A Practical Peace Advocate on Obama’s Nobel Speech A Practical Peace Advocate on Obama’s Nobel Speech
The Obama speech was about what I expected: on the one hand/on the other hand, I reject false choices, needle-threading "pragmatism." I have to say I find this rhetorical...
Dec 10, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Senate Prepares to Cast First Heathcare Votes Senate Prepares to Cast First Heathcare Votes
It takes sixty votes to pass an amendment and most of the proposed measures for the healthcare bill will never pass. Still, a great opportunity to grandstand over pet issues.
Dec 2, 2009 / Feature / Lindsay Beyerstein
Filibustering the Public Filibustering the Public
Filibustering healthcare reform? This is not what democracy looks like.
Nov 24, 2009 / The Editors
Light in the Middle of the Tunnel Light in the Middle of the Tunnel
The upcoming trial of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed is the best news for the print press since Monica Lewinsky.
Nov 24, 2009 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
More Deficit Idiocy: Politico Edition More Deficit Idiocy: Politico Edition
The discussion about deficits and debt in Washington is so colossally stupid and disingenuous that even engaging it makes me despair. But today's Politico so expertly packages toge...
Nov 13, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Healthcare History Healthcare History
The House's healthcare reform bill is a first draft of history; as with most first drafts, it has its share of flaws.
Nov 11, 2009 / The Editors
What Ails the Senate What Ails the Senate
The filibuster has become a cancer growing inside the world's greatest deliberative body.
Nov 4, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Obama, One Year On Obama, One Year On
Building a new political order will take more than one election.
Nov 4, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama: One Year Later, What’s Changed? Obama: One Year Later, What’s Changed?
Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel and others discuss what's changed, what's stayed the same and what we still hope to see happen under Obama.
Nov 4, 2009 / GRITtv
The Heart of Wall Street The Heart of Wall Street
It's undeniable that pay czar Kenneth Feinberg has had an impact on compensation at bailed-out firms. But it's equally clear that the casino culture that created this mess remains ...
Oct 30, 2009 / Feature / Greg Kaufmann