Through the Caucasus
Leave aside the fact that it's hard to imagine how to invest $1 billion in aid to the tiny rogue nation of Georgia. Dick Cheney, scowl and bluster on display, is cruising through ...
Sep 4, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss