This Week On Tap This Week On Tap
Talk of the Iraq War will dominate business on the Hill this week, as Gen. David Petraeus and ambassador Ryan Crocker offer their latest post-surge Congressional updates. It's bee...
Apr 7, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Seems Like Old Times Seems Like Old Times
This week's episode: Dieter Countryman reminisces about the good ol' days of selling the first Gulf War; Connie Waller gets his freak on in Vegas.
Apr 7, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Gary Phillips
A Free Trade Thought Experiment A Free Trade Thought Experiment
Imagine a country where CEO's live in fear. In just the past five years, 400 CEO's -- from manufacturing, banking, real estate -- have been shot down in cold blood. (Thousands ove...
Apr 7, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Petraeus’s Ponzi Scheme Petraeus’s Ponzi Scheme
They came, they saw, they… deserted. That, in short form, is the story of the recent Iraqi government "offensive" in Basra (and Baghdad). It took a few days, but...
Apr 7, 2008 / TomDispatch
Feingold Condemns China — and the U.S. — on Tibet Feingold Condemns China — and the U.S. — on Tibet
"With its suppression of the Tibetan protests, China continues to compound its abysmal record on human rights." So says Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold, speaking with a firmness ...
Apr 6, 2008 / John Nichols
Contract Justice Contract Justice
An Iraqi translator is prosecuted and Blackwater has its contract renewed for another year, armed and dangerous in Baghdad.
Apr 6, 2008 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Communists in the Schools: Controversy in California Communists in the Schools: Controversy in California
The California legislature is considering a bill to repeal the law, passed in the heyday of McCarthyism, that permits the firing of Communist Party members who teach in public scho...
Apr 6, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Another $102 Billion Another $102 Billion
Do you think the US should spend another $102 billion on the Iraq War? Well, later this month, Congress will consider President Bush's demand for just this amount to continue fu...
Apr 5, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Bernie Sanders Does Small “d” Democracy Bernie Sanders Does Small “d” Democracy
Last Monday, well over 300 Vermonters packed City Hall in downtown Burlington. It was standing room only with every seat on the floor and in the balcony occupied. The occasion w...
Apr 5, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Friday Capitol Letter Friday Capitol Letter
In the House...This week, a global AIDS bill authorizing $50 billion over five years secured passage by a 308-116 vote. The White House endorsed the legislation (somewhat tepidly,...
Apr 4, 2008 / Chris Hayes