Sign the Open Letter From American Feminists Sign the Open Letter From American Feminists
With advice and counsel from the History in Action e-mail list, I wrote up the Open Letter below to protest the way the media slanders the women's movement as indifferent to the h...
Jan 20, 2008 / Katha Pollitt
Clinton and Obama Win Nevada Clinton and Obama Win Nevada
So the Clintons like Nevada after all. Hillary Clinton beat Barack Obama by about six points in the state's caucus on Saturday, netting 12 of the 25 delegates at stake. But Barac...
Jan 20, 2008 / Ari Melber
Wexler: Election Can’t Distract From Holding Cheney to Account Wexler: Election Can’t Distract From Holding Cheney to Account
This work of electing a new president is important, indeed. And it is exciting, especially as the contests for both the Democratic and Republican nominations remain unsettled. B...
Jan 19, 2008 / John Nichols
The Hidden Healthcare Crisis The Hidden Healthcare Crisis
Last Spring, following the death of twelve-year old Deamonte Driver of Maryland whose untreated tooth infection spread to his brain, I wrote about the national epidemic of dental d...
Jan 19, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bush’s Iran/Argentina Terror Frame-Up Bush’s Iran/Argentina Terror Frame-Up
The Bush Administration cites a 1994 bombing in Argentina to tar Iran as a sponsor of global terror. But a fresh probe finds no evidence of an Iran connection.
Jan 19, 2008 / Feature / Gareth Porter
A Conversation with Taylor Branch A Conversation with Taylor Branch
MLK's biographer on presidents, politics, racial injustice, poverty and war.
Jan 18, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Wallace
Clinton’s Anti-Union Allies Clinton’s Anti-Union Allies
Robert Johnson's nasty comments about Barack Obama earlier this week caused a huge stir in the media. Johnson issued a less-than-convincing clarification and then apologized to Oba...
Jan 18, 2008 / Ari Berman
CSI: Iraq CSI: Iraq
Despite the cosmetic acts of President Bush, his undertakers and enablers, America's Iraq is still a corpse.
Jan 18, 2008 / Tom Engelhardt
Our Eroding Dollar Our Eroding Dollar
No matter how much it adds to inflation, the Fed, prodded by Wall Street, is poised to again lower interest rates--punching an even bigger hole in our purchasing power.
Jan 18, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
NIMBY Comes to China NIMBY Comes to China
In Shanghai, angry, middle-class protesters say a high-speed train will wreck their quality of life. This new form of dissent could be one of the biggest challenges China will face...
Jan 18, 2008 / Feature / Jeffrey Wasserstrom