Step Toward Justice for Jamie Leigh Jones Step Toward Justice for Jamie Leigh Jones
Score one for Senator Al Franken. Thanks to him, Jamie Leigh Jones, a former KBR employee who alleges she was gang raped by her coworkers will get her day in court.
Mar 26, 2010 / Laura Flanders
The Purell Will Always Be With Us The Purell Will Always Be With Us
Bush uses Clinton as Kleenex.
Mar 25, 2010 / Leslie Savan
Can Obama Talk About Race? Can Obama Talk About Race?
Melissa Harris-Lacewell explains why Obama is not talking about race and what it means for African Americans.
Mar 24, 2010 / GRITtv
Washington’s Indonesian Bully Boys Washington’s Indonesian Bully Boys
The Obama administration may renew aid to the Indonesian army's notorious special forces--which have been implicated in a recent assassination campaign.
Mar 22, 2010 / Allan Nairn
For Obama, Health Care Victory Has 13 Million Fathers For Obama, Health Care Victory Has 13 Million Fathers
After early struggles and White House hurdles, Obama's grassroots arm says it helped swing tangible votes for health care reform.
Mar 22, 2010 / Ari Melber
Beck and Palin: “Violence is Not The Answer” Beck and Palin: “Violence is Not The Answer”
"Leadership is not hitting somebody over the head. It's not taking up arms at this point. That's not leadership -- that's assault," explains the former Alaska gover...
Mar 18, 2010 / Ari Melber
The Left Never Left Obama The Left Never Left Obama
Progressives are learning how Obama actually leads: as a manager and technocrat. And that's not a bad thing.
Mar 18, 2010 / Ari Melber
Credit Where Due, Geithner Credit Where Due, Geithner
What Tim Geithner should be getting credit for, it seems to me, is that Lehman Brothers report -- well, not the report, but the cover-up.
Mar 16, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Dodd’s Not-Independent Consumer Watchdog Dodd’s Not-Independent Consumer Watchdog
Dodd's bill puts a strong cop on the beat. But the same regulators who've already failed us would look over its shoulder.
Mar 15, 2010 / Kai Wright
There’s No ‘Compromise’ Protection Against Predators There’s No ‘Compromise’ Protection Against Predators
Good riddance to the Senate's bipartisan effort to build a weak Consumer Financial Protection Agency.
Mar 14, 2010 / Kai Wright