Combating Climate Change Combating Climate Change
Kudos to 350.org for organizing the most widespread day of political action in the planet's history. You wouldn't know it if you get your news from the New York Times, the Huffing...
Oct 25, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Byrd’s Wise Warning: Afghanistan is the Grave of Foreigners Byrd’s Wise Warning: Afghanistan is the Grave of Foreigners
West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd refers to himself as "a student of history." In fact, he is history. The longest serving senator in the history of the legislative branch of th...
Oct 24, 2009 / John Nichols
Roger Ailes for President? Er, Maybe Not So Much Roger Ailes for President? Er, Maybe Not So Much
It would be difficult to concoct a Washington fantasy more delicious than this one: Barack Obama declares "war" on Fox News and Fox boss Roger Ailes counters by signaling that he ...
Oct 23, 2009 / John Nichols
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
We've got a new "Think Again" column called "It's a Bird. It's a Plane. It's...Cable News," and it's here. My Nation column, about Obama and Fox News and ...
Oct 23, 2009 / Eric Alterman
A Day of Climate Action A Day of Climate Action
How to rally a global climate movement? That's the question the heros at 350.org take up in this video highlighting the 4,641 global actions currently planned for tomorrow, Saturd...
Oct 23, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
NoEscalation.org NoEscalation.org
President Obama will soon make what could be the defining decision of his presidency. The course he chooses in Afghanistan will tell us a lot about the kind of country we will beco...
Oct 23, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Precious Precious
I did another piece on J Street for the IHT. It's called "Voices in the Wilderness" and that's here and then Le Monde Diplomatique asked me to do a podcast and that's her...
Oct 22, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Congressman Grayson Wins Another Round Congressman Grayson Wins Another Round
Florida Congressman Alan Grayson keeps provoking congressional Republicans and their media allies with fact-based challenges to the lies being used to block health care reform. T...
Oct 21, 2009 / John Nichols
Low-Income Students Need your Help! UPDATED Low-Income Students Need your Help! UPDATED
The school year is well underway, and most of you know how savage the budget cuts have been. Excellent teachers who care about their students –yes, they exist! --are struggli...
Oct 21, 2009 / Katha Pollitt
Pushing the Public Option Pushing the Public Option
It never hurts to get a sexy movie star on board. In this amusing new ad created by MoveOn.org, Heather Graham stars as the Public Option, showing how she'll force the lazy, bloat...
Oct 21, 2009 / Peter Rothberg