Memo to Dems: About Those Earmarks Memo to Dems: About Those Earmarks
As Democrats clean up abuse of earmarks, they can't ignore the ones that masquerade as targeted tax breaks.
Dec 21, 2006 / Feature / Chris Hayes
The Irrelevance of Joe Lieberman The Irrelevance of Joe Lieberman
The fall and rise of Joe Lieberman was one of the major political events of 2006. But in 2007, Beltway and netroots pundits agree, he will be as irrelevant as George W. Bush.
Dec 21, 2006 / Feature / Ari Melber
View From the Future View From the Future
The end of oil and the rise of warming seas reveal a world made small and a horde of fallen dinosaurs.
Dec 21, 2006 / Feature / Rebecca Solnit
People’s Revolt in Lebanon People’s Revolt in Lebanon
By empowering the dispossessed, Hezbollah has become a formidable force that is threatening the US-backed Lebanese government.
Dec 20, 2006 / Feature / Mohamad Bazzi
About Face About Face
In the most significant movement of dissident soldiers since Vietnam, nearly 1,000 active-duty officers and enlisted personnel have petitioned the government to withdraw from Iraq.
Dec 20, 2006 / Feature / Marc Cooper
2006: A Year of Living Dangerously 2006: A Year of Living Dangerously
2006 will be remembered as a year in which the American people and the world rose up to challenge the criminal actions and deceit of the Bush Administration.
Dec 19, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
ISG: Defeat With Honor ISG: Defeat With Honor
Pundits on the left just don't get it when they call the Iraq Study Group report "Stay the Course Lite." It's an admission of the Bush Administration's total failure.
Dec 18, 2006 / Feature / Christian Parenti
The Other Rocky The Other Rocky
While most politicians win by appealing to the lowest common denominator, Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson takes a decidedly higher road.
Dec 17, 2006 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
Chávez’s Citizen Diplomacy Chávez’s Citizen Diplomacy
Venezuela's controversial program to provide heating oil to impoverished American communities exposes the inability of the richest nation on earth to meet the needs of its poor.
Dec 17, 2006 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
About Face: Soldiers Call for Iraq Withdrawal About Face: Soldiers Call for Iraq Withdrawal
For the first time since Vietnam, active-duty military personnel have organized to oppose a war that they are fighting.
Dec 16, 2006 / Feature / Marc Cooper