LA Clippers Owner Pays Out for Race-Based Housing Discrimination LA Clippers Owner Pays Out for Race-Based Housing Discrimination
Donald Sterling was just obligated to pay out the largest settlement ever obtained by the government in a housing discrimination case involving apartment rentals.
Nov 10, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin
Call Joe Lieberman’s Bluff; Have a Real Inquiry Call Joe Lieberman’s Bluff; Have a Real Inquiry
Following the horrific shootings at the Fort Hood army base in Texas, Connecticut Senator Lieberman pulled a thread from the right-wing blogosphere and called for a congressional ...
Nov 10, 2009 / John Nichols
Abortion Battle Puts Health Reform at Risk Abortion Battle Puts Health Reform at Risk
Nation editor Christopher Hayes is "infuriated" by the last-minute add-on that prohibits coverage for abortion in the House health plan.
Nov 10, 2009 / Countdown
SNL Spoofs Fox News’ Election ’09 Coverage SNL Spoofs Fox News’ Election ’09 Coverage
Glenn Beck, Karl Rove and the rest of the Fox News crew declare the Obama presidency over after just ten months in office.
Nov 10, 2009 / Saturday Night Live
What Do the Bishops Have That We Don’t? What Do the Bishops Have That We Don’t?
The House passed its version of health-care legislation Saturday night by a vote of 220 to 215 after the approval of an amendment which amounts to a not-very-back door abortion b...
Nov 10, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Who Subsidizes Abortion? Who Subsidizes Abortion?
As is now widely known, added to the health care reform bill just passed by the House of Representatives was a provision barring access to abortion called the Stupak-Pitts Amendmen...
Nov 10, 2009 / Eyal Press
Good Riddance to the MSM? Good Riddance to the MSM?
On October 27 I was part of the "Intelligence Squared" debate series, squaring off with NPR's John Hockenberry, Politico's Jim VandeHei, and Vanity Fair columnist Michael...
Nov 9, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Stupak Stupor The Stupak Stupor
We know that the House healthcare reform bill passed after an eleventh-hour compromise (you might say betrayal) on abortion access. We know the compromise, the Stupak-Pitts amendme...
Nov 9, 2009 / Emily Douglas
Preparing Undeployables for the Afghan Front Preparing Undeployables for the Afghan Front
Under the Ft. Hood headlines, a stressed-out Army pushes stressed-out soldiers back into the war zones.
Nov 9, 2009 / Feature / Dahr Jamail and Sarah Lazare
The Just Say No Democrats The Just Say No Democrats
The New York Times has an excellent graphic up today profiling the 39 Democrats who voted against healthcare reform in the House of Representatives on Saturday night. The Times not...
Nov 9, 2009 / Ari Berman