Friends of the Earth Score Energy Bill as “Step Backward” Friends of the Earth Score Energy Bill as “Step Backward”
The League of Conservation Voters has thrown down the gauntlet in its campaign to win support for the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) when it could see a U.S. House ...
Jun 24, 2009 / John Nichols
Talking to Ahmadinejad, Part II Talking to Ahmadinejad, Part II
President Obama has gone about as far as he should go in condemning the government of Iran for its crackdown and repression of a popular movement for change in Iran. Since the ele...
Jun 24, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Coming Up ACES Coming Up ACES
The Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) seemed to have hit a snag this week. One of the reasons was the opposition of House Agriculture Chairman Collin Pet...
Jun 23, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Obama: Refocus and Reset Obama: Refocus and Reset
At a moment when the President is more popular than most of hissignature policies, when weak-kneed Democrats threaten to bolt onhealthcare reform and hypocritical legislators have...
Jun 23, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama “Appalled and Outraged ” With Iran Violence Obama “Appalled and Outraged ” With Iran Violence
Barack Obama is a popular president. With an average approval rating of 61 percent in seven polls taken this month, according to CNN's Poll of Polls, Obama is more popular than G...
Jun 23, 2009 / John Nichols
Around The Nation Around The Nation
As I write today, turmoil and violence continue to roil Iran. Our Contributing Editor Robert Dreyfuss was on the ground in Tehran in the days before and after the election. He lef...
Jun 23, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Food, Inc. Food, Inc.
There are no seasons in the American supermarket. In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner explains what this means as he lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the...
Jun 22, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
This Week On The Hill This Week On The Hill
Here's what's happening this week: Congress will begin its July 4 recess at the close of business on Friday -- don't we all wish we could do the same? -- but before it does, it ...
Jun 22, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Supreme Court Pulls Teeth From the Voting Rights Act Supreme Court Pulls Teeth From the Voting Rights Act
Once an election is done, it is hard to undo. That's true in Iran, and it's also true in the United States. This is why it is important to get the rules by which elections are h...
Jun 22, 2009 / John Nichols
The Next Explosion in Iran The Next Explosion in Iran
Gunfire, tear gas, and water cannons used by baton-wielding security forces in Iran have forced an uneasy calm on Tehran and other cities, but Mir Hossein Mousavi isn't backing do...
Jun 21, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss