Spring Break Links Spring Break Links
Congress is out on spring break until the end of the month, so here at J Street we won't be posting our regular weekly previews and round-ups of legislative action. For now, plea...
Mar 18, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Bill Gates Sr. on the Economy Bill Gates Sr. on the Economy
If the economy is the "number-one issue" in this current election, here at TBA, Barbara Ehrenreich and William Gates, Sr. are arguing that a better way to frame it may be inequali...
Mar 18, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Blackwater Seeps Into the Campaign Blackwater Seeps Into the Campaign
Clinton and Obama each have nuanced plans to ban private security firms from Iraq. The difference is how they're spinning them.
Mar 18, 2008 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Five Years in Iraq: Best of the Media Five Years in Iraq: Best of the Media
Just imagine: You run a flagship national newspaper, the New York Times. It's the fifth anniversary of President Bush's catastrophic invasion of Iraq. Your own record of reporta...
Mar 18, 2008 / TomDispatch
Blackwater, the Campaign Issue Blackwater, the Campaign Issue
In this interview with RealNews, Nation Correspondent Jeremy Scahill explains how Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama differ on the use of private security contractors in Iraq.
Mar 18, 2008 / Jeremy Scahill and The Nation Video
Crisis is Opportunity Crisis is Opportunity
Maybe it's been my choice of panels, but thus far, the events I've attended here at Take Back America have felt curiously subdued. Under the pall of the plummeting economy and the...
Mar 18, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Hamilton Explains Hamilton Explains
How Alexander Hamilton "fell into as difficult a position as a public man has ever known, and extricated himself by means which show how much the conventional standards of morals h...
Mar 18, 2008 / The Editors
And a Half-Brother in China, Too And a Half-Brother in China, Too
To follow up on Chris's excellent commentary on the Obama-Wright media firestorm from this afternoon, here's the tally on how McCain has comparatively fared with the press (via FA...
Mar 18, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Notes on a Scandal Notes on a Scandal
The Spitzer affair's obvious rationality continues to elude the therapists, sexperts and pundits for whom shame is the game.
Mar 17, 2008 / JoAnn Wypijewski
Obama, Politics and the Pulpit Obama, Politics and the Pulpit
The uproar over intemperate remarks by Obama's former pastor reveals all that's repellant in our national discourse over race, religion and politics.
Mar 17, 2008 / Feature / Chris Hayes