FCC Promotes Media Monopolies FCC Promotes Media Monopolies
As my friend and colleague John Nichols wrote last week, "Bush's chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has initiated a scheme to radically rewrite media ownership rule...
Oct 22, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Rebecca Solnit, as usual, offers plenty of food for thought in her essay, "Finding Time." As often with Solnit, I was both impressed by her insight, and impatient of her ...
Oct 22, 2007 / Lakshmi Chaudhry
It’s Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week! It’s Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week!
David Horowitz serves up a witch's brew of Cheney-style anti-jihadism, mixed with anti-feminism and a sour dash of anti-Semitism.
Oct 22, 2007 / Barbara Ehrenreich
Dodd Refuses to Cave on Domestic Spying Dodd Refuses to Cave on Domestic Spying
As his fellow Democrats rush to pass the President's intelligence bill, Christopher Dodd stands his ground.
Oct 22, 2007 / Feature / Ari Melber
Baghdad on the Bayou Baghdad on the Bayou
On the Oct. 19 edition of Bill Moyers' Journal The Nation 's Jeremy Scahill tells of how Blackwater USA President Erik Prince sent armed guards to New Orleans to provide security...
Oct 22, 2007 / Jeremy Scahill
The New GOP Means Business The New GOP Means Business
Forget Values Voters. With Bushism discredited and mainstream Republicans looking for candidates with business savvy and competence, Democrats may be facing far more formidable foe...
Pelosi’s Stark Rebuke Pelosi’s Stark Rebuke
It's not suprising that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticized 18-term Congressman Pete Stark for his heartfelt and emotional comments about the Republican's failure to override Bus...
Oct 21, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Rudy, Romney Pray For Acceptance From Religious Right Rudy, Romney Pray For Acceptance From Religious Right
In a speech before 2,000 "Value Voters" today, Rudy Giuliani decided to cherry-pick from his past instead of entirely ignoring it. Giuliani's decision to draw upon his time as New...
Oct 20, 2007 / The Nation
Moyers/Scahill Expose Blackwater Moyers/Scahill Expose Blackwater
Tonight, October 19, at 9:00pm (EST) on PBS, Bill Moyers will interview Nation Institute Fellow Jeremy Scahill, author of the national bestseller Blackwater (Nation Books) on the ...
Oct 19, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Hillary’s Chinatown Express Hillary’s Chinatown Express
The Los Angeles Times ran an eyebrow-raising story this morning about how Hillary Clinton is raising money from a highly unlikely source: New York's Chinatown. "Dishwashers, ...
Oct 19, 2007 / Ari Berman