Editorials People who placed their hopes in Barack Obama will be told to be patient and wait on the new president to act. They shouldn't.
January 19, 2009 Despite the gloomy economic news, there's still one "growth industry" in Washington: Barack Obama's inauguration celebration.
January 16, 2009 The Obama administration is filling up fast with recycled Clintonites and Republican holdovers, but don't expect a rerun of Bill Clinton's presidency.
December 2, 2008 Barack Obama's election has burst the dam on expectations erected during 30 years of conservative dominance. But this is only the first stage of the struggle.
November 19, 2008 The sweeping victory of Barack Obama shows that change is coming--but what kind, and in whose interest, depends on how working people organize.
November 7, 2008 Barack Obama seems certain to win the presidency, marking the end to a period of conservative dominance. But will he meet the expectations of his supporters?
October 24, 2008 In states across the country, voters will have an important opportunity to cast a ballot against right wing-sponsored ballot measures.
October 22, 2008 The Democratic candidate's latest proposal to create jobs is centered on business tax breaks--the kind of policy championed for years by Republicans.
October 16, 2008 When all else fails, there's always bigotry. That sums up the direction of the McCain-Palin campaign as the final month of Election 2008 begins.
October 8, 2008 The bankers will soon begin collecting their $700 billion ransom. And they can thank Barack Obama for helping them get away with it.
October 7, 2008 Henry Paulson wants to hand the banks $700 billion to cover their bad bets. Why shouldn't the federal government take over the banks instead?
October 1, 2008 A rebellion in the House of Representatives derailed the $700 billion giveaway of taxpayers' money to Wall Street--but for how long?
September 30, 2008 A bipartisan agreement to bail out the richest banks and firms on Wall Street--at our expense--collapsed amid a White House shouting match.
September 26, 2008 Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is demanding $700 billion in taxpayers' money and total control to save Wall Street from the disaster it caused itself.
September 22, 2008 The earthquake that struck the Wall Street financial system this week is an indictment of capitalism and the irrational free-market system.
September 19, 2008 The latest chaos on Wall Street highlights not just the scale of the world financial crisis, but the needless destruction built into the capitalist system.
September 16, 2008 Sneering at Barack Obama and snarling about the "liberal" media, the Christian Right has made a triumphant return to the spotlight in the Republican Party.
September 10, 2008 The Democrats should be poised for a landslide victory, but Barack Obama is barely ahead of John McCain going into the Democratic convention. Why?
August 26, 2008 After dragging out the process for weeks, Barack Obama's selection of Joe Biden as vice president is the most conventional possible choice.
August 25, 2008 There's no shortage of reasons why George Bush and the Republicans are discredited and despised. Support for Barack Obama is one sign of the growing dissatisfaction among wider groups of people.
August 13, 2008 John McCain's latest strategy is to accuse Barack Obama of playing the "race card." But he's the one who's trying to exploit racist fears.
August 5, 2008 Call it socialism, Wall Street style: Taxpayers get saddled with the risks and costs of the bailout, while private shareholders reap the gains.
July 29, 2008 Who needs evidence when you can identify suspects by the color of their skin? That seems to be the guiding principle of new FBI rules.
July 17, 2008 Barack Obama is planning a visit to Iraq to help him "refine" the position on withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq that won him the Democratic nomination.
July 15, 2008 Since securing the Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama has moved so far and fast to the right that even the Wall Street Journal approves.
July 9, 2008
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