From My Inbox: Pledge-a-Picket for New Clinic in Montana From My Inbox: Pledge-a-Picket for New Clinic in Montana
Dr. Susan Wicklund, whose 2008 book This Common Secret, detailed her life as an abortion provider, has just opened a clinic in Livingston, Montana. Even before it opened on Febru...
Feb 4, 2009 / Katha Pollitt
Will Geithner and Summers Destroy the US Economy? Will Geithner and Summers Destroy the US Economy?
That's more or less what the usually understated Yves Smith says today about the preview of the Obama TARP plan, "Team Obama is taking the cowardly approach of distributing the co...
Feb 4, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Is Obama Forgetting About Main Street? Is Obama Forgetting About Main Street?
There is no question that the United States is in a trade war. And it is losing. A country that month after month after month records trade deficits in the range of $50 billion ...
Feb 4, 2009 / John Nichols
No Quick Fix for FATA No Quick Fix for FATA
Yesterday, at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, a bright-eyed young Pakistani man, dressed in a brown cap and brown robe, and sporting long stringy hair and a beard, pointe...
Feb 3, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Judd Gregg and Lynching Judd Gregg and Lynching
My intern Laura Dean makes a disturbing catch: Judd Gregg's been hailed as a "fresh independent voice," who will make it more difficult for the GOP to dig in their heels to block...
Feb 3, 2009 / Chris Hayes
The Right is Winning Today The Right is Winning Today
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, currently being debated in the Senate, was passed last week by the House of Representatives. If enacted, the economic recovery plan wil...
Feb 3, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Don’t Mourn for Daschle Don’t Mourn for Daschle
Tom Daschle has, under his usual cloud of scandal, withdrawn as President Obama's nominee to serve in the critical Cabinet position of Secretary of Health and Human Services. Rep...
Feb 3, 2009 / John Nichols
At Last… At Last…
Danielle Ivory writes: Five minutes just breezes by. At least this is what I've gathered fromwatching the recent House Financial Services hearings on the economiccrisis. It'...
Feb 3, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Helping Afghan Women and Girls Helping Afghan Women and Girls
As the coalition I'm working with--Get Afghanistan Right--continues to make the case that the Obama administration would be wise to rethink its plan to escalate militarily in Afg...
Feb 2, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What to Expect This Week on the Hill What to Expect This Week on the Hill
From Greg Kaufmann: The Senate takes up the Recovery bill this week. It passed with no Republican support in the House but will need a couple Senators to cross the Grand Obstruc...
Feb 2, 2009 / Chris Hayes