The President’s Never-Ending Virtual Town Hall The President’s Never-Ending Virtual Town Hall
President Obama cracked the White House door for citizens on Thursday, and some of their questions were still bubbling up long after the first virtual town hall ended.
Mar 27, 2009 / Feature / Ari Melber
Don’t Go There Mr. President! Don’t Go There Mr. President!
Sending 17,000 or 21,000 more US troops to Afghanistan will not protect Americans against Al Qaeda attacks
Mar 27, 2009 / Editorial / Tom Hayden
Noted. Noted.
Esther Kaplan on the SEIU and the California Nurses Association's "game changer"; Bruce Shapiro on the death penalty; praise and prizes for The Nation.
Mar 26, 2009 / Editorial / The Editors
Behold the Michele Bachmann Effect Behold the Michele Bachmann Effect
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has an uncanny ability to provoke befuddlement in the faces of her adversaries.
Mar 26, 2009 / Video / Talking Points Memo
Geithnerism Must Go Geithnerism Must Go
In the end, the treasury secretary's fate is less important than the fate of the economic principles he has championed.
Mar 26, 2009 / Editorial / The Editors
Fair Elections Now! Fair Elections Now!
The moment is ripe for major campaign-finance reform.
Mar 26, 2009 / Editorial / Nick Nyhart and David Donnelly
Use Populist Rage To Push Obama Use Populist Rage To Push Obama
The populist fires are burning. But what's next? Bob Borosage thinks progressives should push Obama farther left.
Mar 26, 2009 / Video / American News Project
Obama Attacked With Wave Of ‘Isms’ Obama Attacked With Wave Of ‘Isms’
Communist McCarthyism!? The right-wing makes less sense than usual with its Obama insults.
Mar 25, 2009 / Video / Media Matters for America
Our Ongoing Moral Collapse Our Ongoing Moral Collapse
According to Chris Hedges, if Obama continues to listen to Geithner, Summers et al.--his presidency may be doomed.
Obama’s Toxic Advisers Obama’s Toxic Advisers
Obama's nomination of Gary Gensler to head the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is yet another example of how the president has entrusted his economic policy to the wrong peopl...
Mar 25, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer