Fox News Attacked by Rapper, Blackroots & Colbert (Updated) Fox News Attacked by Rapper, Blackroots & Colbert (Updated)
It might be Fox News' worst nightmare: liberal bloggers and black hip hop. The rapper with the #1 album in the country is waging war on Fox News, in a new campaign backed by black...
Jul 24, 2008 / Ari Melber
Why Air Travel Sucks: An Explanation Why Air Travel Sucks: An Explanation
So I've been on a bit of a jag about how awful flying is. I've flown four of the last eight weeks and every single return trip has had some very significant problems: three cancel...
Jul 23, 2008 / Chris Hayes
How Wall Street Wrecked Your Retirement How Wall Street Wrecked Your Retirement
The architects of America's disfunctional financial system allowed Wall Street gamble with our retirement savings--and now they appear to have lost it.
Jul 23, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Vanity Fair Misses the Point Vanity Fair Misses the Point
Vanity Fair has released a cartoon cover online in response to the New Yorker's swipe at the media coverage of the Obamas. The fake Vanity Fair cover shows John McCain, in a walker...
Jul 23, 2008 / Laura Flanders
Obama Sets the Right Middle East Peace Timeline Obama Sets the Right Middle East Peace Timeline
When I interviewed former President Carter about how to pursue and achieve peace in the Middle East, he made two essential points. First: "It is possible for an American Presiden...
Jul 23, 2008 / John Nichols
“I Didn’ Know I Hit Him” “I Didn’ Know I Hit Him”
More on Novak's hit and run: Bono said that after being hit the pedestrian was "splayed up onto the windshield and hood." The driver then turned right onto the K Street service l...
Jul 23, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Irony Alert Irony Alert
Bush To Address GOP Convention On Labor Day
Wonder if he'll work in some praise for the Pinkertons.
Jul 23, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Is John McCain Racist? Is John McCain Racist?
Author Irwin Tang talks about McCain's excessive use of the derogatory term 'gook', in his new book John McCain's Racism and Why it Matters.
Jul 23, 2008 / The UpTake
Back in the USSR Back in the USSR
Two news items this week underline the cost of the Bush Administration's bungling anti-Russia policy. Both relate to Russian activity in its old stomping ground in America's Latin...
Jul 23, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama on the Brink Obama on the Brink
Barack Obama is betraying his promise of change and is in danger of becoming just another political hack. Please prove me wrong.
Jul 23, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer