Beer is Nice but Equal Protection’s Better Beer is Nice but Equal Protection’s Better
The National Council of La Raza, a top Latino civil rights group, is taking a shot at RNC chair Michael Steele and several prominent GOP figures for skipping its ongoing an...
Jul 30, 2009 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Misused TARP Funds Shocker Misused TARP Funds Shocker
Told to make more loans, TARP banks made fewer, gambled on the stock market and bought other banks. Will we "tell" them to go to their rooms? Or at least cut their allowa...
Jul 21, 2009 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Of Breadlines & Banks Of Breadlines & Banks
President Obama was elected with a large enough mandate for fundamental change that he could forge a fresh social compact, lock in place a new set of mutual obligations and...
Jul 14, 2009 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Obama Hushes Healthcare Advocates? Obama Hushes Healthcare Advocates?
Don't like the way the Wall Street bail-out turned out? It looks as if we're in for something similar regarding healthcare. With popular fury at the status quo rising and ...
Jul 7, 2009 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Michael Jackson: Trans Man. Michael Jackson: Trans Man.
Michael Jackson. Dead at 50, with over 750 million albums sold. A genius, a freak, a trail blazer, a victim. Jackson's been called all that and more – sometimes i...
Jul 1, 2009 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Novartis Wants to Profit off Pandemic Novartis Wants to Profit off Pandemic
While the Obama administration's getting serious about healthcare reform, it's time for a rather pointed reading comprehension test. Consider the following story and find,...
Jun 17, 2009 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Deeds Louder Than Words in Cairo Deeds Louder Than Words in Cairo
President Obama said in Cairo this week that he sought a new beginning in US relations with the Muslim world, and a relationship based on common principles, including "...
Jun 5, 2009 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Sotomayor Critics Ignore New York & Wichita Sotomayor Critics Ignore New York & Wichita
OK, let's get this right: Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is making the rounds of the Capitol this week and some jackasses are still saying s...
Jun 4, 2009 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
George Tiller: What If? George Tiller: What If?
When a person who has been targeted before is murdered, as Dr. George Tiller was, there are a lot of what ifs. What if, back in the 1990s, after the first atte...
Jun 2, 2009 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
The President of Paradox The President of Paradox
It will be an historic occasion when Sonia Sotomayor takes her seat. Assuming she's confirmed, she'll be the first woman of color and the first person from the Latino commu...
May 28, 2009 / The Notion / Laura Flanders