Required Reading for Health Care Town Halls Required Reading for Health Care Town Halls
I am frustrated with the deepening madness at health care reform town hall meetings. In an effort to contextualize these events I'm offering a short syllabus that may help us unde...
Aug 14, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Harry Reid Versus Democracy Harry Reid Versus Democracy
No member of Congress should serve without having been elected by the people of the district or state they represent. Unfortunately, four appointed senators are currently serving...
Aug 14, 2009 / John Nichols
Let’s Get Real about Obama Let’s Get Real about Obama
It's been a rough and tough few months. And this August is making a bid to replace the Ides of (is it?) March as the meanest month in our calendar. From a slew of intense late n...
Aug 14, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bring the Crazy… Bring the Crazy…
Wrapup: I've got a new Think Again called "Media Ethics: 'So Last Century'" Also, two Alter-recommendations: The Ghosts of Flatbush adocumentary about the Brooklyn Dodgers runn...
Aug 13, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Tyler Perry’s Gender Problem Tyler Perry’s Gender Problem
Filmmaker Tyler Perry may see himself as creating modern-day fairy tales for black women, but he's actually reinforcing some seriously conservative gender politics.
Aug 13, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Courtney Young
Biking Out of Iraq Biking Out of Iraq
Reflections on troops that don't depart, experts who never leave the scene, an Air Force that suddenly wasn't there and a war that no longer needs justification.
Aug 13, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Ten Things You Need to Know to End Homelessness Ten Things You Need to Know to End Homelessness
Find an emergency prevention programs in your area, encourage no-strings attached outreach and more means to end homelessness.
Aug 13, 2009 / The Nation
Sestak vs. Specter Sestak vs. Specter
The debate over issues like President Obama's stimulus, healthcarereform and climate change have revealed fault lines in the country, butalso within the Democratic party. In the ...
Aug 13, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Breaking: Bill Clinton Heralds Blogs, Answers Heckler Breaking: Bill Clinton Heralds Blogs, Answers Heckler
Pittsburgh, PA 9:42pm 8/13/2009President Clinton just took the stage at Netroots Nation, opening with a joke about how many Republicans think President Obama was born in the Unite...
Aug 13, 2009 / Ari Melber
The Art of Public Space The Art of Public Space
Filling the empty streets and turning pedestrian piazzas into true commons.
Aug 12, 2009 / Benjamin R. Barber