Obama’s Gaffe-Free Iraq Trip Obama’s Gaffe-Free Iraq Trip
Jon Stewart jokes that with one shot, Barack Obama dispelled all rumors of his lack of foreign policy experience.
Jul 22, 2008 / The Daily Show
“The Organizer is the Hero” “The Organizer is the Hero”
Reader CK writes in with some thoughts on MoveOn and organizing: I just read your article about MoveOn, and remembered that I'd removed myself from their mailing list, as I have ...
Jul 22, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Obama’s Global Victory Lap Has McCain Desperate Obama’s Global Victory Lap Has McCain Desperate
What was John McCain thinking? Did the Republican who would be president really think that by goading Democrat Barack Obama into visiting Afghanistan and Iraq -- countries the se...
Jul 22, 2008 / John Nichols
When COINTELPRO Came to Town When COINTELPRO Came to Town
The Maryland State Police's Department of Homeland Security has devoted hundreds of hours and thousands of taxpayer dollars to harassing people whose only crime was opposing the wa...
Jul 21, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin
South Dakota Showdown South Dakota Showdown
I've blogged in the past about efforts in South Dakota to impose draconian restrictions on women's reproductive rights. Falling short of their ultimate goal of overriding Roe v. W...
Jul 21, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Obama in Iraq: The Gift of a Timetable Obama in Iraq: The Gift of a Timetable
An Iraqi government desperate for credibility could receive no better gift than Obama's exit plan.
Jul 21, 2008 / Feature / Patrick Cockburn
Daydreaming and I’m Thinking of You Daydreaming and I’m Thinking of You
This Week: Congresswoman Kang takes a cruise, gets some strategic advice from Ho Chi Minh and finds that this is but a pause before the big showdown.
Jul 21, 2008 / Feature / Gary Phillips
RadioNation With Laura Flanders RadioNation With Laura Flanders
Jen Marlowe reports on Darfur, Eli Pariser on MoveOn and a new sex columnist weighs in on Barack and Michelle.
Jul 21, 2008 / Radio Nation
Creeping Militarism? Creeping Militarism?
A strange week of war. Israeli historian Benny Morris placed a bloodcurdling and bizarre op-ed in the New York Times, insisting that only an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear faci...
Jul 21, 2008 / TomDispatch
Regime Change Regime Change
According to the AP, Maliki's spokesperson essentially just reiterated (in English!) his support for Obama's timeline. What's truly amazing about this turn of events is that it m...
Jul 21, 2008 / Chris Hayes