Everybody Wants to Rule the World Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Big Alter-media week: We've got a new called "Think Again column called"Remember Real Journalism," and it's here. We did a BHTV episode with our new conservative buddy Reihan,...
Mar 19, 2009 / Eric Alterman
What AIG Started What AIG Started
As promised here's my comment in this week's issue on the AIG bonus issue. It's behind a sub-wall, but I'm just gonna yank it out and post it here: The infamous letter from AIG C...
Mar 19, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Another Way to Recoup The Bonuses Another Way to Recoup The Bonuses
Like everyone I've been following the AIG brouhaha, though with more than a bit of skepticism at the howls of outrage from the political class. (I have some more extended thoughts...
Mar 19, 2009 / Chris Hayes
The New “Welfare Queens” The New “Welfare Queens”
I am deriving a quirky and somewhat devious pleasure from the current rhetoric surrounding the AIG bonus debacle. I've noticed that members of Congress, media outlets, and the gen...
Mar 19, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry
What Would You Ask Obama? What Would You Ask Obama?
If ordinary citizens could attend a White House press conference, what would they want to know? Submit your questions here for a People's Press Conference.
Mar 19, 2009 / Feature / Ari Melber
Obama Takes Fight to Southern Calif. GOP Obama Takes Fight to Southern Calif. GOP
When Barack Obama appeared on Wednesday at a town hall-style event at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Southern California, he was challenging the Republicans in their historic hea...
Mar 19, 2009 / Jon Wiener
A Nameless Vocation: On Fanny Howe A Nameless Vocation: On Fanny Howe
In The Winter Sun, Fanny Howe proves to be a reluctant and rebellious memoirist.
Mar 18, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
Antica e Moderna: The Poetry of Umberto Saba Antica e Moderna: The Poetry of Umberto Saba
The poems of Umberto Saba let tradition speak to and through modernity.
Mar 18, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Susan Stewart
There Will Always Be Blood: True Crime Writing There Will Always Be Blood: True Crime Writing
An anthology of true crime writing appeals to the culture vulture--and the plain old vulture--in us.
Mar 18, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Lorna Scott Fox
The People’s Press Conference The People’s Press Conference
A new initiative empowers citizens to submit and rank questions for the president to answer.
Mar 18, 2009 / Feature / Ari Melber