Miseries of ‘Il Manifesto’ Miseries of ‘Il Manifesto’
Italy's small, independent, radical daily is an indispensable voice on the left.
Mar 18, 2009 / Feature / Norman Birnbaum
The Death and Life of Great American Newspapers The Death and Life of Great American Newspapers
The collapse of journalism threatens democracy itself--that's why we need a government rescue.
Mar 18, 2009 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
Bush Law Continued Bush Law Continued
Obama vowed to reverse Bush's excesses. But his resistance to judicial oversight and constitutional restraint may render his promises unenforceable.
Mar 18, 2009 / David Cole
AIG Lights a Fire AIG Lights a Fire
A new kind of economic populism is driving grassroots protests to nationalize, reorganize and decentralize the financial system.
Mar 18, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Noted. Noted.
Iraq by the numbers, six years on; John Nichols on The Daily Show's meltdown smackdown.
Mar 18, 2009 / The Editors
Which Side Are You On? Which Side Are You On?
Every Democratic elected official must answer an old but newly relevant question: are you for or against labor unions?
Mar 18, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Don’t Bail on EFCA Don’t Bail on EFCA
In a climate of crisis, it would be foolish for Democrats to retreat from the one measure that could rebalance our disastrous economic formula: pass the EFCA.
Mar 18, 2009 / The Editors
Love Me, I’m a Conservative Love Me, I’m a Conservative
Atlantic blogger Ross Douthat joins the New York Times's op-ed lineup. Depressing.
Mar 18, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt
NATO: Still Mission-Creeping at 60 NATO: Still Mission-Creeping at 60
Expect gale-force gusts of bombast at NATO's anniversary party.
Mar 18, 2009 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
The Afghanistan Americans Seldom Notice The Afghanistan Americans Seldom Notice
When it's all over and we finally do leave, the Afghans of Bamiyan Province will be at least as poor as they ever were in what will remain a devastated country.
Mar 18, 2009 / Feature / Pratap Chatterjee