Slick Willie Rides Again Slick Willie Rides Again
The Clintons play dirty when they feel threatened. But we knew that, didn't we? The recent roughing-up of Barack Obama was in the trademark style of the Clinton years in the ...
Jan 23, 2008 / William Greider
Playing Politics with Bankers Playing Politics with Bankers
Now that Dennis Kucinich is out of the presidential debates, don't expect Clinton or Obama to hold unregulated bankers accountable for the global economic meltdown.
Jan 23, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer
Chalmers Johnson: America’s Going Bankrupt Chalmers Johnson: America’s Going Bankrupt
From Tom Dispatch: The current economic crisis is caused by policies that tax the richest Americans at strikingly low levels and spend huge sums on defense projects that have no ...
Jan 23, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Chalmers Johnson
‘The Mississippi Challenge’ ‘The Mississippi Challenge’
LBJ responds to national anger and sends a voting rights bill to Congress. It's a good one, but long overdue.
Jan 22, 2008 / Feature / George Slaff
Desperately Seeking Stimulus Desperately Seeking Stimulus
An economy addicted to growth, bubbles, downsizing and lending sprees--has become disconnected from the real economy of ordinary human needs.
Jan 22, 2008 / Barbara Ehrenreich
The CIA’s Jose: Case Study in Cynicism The CIA’s Jose: Case Study in Cynicism
Long before a top bureaucrat was exposed for destroying secret interrogation tapes, the CIA shrouded his identity, making the press corps complicit in practices that would offend t...
Handicapping the Media Handicapping the Media
Let's see. They were wrong on Hillary Clinton, essentially nominating her for the presidency months before a primary was held. In Iowa, they were wrong on Mike Huckabee and Barac...
Jan 22, 2008 / TomDispatch
Obama Reaches the Mountaintop Obama Reaches the Mountaintop
In the duel of King Holiday weekend speeches, there is no question that Barack Obama won. Indeed, on Sunday, he delivered the finest speech of a campaign that has heard the senat...
Jan 21, 2008 / John Nichols
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