Update on DC Voting Rights Update on DC Voting Rights
Greg Kaufmann, who's been following developments closely writes: Don't count your 60 Senate votes before they hatch… Look, it definitely looks good. However, there are a coupl...
Feb 25, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Chas Freeman for NIC: Lots at Stake Chas Freeman for NIC: Lots at Stake
A thunderous, coordinated assault against one of President Obama's intelligence picks is now underway. It started in a few right-wing blogs, migrated to semi-official mouthpieces ...
Feb 25, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama’s Toughest Task Obama’s Toughest Task
Obama's address to Congress was a gift to a dispirited nation. Now the hard work begins to transform vision to reality--but how can we do it by waging another war?
Feb 25, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
A Waltz With the Dogs of Memory A Waltz With the Dogs of Memory
Vicious hounds of repressed memory haunt Waltz with Bashir, a deeply flawed depiction of the harsh truths of a war no one can forget.
Feb 24, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Hussein Ibish
Obama Offers a Comprehensive “Yes, We Can!” Obama Offers a Comprehensive “Yes, We Can!”
Barack Obama's not-a-State of the Union address sounded precisely like a State of the Union address, as the president offered a sober assessment of a recession that "is real and (...
Feb 24, 2009 / John Nichols
The Ross-Iran Controversy The Ross-Iran Controversy
By now it's apparent that Dennis Ross, the controversial former official from the Washington Institute for Near East Affairs, didn't get the post he wanted, namely, special envoy ...
Feb 24, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Bailout for Bankers? Indictments From Inmates Bailout for Bankers? Indictments From Inmates
Americans behind bars weigh in on the corporate crooks who continue to get away with their crimes.
Feb 24, 2009 / Feature / Joseph H. Cooper
End Mountaintop Removal End Mountaintop Removal
Thanks to author and activist Jeff Biggers for alerting me to a powerful appeal made recently to President Obama to immediately halt mountaintop removal, a radical form of coal mi...
Feb 24, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
The US v. Barry Bonds The US v. Barry Bonds
The case against Barry Bonds has begun to resemble the big marlin in Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea. In the end, all that may be left are the bones.
Feb 24, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin
Voting Rights for DC! Voting Rights for DC!
Maybe. It looks like I might finally have a congressperson who can, you know, actually vote. The DC Voting Rights Act just passed cloture in the senate, 62-34. It would temporaril...
Feb 24, 2009 / Chris Hayes