Obama for the Heart, Edwards for the Head?–UPDATED Obama for the Heart, Edwards for the Head?–UPDATED
One spoke to the heart. One spoke to the head. But both presidential candidates had the same mission: to prevent Senator Hillary Clinton from claiming the s...
Jun 19, 2007 / David Corn
The Gates Inheritance The Gates Inheritance
Think of him as the spymaster who came in from the cold. Well, it wasn't actually so cold out there. After all, Robert Gates was on innumerable corporate boards and the President...
Jun 19, 2007 / TomDispatch
Schooling Bill Gates Schooling Bill Gates
The billionaire's intentions couldn't be better, but here's how to really fix our schools from the bottom up.
Jun 19, 2007 / Sarah M. Seltzer
Darfur: Actions Against Atrocities Darfur: Actions Against Atrocities
Will student-initiated Darfur movements garner enough impetus to provoke tangible action by the government?
Jun 19, 2007 / The Nation
Taming the Giant Corporation: Ralph Nader’s conference on corporate accountability Taming the Giant Corporation: Ralph Nader’s conference on corporate accountability
Ralph Nader's conference on corporate accountability.
Jun 19, 2007 / The Nation
Fundamentalists Meet Animatronics: A day at the new Creation Museum Fundamentalists Meet Animatronics: A day at the new Creation Museum
A flimsy new film treats young conservatives as victims.
Jun 19, 2007 / The Nation
Sherrod Brown Now Opposes the “Torture Bill” Sherrod Brown Now Opposes the “Torture Bill”
Freshman Senator Sherrod Brown, a popular progressive leader who shocked his supporters by voting for the Military Commissions Act (MCA) last year, now says the vote was a mistake ...
Jun 19, 2007 / Ari Melber
Will McCain-Feingold Survive Another Court Test? Will McCain-Feingold Survive Another Court Test?
By a vote of 5 to 4, in December 2003, the Supreme Court upheld a major provision of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance act that prohibits corporations (and labor unions) from pa...
Jun 19, 2007 / Morton Mintz
SiCKO Premiere SiCKO Premiere
Michael Moore's new health care documentary "SiCKO" premiered in Manhattan last night, with an unusual group of movie stars walking the red carpet at the famous Ziegfeld ...
Jun 19, 2007 / Ari Melber
A Moratorium Wired to Stop the War A Moratorium Wired to Stop the War
A new Iraq Moratorium effort will leverage grassroots and online activism.
Jun 18, 2007 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith