The Obama Presidency: Possibility or Peril? The Obama Presidency: Possibility or Peril?
A progressive moment was supposed to follow Obama's election. Robert Kuttner's A Presidency in Peril asks where it went.
Jun 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ari Berman
The Solution to Obama’s BP Press Problem The Solution to Obama’s BP Press Problem
Obama's media strategy is catching up with him.
Jun 14, 2010 / The Notion / Ari Melber
Baby Steps Towards Equality Baby Steps Towards Equality
In a world where baby steps donate progress, even a compromise seems like a stride. Will Barack Obama come throw and give the executive order to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell?
May 26, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Stories and Legends Stories and Legends
How Barack Obama has fashioned a personal and political identity by treating the history of the civil rights movement as a usable past.
May 20, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Thomas J. Sugrue
The F Word: Why Are Voters So Mad? The F Word: Why Are Voters So Mad?
Sure, Obama has had a few achievements over the past year and a half, but perhaps there are larger reasons such as outsourcing jobs and rampant unemployment that explains a disgrun...
May 18, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Obama’s Flailing Wars: A Study in BP-Style “Pragmatism” Obama’s Flailing Wars: A Study in BP-Style “Pragmatism”
The deeper strategic incoherence that lies under the president's AfPak flip-flop.
May 17, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt
Don’t-Drill-Baby-Don’t-Drill: Schwarzenegger Abandons Offshore Plan; So Should Obama Don’t-Drill-Baby-Don’t-Drill: Schwarzenegger Abandons Offshore Plan; So Should Obama
Confronted with evidence that he was wrong about the safety of offshore drilling—in the form of photos of the nightmarish Gulf of Mexico spill—California's governor wit...
May 4, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
Corporate Bombs Demand Justice Too Corporate Bombs Demand Justice Too
Obama is quick to say "justice" will be done in the Times Square bombing attempt, but what about the BP oil rig or Massey Energy?
May 4, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
President Obama Is Wrong About the Fed President Obama Is Wrong About the Fed
Congress needs to amend the financial reform bill to demand an audit and accountability.
May 3, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
Sarah Strangelove: ‘We like Being a Dominant Superpower’ Sarah Strangelove: ‘We like Being a Dominant Superpower’
Unlike Obama, and Reagan, she celebrates power for the sake of power.
Apr 18, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols