A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week for Standard & Poor's
Following an SEC review of its downgrade decision, Standard & Poor’s is now facing a Department of Justice probe and lost business from several municipalities.
View ArticleCivil Disobedience on Tar Sands Begins Outside the White House
More than seventy activists, including Bill McKibben, were arrested outside the White House in a protest against the potentially devastating Keystone XL oil pipeline.
View ArticleCognitive Dissonance: Conservative Media Respond to Libya's Liberation
Conservative media outlets don’t know how to fit Qaddafi’s ouster into their false narrative of Obama’s being weak on defense.
View ArticleRepublican Presidential Candidates Refuse to Credit Obama on Libya
Some Republican presidential candidates are pretending Qaddafi's ouster isn't happening. Others are pretending Obama had nothing to do with it. And then there's Mitt Romney.
View ArticleCivil Disobedience on Tar Sands Continues, Amid Ominous Signs From...
Over 300 people have been arrested outside the White House in protest of the Keystone XL pipeline--but the administration is signaling the project is going to be approved.
View ArticleState Department Issues Flawed Blessing of Keystone XL
The State Department has issued an environmental assessment of the Keystone XL pipeline that contradicts many experts—and even the EPA.
View ArticleJerry Richardson, Cam Newton and the Color of Control
Panthers owner Jerry Richardson is bragging to the press that he advises new quarterback Cam Newton on his tattoos and piercings.
View ArticleTea Party Senate Primary Campaigns to Watch
Tea Party activists are not happy with Republicans in Washington, and they're preparing to challenge a whole bunch of them.
View ArticleFear, Inc.: America's Islamophobia Network
As the tenth anniversary of 9/11 approaches, a new report details the right-wing donors behind a network of "experts" who promote xenophobic fear of Islam.
View ArticleWill Top Obama Economist Fight for Jobs?
Progressive economists applauded Obama's pick of Alan Krueger as chief economist, but warned that his ideas for job creation may be too little, too late.
View ArticleWhy Moderate Republicans Still Support Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney has adopted a series of hard-core right-wing positions, but he's still the candidate of the GOP elite because they know better than to believe him.
View ArticleMichael Vick and the Forgotten Masses
Michael Vick's ascension should be cause for reflection, not celebration
View Article'Moderate' Jon Huntsman Releases Right-Wing 'Jobs' Plan
The first Republican candidate's jobs plan is just a collection of right wing talking points.
View ArticleThe End of the Jerry Lewis Telethon—It's About Time
A great day for people with disabilities.
View ArticleIs Rick Perry the Tea Party Front-runner?
Rick Perry is enjoying the same bump that Michele Bachmann had, especially among Tea Paryiers, but that doesn’t mean he is the Tea Party favorite, yet.
View ArticleThe NFL Will Remember 9/11 in All the Wrong Ways
I wish restraint was the order of the day as the NFL season opens on the tenth anniversary of 9/11. It won't be.
View ArticleRichard Cordray Goes to Capitol Hill, but Addresses Deaf Republican Ears
Obama's nominee to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau appeared before a Senate committee Tuesday—but Republicans don't think his job should exist.
View ArticleAmerica to Obama, 'Stand Up for Yourself'
Recent polls show that the country is ready for President Obama to confront the GOP.
View ArticleHow Politically Talented Is Rick Perry?
The Texas governor has won in state by appealing to the GOP base. But how will that play in a national election?
View ArticleMitt Romney Releases Plan to Increase Unemployment and the Budget Deficit
The candidate comes forward with a detailed economic plan that would hinder recovery and lower revenue.
View Article9/11 at 10
Streaming live with Katrina vanden Heuvel, Melissa Harris-Perry, Chris Hayes, Eric Foner and John Nichols.
View ArticleNonsensical Argument About Job Creation Dominates GOP Debate
If government can only kill jobs, then why are Rick Perry and Mitt Romney arguing about who created more jobs as governor?
View ArticleGOP Debate: From Birthers to Earthers
The most striking part of the first full-blown debate in the Republican primary was the total rejection of science.
View ArticleOn Capital Punishment, Perry Is Bush on Steroids
When it comes to executing people—innocent or otherwise—Rick Perry’s record is worse than George W. Bush’s.
View ArticleTimeline: Milestones of the Food Movement
Twelve major events in the evolution of the food movement.
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