Meet Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, Star Witness in Peter King’s Anti-Muslim Show Trial Meet Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, Star Witness in Peter King’s Anti-Muslim Show Trial
According to Jasser, the Muslim Brotherhood’s mission is to upend the Constitution and impose Sharia law and Islamic “political collectivism” in America.
Mar 8, 2011 / Sarah Posner
The ‘Badger Advocates’: Corporate Advocates, Not UW-Madison Advocates The ‘Badger Advocates’: Corporate Advocates, Not UW-Madison Advocates
At the University of Wisconsin-Madison a group of corporate lobbyist will be working to turn the university into a quasi-private "public authority" institution. Other states that h...
Mar 8, 2011 / StudentNation / StudentNation
10 Nonviolent Options in Libya 10 Nonviolent Options in Libya
The United States and its allies should be putting pressure on Qaddafi in ways that don't involve violent military intervention.
Mar 8, 2011 / Carne Ross
Will Federal Regulators Crack Down on Oil Speculation? Will Federal Regulators Crack Down on Oil Speculation?
The biggest threat to economic recovery—and to President Obama's shot at re-election—is the price of gas. Why is Wall Street still allowed to aggravate the uncertainty ...
Mar 8, 2011 / Chris Hayes
Meet the Ohio Woman Who Would Have Testified Against the ‘Heartbeat Bill’ Meet the Ohio Woman Who Would Have Testified Against the ‘Heartbeat Bill’
Fetuses are stealing the show from women.
Mar 7, 2011 / The Notion / Sharon Lerner
Old Secretaries of Defense Never Die, They Just Write Bestselling Memoirs Old Secretaries of Defense Never Die, They Just Write Bestselling Memoirs
Since defense secretaries are in the news, let's talk about them.
Mar 7, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
The Only Constitutional Crisis In Wisconsin Is the One the Governor’s Consigliere Is Creating The Only Constitutional Crisis In Wisconsin Is the One the Governor’s Consigliere Is Creating
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Republican legislators want to arrest and punish Democrats who disagree with them. Walker’s lieutenant says the state’s on the ...
Mar 7, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Huckabee Replaces N-word With ‘Mau-Mau’ Huckabee Replaces N-word With ‘Mau-Mau’
Huckabee seemed folksy and friendly—until he started squawking that President Obama grew up in Kenya.
Mar 7, 2011 / The Notion / Leslie Savan
Mike Huckabee: Wrong on Single Moms Mike Huckabee: Wrong on Single Moms
If Huckabee is worried about glamorizing teen pregnancy, he need look no farther than his own political party.
Mar 6, 2011 / The Notion / Melissa Harris-Perry
Tens of Thousands Cheer Michael Moore in Madison: ‘You Have Aroused a Sleeping Giant, Known as the Working People’ Tens of Thousands Cheer Michael Moore in Madison: ‘You Have Aroused a Sleeping Giant, Known as the Working People’
“This movement--we'll call it the ‘Madison Movement’ (after both the town where it was born and the president who wrote our Bill of Rights) is exploding across th...
Mar 5, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols