Extreme Water Emergencies Extreme Water Emergencies
Floods, drought, pollution, wildfires: summer's extreme water conditions afflicting the United States this summer are a call to action. Why are we helpless?
Jul 28, 2008 / Feature / Elizabeth de la Vega
Radio Nation With Laura Flanders Radio Nation With Laura Flanders
Naomi Klein asks if the economy is at risk, or if it's really capitalism? Plus, Annabelle Gurwitch and the celebrating the death of the GOP.
Jul 28, 2008 / Radio Nation
A Serious Question of Character A Serious Question of Character
For many Americans, the measure of a candidate seeking the presidency comes down to questions of character. Perhaps the most important of these is: How does he or she react under...
Jul 28, 2008 / John Nichols
The Suicide Solution The Suicide Solution
Believe it or not, suicide is becoming an increasingly popular response to dealing with debt.
Jul 28, 2008 / Barbara Ehrenreich
MoveOn Forum MoveOn Forum
TPM Cafe is hosting a discussion this week of my MoveOn article. There'll be feedback and criticism from some of the sources I quote in the article, and I'll be chiming in myself....
Jul 28, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Americans, Government, and the American Dream Americans, Government, and the American Dream
According to a new Time/Rockefeller Foundation poll, 85% of Americans believe that the country is on the wrong track. And it is. Our economy is cratering, homes and jobs are bei...
Jul 28, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Women’s Advocate Is UN’s New Human Rights Chief Women’s Advocate Is UN’s New Human Rights Chief
Despite the Bush Administration's scramble to scuttle her nomination because she is--gasp!--a feminist, a South African judge is named high commissioner for human rights.
Jul 27, 2008 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
Iraq on the Edge Iraq on the Edge
While everyone's looking at Iraq's effect on American politics -- and whether or not John McCain and Barack Obama are converging on a policy that combines a flexible timetable wit...
Jul 27, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama’s Berlin Visit Obama’s Berlin Visit
A nation whose citizens have been largely turned off to politics held Barack Obama in a fervent embrace, viewing America once again as a place of new possibilities.
Jul 26, 2008 / Feature / Norman Birnbaum
House Committee Considers the “I” Word House Committee Considers the “I” Word
As the House Judiciary Committee took up the question of how best to address what its chairman described as "the Imperial Presidency of George W. Bush," it was one of the ranking ...
Jul 25, 2008 / John Nichols