A New Era of Accountability A New Era of Accountability
As Obama gets down to work, what assurances do we have that he will break with the past--on an unfair and opaque bailout and the war in Afghanistan?
Jan 21, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
‘Bailout Is a No-Strings Windfall to Bankers, If Not to Borrowers’—New York Times ‘Bailout Is a No-Strings Windfall to Bankers, If Not to Borrowers’—New York Times
Got money?
Jan 20, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin
A Very Different 100 Days A Very Different 100 Days
Many comparisons have been made between Obama and FDR. But the forty-fourth president will have a very different first 100 days.
Jan 17, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas von Hoffman
Drowning Our Sorrows, Lifting a Glass Drowning Our Sorrows, Lifting a Glass
A sobering toast to the dubious achievements of the worst president in American history.
Jan 15, 2009 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Gaza Agonistes Gaza Agonistes
There's panic in the neocon playground as young liberal Jewish bloggers refuse to be silenced.
Jan 15, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman
Roland Burris Roland Burris
He knows he's the right man for the job.
Jan 15, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Why the Rush on TARP 2? Why the Rush on TARP 2?
Why rush to throw another $350 billion of taxpayer money at the Wall Street bandits and their political cronies who created the biggest financial mess since the Great Depression?
Jan 14, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Gaza Crisis Spills Onto Basketball Court Gaza Crisis Spills Onto Basketball Court
A sports arena and a basketball team recently have become the unlikely setting and target of protests against Israel's attacks on Gaza.
Jan 8, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin
Priming the Economic Pump Priming the Economic Pump
Nobody can say whether pumping large amounts of money into the economy will work--or even define the proper measure of success.
Jan 8, 2009 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Israel: Boycott, Divest, Sanction Israel: Boycott, Divest, Sanction
To end the bloody occupation, Israel must be the target of the same kind of global movement that finally ended apartheid in South Africa.
Jan 8, 2009 / Column / Naomi Klein