The New Face of Hunger The New Face of Hunger
This week, UN World Food Program issued a bleak warning: In the future, the WFP said, there will be food on the shelves. It's just that many won't be able to afford it. As food ...
Feb 27, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Contemplating the Former Brilliance of Bill Buckley Contemplating the Former Brilliance of Bill Buckley
Much attention has been afforded in this presidential campaign debating season to the attempts of the various contenders to utter memorable lines, most of which have ended in for...
Feb 27, 2008 / John Nichols
Oil Prices Peak as the House Takes Up Energy Subsidies Oil Prices Peak as the House Takes Up Energy Subsidies
With consumers pinched across the country, today, the House will try again to eliminate the most lucrative tax breaks for oil companies--an $18-billion bounty--and simultaneously ...
Feb 27, 2008 / Chris Hayes
A Texan Border Ambassador A Texan Border Ambassador
Texas businessman Jay Johnson-Castro is a self-described Border Ambassador. But the word "crusader" might seem more fitting. His journey started in September 2006, when Congress ...
Feb 27, 2008 / Chris Hayes
McCain and the Media McCain and the Media
It's absurd for the New York Times to cast him as a tool of corporate media, when he's been in the forefront of trying to rein it in.
Feb 27, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer
Clinton’s Cringe-Worthy Moment Clinton’s Cringe-Worthy Moment
Hillary Clinton should probably spend a little more time boning up on her husband's trade record than watching NBC's "Saturday Night Live." That might have helped her to figure o...
Feb 27, 2008 / John Nichols
The 60 Minutes Blackout The 60 Minutes Blackout
If it truly was an accident that the beginning of the 60 Minutes episode chronicling Karl Rove's machinations to unseat the former Democratic governor of Alabama happened to get b...
Feb 27, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Lobbying Revenue Jumps 9% Lobbying Revenue Jumps 9%
The economy may be looking browbeaten these days, but at least one sector is still thriving: the lobbying industry. According to this week's report by The Hill, last year, the 25 ...
Feb 26, 2008 / Chris Hayes
The Iraq Debate The Iraq Debate
If you value your sanity, never, ever, ever listen to GOP blowhards like Tom Coburn and Lindsey Graham discourse at length on Iraq. The arguments are so transparently ad hoc, disi...
Feb 26, 2008 / Chris Hayes
The Most-Wanted List The Most-Wanted List
Making a list of the most hated arch-criminals--not the usual suspects.
Feb 26, 2008 / Feature / Noam Chomsky