Obama the Adult Versus McCain’s Economic Easter Bunny Obama the Adult Versus McCain’s Economic Easter Bunny
Debating on a night when global markets were tanking, Barack Obama and John McCain engaged in an edgy debate about "spreading the wealth," "class warfare" and creating an economy ...
Oct 16, 2008 / John Nichols
The Penguin Channels McCain in Debate With Batman The Penguin Channels McCain in Debate With Batman
In preparation for his last debate with Obama, McCain should take a few pages from the Batman villain's playbook.
Oct 15, 2008 / YouTube
Conscience, Sanity–Doonesbury Conscience, Sanity–Doonesbury
These past few Sunday mornings, when many people turn to the funnies in the Washington Post, Garry Trudeau has offered readers large doses of sanity and conscience in his invalua...
Oct 15, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Paulson’s Bailout Beast Paulson’s Bailout Beast
Henry Paulson's latest plan takes us further down to road to state capitalism, whose only principle is to protect the bankers who created the problem.
Oct 15, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Walter Benjamin Forever: A Critic’s Coveted Afterlife Walter Benjamin Forever: A Critic’s Coveted Afterlife
Following the quirky, revolutionary life path of one of the most celebrated twentieth-century intellectuals.
Oct 15, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Noah Isenberg
Rooted in Reconstruction: The First Wave of Black Congressmen Rooted in Reconstruction: The First Wave of Black Congressmen
Without the courage of the forgotten black legislators of the Reconstruction era, it would be impossible for a black man today to run for president.
Oct 15, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
Collateral Damage: Reporting the War in Iraq Collateral Damage: Reporting the War in Iraq
Three new books vividly portray the devastating impact of the invasion and occupation of Iraq.
Oct 15, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Chris Toensing
When the Gloves Come Off When the Gloves Come Off
On the campaign trail, new lies are being pumped into the political bloodstream.
Oct 15, 2008 / Feature / Jonathan Schell
No Debate: Hempstead Is Struggling No Debate: Hempstead Is Struggling
As the media descends on Hempstead, NY, for the last presidential debate, regular citizens express frustration with crises at home and abroad.
Oct 15, 2008 / American News Project
This Town Is Going Out of Business This Town Is Going Out of Business
[This town is going out of business that I call my brain] [the public space of my head got suburbed] [the heaven-heaped core of capital-] [ized stars is empty now as sleep is full] [of new words for new feelings like infrastructure-] [nostalgia or love-outside-the- citadel] [the past tense is tragedy while the present tense is comedy] [as all the empires and epochs have ended] [but for this one and then only out here] [in the late districts of the imagination] [in the old light of our pretty periphery]
Oct 15, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover