Shop Locally Shop Locally
According to the 3/50 Project, for every $100 spent in locally owned independent stores, $68 returns to the community through taxes, payroll, and other expenditures. If you spend ...
Jul 23, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Obama Recognizes He Must Lead on Health Care Obama Recognizes He Must Lead on Health Care
Barack Obama's most ardent critics would have us believe that his bumbling of the healthcare reform push -- and, yes, he has bumbled it -- will doom his presidency. The critics w...
Jul 22, 2009 / John Nichols
Pelosi on the Public Option: “That’s Gonna Happen.” Pelosi on the Public Option: “That’s Gonna Happen.”
Just got back from an hour-long interview Speaker Pelosi gave to a few journalists on healthcare. I've interviewed the speaker a number of times, and it always strikes me how vast...
Jul 22, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Invisible Iraq Invisible Iraq
You'd never know that the prime minister of a nation occupied by 130,000 US troops is in the United States, but he is. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is in Washington to meet Pres...
Jul 22, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Key GOP Senator Lindsey Graham Backs Sotomayor Key GOP Senator Lindsey Graham Backs Sotomayor
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham on Wednesday became the first Republican senator from a Deep South state to say he would vote to confirm Supreme Court nomination of Judge So...
Jul 22, 2009 / John Nichols
The Stakes of the Healthcare Battle The Stakes of the Healthcare Battle
At the risk of stating the blindingly obvious, I think it's incredibly important for anyone even vaguely on the center-left to understand what's at stake in this healthcare fight....
Jul 22, 2009 / Chris Hayes
A Better Way for Afghan Women than War A Better Way for Afghan Women than War
Earlier this year, I challenged the notion put forth by some feminists and human rights groups that a US military presence in Afghanistan is both justified and necessary in orde...
Jul 21, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Senate Rejects F-22 Boondoggle Senate Rejects F-22 Boondoggle
After years of rubberstamping even the most ridiculously expensive and unnecessary allocations to enrich defense contractors -- and in so doing extend the reach of the military-in...
Jul 21, 2009 / John Nichols
Whitey on the Moon Whitey on the Moon
Thanks to Liliana Segura for reminding me of the great singer Gil Scott-Heron’s take on Neil Armstrong’s historic moon landing forty years ago today. Scott-Heron recor…
Jul 20, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Slacker Monday Slacker Monday
Wrap-up: I've got a new Think Again column called "The end ofLocal reporting," here. For the Daily Beast this week, I did a piece on "Cheney's ShadowGovernment" here and "Sonia...
Jul 20, 2009 / Eric Alterman