Ten Years After Battle of Seattle: Another World Is Necessary Ten Years After Battle of Seattle: Another World Is Necessary
Tens years to the day after "The Battle of Seattle" opened a new front in the epic struggle over global economic policy, one of the activists who took to the streets with the the ...
Nov 30, 2009 / John Nichols
Military Escalation Will Harm Afghan People, US Interests Military Escalation Will Harm Afghan People, US Interests
"I know that Obama's election has brought great hopes to peace-loving people in the United States. But for Afghans, Obama's military buildup will only bring more suffering and dea...
Nov 29, 2009 / John Nichols
Sanders Stands on Principle: No Reform w/out Public Option Sanders Stands on Principle: No Reform w/out Public Option
If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants to get the 60 votes he will need to break a Republican filibuster and pass a health care reform bill, he's going to have to include a ro...
Nov 27, 2009 / John Nichols
Another Helping of FDR Please Another Helping of FDR Please
President Obama has produced a credible, if not exactly inspired Thanksgiving Proclamation. Most of the statement relies on the usual boilerplate language employed by our recent ...
Nov 26, 2009 / John Nichols
Obama’s “Finish the Job” Talk Sets Stage for Afghan Troop Surge Obama’s “Finish the Job” Talk Sets Stage for Afghan Troop Surge
President Obama plans to formally announce on December 1 his decision with regard to the request from some of his more ambitious generals for a massive troop surge in Afghanistan....
Nov 25, 2009 / John Nichols
How to Save Journalism How to Save Journalism
To save news media, stop blaming the Internet and start thinking about how subsidies could revive a public good.
Nov 24, 2009 / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
Reagan Would Fail “Purity Test” Proposed for GOP Reagan Would Fail “Purity Test” Proposed for GOP
The most rigidly conservatives members of the Republican National Committee are circulating a proposal to establish a purity test for the party's candidates. If adopted, the part...
Nov 24, 2009 / John Nichols
Health Care Bill Advances, as Harry Reid Trumps Sarah Palin Health Care Bill Advances, as Harry Reid Trumps Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin may have the headlines. But Harry Reid has a health-care reform bill, and it is advancing. Indeed, with Saturday night's 60-39 Senate vote to open a historic debate o...
Nov 21, 2009 / John Nichols
Bill Moyers Tells a Tale of Two Quagmires: Vietnam & Afghanistan Bill Moyers Tells a Tale of Two Quagmires: Vietnam & Afghanistan
Bill Moyers, who was at the side of President Lyndon Johnson at the time when disastrous decisions were being made to escalate the U.S. presence in the quagmire that was Vietnam, ...
Nov 21, 2009 / John Nichols
House Rebels Force Fed Audit, Real Economy Onto Agenda House Rebels Force Fed Audit, Real Economy Onto Agenda
The secretive Federal Reserve, former lair of "masters of the universe" like Alan Greenspan and Tim Geithner and current engine of a Wall-Street-first, Main-Street-last "recovery,...
Nov 20, 2009 / John Nichols