Where Maddow and Krauthammer Meet on Obama’s BP Response Where Maddow and Krauthammer Meet on Obama’s BP Response
While many commentators missed the point, there actually were some substantive problems with Obama's BP speech, too.
Jun 18, 2010 / Ari Melber
The Breakdown: Is Offshore Drilling Ever Safe? The Breakdown: Is Offshore Drilling Ever Safe?
Is BP unique in its ability to create catastrophe? On this week's The Breakdown, Chris Hayes asks Greenpeace's Kert Davies whether the entire practice of offshore oil drilling is i...
Jun 18, 2010 / Chris Hayes
Can Washington Stand Up to the Energy Industry? Can Washington Stand Up to the Energy Industry?
Mopping up BP's current crisis and guarding against future environmental incidents will take more momentum than a speech, a meeting or a few hearings can deliver.
Jun 18, 2010 / Sarah Laskow
The Power of the Presidency The Power of the Presidency
Since the president had no legal basis to demand the set aside, on what basis did he extract $20 billion from BP?
Jun 17, 2010 / Laura Flanders
We Need to Build a Cleaner Economy, So Let’s Do It We Need to Build a Cleaner Economy, So Let’s Do It
On Morning Joe, Katrina vanden Heuvel defends President Obama by saying that his White House speech Tuesday night was humane, but "we need deeds."
Jun 17, 2010 / Press Room
We Need to Build a Cleaner Economy, So Let’s Do It We Need to Build a Cleaner Economy, So Let’s Do It
On Morning Joe, Katrina vanden Heuvel defends President Obama by saying that his White House speech Tuesday night was humane, but "we need deeds."
Jun 17, 2010 / MSNBC
Kick Ass or Buy Gas? Kick Ass or Buy Gas?
How taxpayers are subsidizing BP's disaster through the Pentagon.
Jun 17, 2010 / Nick Turse
Top Republicans Offer BP Apologies, Tips to Avoid Accountability Top Republicans Offer BP Apologies, Tips to Avoid Accountability
The ranking Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee apologizes to BP's CEO for Obama administration moves to hold the company to account.
Jun 17, 2010 / John Nichols
Getting Out in 2011 Getting Out in 2011
Now we know that President Obama secured a pledge from the generals that they would either turn over the war to the Afghans by 2011 or get out. Will Congress hold the president to ...
Jun 17, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Mama Grizzlies to Working Moms: Drop Dead Mama Grizzlies to Working Moms: Drop Dead
Fresh faces aside, the Republican Party's stance on the issues that matter to working mothers is as regressive as it's ever been.
Jun 16, 2010 / Betsy Reed