GOP Filibusters ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Repeal, DREAM Act GOP Filibusters ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Repeal, DREAM Act
A Senate majority was prepared to take a key step to end discrimination against gays and lesbians serving in the military Tuesday, but the GOP minority blocked action. At the ...
Sep 21, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
Echoing at the Extremes Echoing at the Extremes
Funny how here in the U.S. we've only heard about one extreme: the Tea Party movement, the angry, anti-government, pro-gun, far white.
Sep 21, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Tea Party Values Tea Party Values
The upstart energy of the Tea Party is beginning to coalesce with the organizing savvy of the religious right—and putting the force of religious zeal behind the Tea Party&rsq...
Sep 21, 2010 / Sarah Posner
Could Christine O’Donnell Really Win? Could Christine O’Donnell Really Win?
Why the media—and probably more voters than we like to think—find her bewitching.
Sep 21, 2010 / The Notion / Leslie Savan
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
Newt Gingrich, the current conservative "reality" and the mail.
Sep 17, 2010 / Blog / Eric Alterman
Melissa Harris-Lacewell on the GOP’s War Against Women’s Rights Melissa Harris-Lacewell on the GOP’s War Against Women’s Rights
Five Republican Senate nominees recently announced that they do not support a woman's right to an abortion even in the case of rape or incest.
Sep 17, 2010 / Video / The Rachel Maddow Show
The State of the Student Left The State of the Student Left
Highlights from a panel from the US Social Forum on the politics of the contemporary American student Left.
Sep 17, 2010 / StudentNation / Laurie Rojas
The Fifty Most Influential Progressives of the Twentieth Century The Fifty Most Influential Progressives of the Twentieth Century
The radical ideas of one generation become the common sense of the next. Here, Peter Dreier honors the people who moved progressive ideas in America from the marginal to the mainst...
Sep 16, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Peter Dreier
Neocons, AFL-CIO Both Blast China: Want Obama to Act Neocons, AFL-CIO Both Blast China: Want Obama to Act
In different ways, both the neocons and the unions are demanding that the Obama administration take strong action to punish, isolate and sanction China.
Sep 16, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
The Teapot Tempest The Teapot Tempest
Democratic candidates can't just campaign by fear-mongering on the Tea Party. A populist message that emphasizes job creation will speak to Dems and independents who put Obama in t...
Sep 15, 2010 / Editorial / The Editors