The War and the Working Class The War and the Working Class
Young people drawn into combat by the "economic draft" are being treated just as poorly as all the other workers in this neoliberal economy.
Mar 13, 2008 / Feature / Michael Zweig
The Wages of Peace The Wages of Peace
Spending on the war in Iraq is a job killer. Ending the war would be the real stimulus package.
Mar 13, 2008 / Feature / Robert Pollin and Heidi Garrett-Peltier
It’s My Birthday And I’ll Cry If I Want To It’s My Birthday And I’ll Cry If I Want To
Well, not actually cry, more like whine. Sen. Kent Conrad, who's managing the floor on the budget bill for the Dems turned 60 yesterday. It wasn't a particularly happy birthday: ...
Mar 13, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Who Said the War Would Pay for Itself? They Did! Who Said the War Would Pay for Itself? They Did!
Unwise words from the "experts" who promised a cost-free war.
Mar 13, 2008 / Feature / Victor Navasky and Christopher Cerf
John Q. Public John Q. Public
Just once it would be nice to see a male politician caught in a sex scandal stand up there at a press conference all by himself.
Mar 13, 2008 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Spitzer Sting The Spitzer Sting
Was there a medium-sized right-wing conspiracy to nail Eliot Spitzer?
Mar 13, 2008 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Smearing Obama Smearing Obama
False claims about Obama intended to stoke racial and religious fear are trickling from the far right to the mainstream media.
Mar 13, 2008 / Ari Berman
Border Death Backstory Border Death Backstory
The trial for the murder of undocumented immigrant Francisco Javier Domínguez stripped him of his humanity. The retrial must not make the same mistake.
Mar 13, 2008 / Debbie Nathan
A Sea-Change Election? A Sea-Change Election?
The 2008 presidential election could signal the most dramatic political shift since Reagan.
Mar 13, 2008 / Robert L. Borosage
Time for a Revote Time for a Revote
Holding Democratic primaries in Florida and Michigan a second time would send the message that Americans do not need to accept illegitimate elections.
Mar 13, 2008 / John Nichols