What We Feared What We Feared
When Bill Kristol was inexplicably hired by the New York Times, the fear many of us on the left had was not that he'd bludgeon the paper's readers with his turgid prose and hacki...
Mar 17, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Take Back America Take Back America
Te-Ping and I will be at the Take Back America conference much of today, and we will be occasionally posting about the conference. In the meantime, happy St. Patrick's day one and...
Mar 17, 2008 / Chris Hayes
A Church Under Attack Says “No” to the Political Smears A Church Under Attack Says “No” to the Political Smears
Those who seek to discredit Barack Obama by bashing his former pastor are not just attacking the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., they are attacking Trinity United Church of Christ an...
Mar 16, 2008 / John Nichols
House Dems Stand Up House Dems Stand Up
After its historic closed session last night, the House voted to reject telecom immunity this afternoon by a 213-197 margin. Twelve Democrats voted against the bill in the final r...
Mar 14, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Friday Capitol Letter Friday Capitol Letter
In the House....This week, Democrats defied the White House with a new FISA proposal that would investigate the administration's warrantless surveillance activities, empower feder...
Mar 14, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Tracing Slavery’s Past Tracing Slavery’s Past
On the bicentennial of the abolition of the slave trade, a documentarian tries to come to grips with her family's history in the trade.
Mar 14, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Te-Ping Chen
Morning Links Morning Links
1. Dumbest. Amendment. Ever. 2. Winter Soldier is happening now. Te-Ping will likely be filing dispatches later. 3. David Obey on yesterday's GOP-initiated secret session to di...
Mar 14, 2008 / Chris Hayes
249 Millionaires 249 Millionaires
I find this Reuters headline, "Get elected to Congress and get rich," fairly silly. Like many of the wealthiest Americans (the report doesn't factor in the recent economic slowdow...
Mar 14, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Howard Metzenbaum: The Last Ferocious Liberal Howard Metzenbaum: The Last Ferocious Liberal
When the Democratic Party was being remade in the 1980s and early 1990s as the second party of Wall Street, Howard Metzenbaum fought to defend the liberal values of Franklin Roose...
Mar 14, 2008 / John Nichols
Who’s Illegal? How Immigration Defines the ’08 Election Who’s Illegal? How Immigration Defines the ’08 Election
Conservative efforts to demonize undocumented immigrants have only energized a new generation of immigrant rights leaders.
Mar 13, 2008 / The Nation