Credit Card Holders Have Rights Too Credit Card Holders Have Rights Too
Momentum is shifting in Washington to to protect consumers from arbitrary rate hikes and other unfair and deceptive credit card practices.
May 12, 2009 / Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney
The Politics of Escalation The Politics of Escalation
Democrats in Congress are quashing criticism of military escalation in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
May 12, 2009 / Tom Hayden and Joseph Gerson
Hex Mex Hex Mex
Amid the anti-Mexican media hysteria festering since the outbreak of swine flu, Dave Letterman's portrayal last week of potential Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as a hot-blo...
May 12, 2009 / Leslie Savan
Road to Ruin: Mortgage Fraud Scandal Brewing Road to Ruin: Mortgage Fraud Scandal Brewing
Former loan officers from lending firms step forward to point out the systemic fraud that created the subprime mortgage housing crisis.
May 11, 2009 / American News Project
Lobbying for Autocrats Lobbying for Autocrats
A senator and congressman argue that free trade is the best way to improve US relations with Russia and Georgia. What's in it for us?
Bush, Cheney, Pelosi and Testifying About Torture Bush, Cheney, Pelosi and Testifying About Torture
I.F. Stone used to joke that what passed for investigative journalism in Washington was actually just the restating of what was already in the public record at the appropriate tim...
May 11, 2009 / John Nichols
Obama and Wanda Sykes Bring the Laughs Obama and Wanda Sykes Bring the Laughs
The president and comedian Wanda Sykes laugh off some of the recent Republican attacks at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner
May 11, 2009 / Think Progress
The Fierce Urgency of Disarmament The Fierce Urgency of Disarmament
"After a long winter of discontent we have the audacity to hope forspringtime.... But there are miles to go before we sleep."--Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapalawe, President ofPugwas...
May 11, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Reviving Anti-Trust Reviving Anti-Trust
The New York Times has a piece today about the Obama administration's intention to actually enforce anti-trust provisions, a shocking departure from the actions of the last admini...
May 11, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Geithner’s Stressless Stress Tests Geithner’s Stressless Stress Tests
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner reveals the results of the banks' written exams. All nineteen banks passed...the pass/pass test
May 11, 2009 / Saturday Night Live