Our Lapdog Media Our Lapdog Media
What should we do when Big Media fails democracy? First, don't let it get any bigger.
May 1, 2008 / The Editors
Quote of the Day Quote of the Day
Dana Perino, on the occasion of Mission Accomplished day: "President Bush is well aware that the banner should have been more specific. ... It's been a very tough month in Iraq. ...
May 1, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Message Testing Message Testing
J Street reader JL emailed yesterday to make an interesting point: I think that once political campaigns make decisions about how to characterize their opponents, they grow to be...
May 1, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Former DNC Chair Switches From Clinton to Obama Former DNC Chair Switches From Clinton to Obama
Barack Obama is supposed be having a rough week – and, no doubt, Hillary Clinton and Bill O'Reilly are doing everything in their power to make it one. But Obama keeps pulling s...
May 1, 2008 / John Nichols
Food Crisis Worsens Food Crisis Worsens
Watch this appeal from Zainab Bangura, foreign minister of Sierra Leone, for international support in confronting the global food crisis. You may have noticed food costing mor...
May 1, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Workers Memorial Day Workers Memorial Day
This week marked Workers Memorial Day, when unions and advocacy organizations held memorials and protests to honor those who have died on the job.
May 1, 2008 / Feature / Esther Kaplan
Preachers and Politics Preachers and Politics
For years, Democrats have been trying to shed their secular image in order to appeal to voters who think Jesus is a Republican. As the saying goes, be careful what you wish f...
Apr 30, 2008 / Katha Pollitt
The Audacity of the NAHB The Audacity of the NAHB
You’d think that the frank quid-pro-quo politics the National Association of Home Builders resorted to this February as part of their campaign to secure passage of favorable…
Apr 30, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Can Obama Resurrect Real Conservatism? Can Obama Resurrect Real Conservatism?
A conversation with Andrew Bacevich about what conservatives and progressives can hope for in the post-Bush era.
Apr 30, 2008 / Feature / Susannah Vila
The Candidates Pump Gas The Candidates Pump Gas
As Clinton and McCain pander to frustrated voters with tax cuts, the real remedies to rising gas prices go unexplored.
Apr 30, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman