Planet Cheney and the Secret Government Planet Cheney and the Secret Government
The Nation's Chris Hayes calls for a wide-ranging investigation of torture policies similar to the Church Committee of the 1970s.
Sep 1, 2009 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Cheney Continues to Defend False Truths Cheney Continues to Defend False Truths
The Nation's Jeremy Scahill criticizes the former vice president's recent defense of torture and the media outlets who let him get away with it.
Sep 1, 2009 / Countdown
The Kennedy Seat: Vicki’s a “No,” But Maybe Joe The Kennedy Seat: Vicki’s a “No,” But Maybe Joe
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has scheduled the special election to fill the US Senate seat vacated by the death of Senator Edward Kennedy's seat. The date is January 19, ...
Sep 1, 2009 / John Nichols
Feingold Gets Afghanistan Right Feingold Gets Afghanistan Right
Senator Russ Feingold was way ahead of the Senate curve in insisting ona timetable for withdrawal from Iraq, and last week he got it rightagain in calling for a flexible timetabl...
Aug 31, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama Organizing Advisers Rap Healthcare Push Obama Organizing Advisers Rap Healthcare Push
Two former advisers to Barack Obama's presidential campaign, famed labor organizer Marshall Ganz and urban policy expert Peter Dreier, are now publicly criticizing Obama's healthca...
Aug 31, 2009 / Ari Melber
Revealing Hate: Inside White Supremacist World Revealing Hate: Inside White Supremacist World
The upcoming film, Revealing Hate takes an in-depth look at the chilling history and present of America's white supremacist organizations.
Aug 31, 2009 / YouTube
Verizon Wireless is Wrong Verizon Wireless is Wrong
Do 87 million Verizon Wireless customers know that the company is a co-sponsor of a major climate-change-denying, union-busting, pro-mountaintop removal Labor Day rally staged by...
Aug 31, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
My Lai and Lockerbie Reconsidered My Lai and Lockerbie Reconsidered
The eerie confluence of the tales of two convicted mass murderers, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi and William Calley--and their fates.
Aug 31, 2009 / Nick Turse
A Survival Guide for New Teachers of Color A Survival Guide for New Teachers of Color
Antonio Ramírez A Milwaukee teacher reflects on those first difficult years.
Aug 31, 2009 / The Nation
Senator Vicki Kennedy? Senator Vicki Kennedy?
Ted Kennedy has been well remembered and buried. Now, the question becomes, who will replace "the lion of the Senate" in the seat representing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ...
Aug 31, 2009 / John Nichols