Washington politics

  • Michael Bloomberg can claim victory in New York's mayoral race, but his narrow re-election represents a repudiation of his agenda for the city. November 11, 2009

  • There are two wrong interpretations of the November 3 election results circulating in the political establishment and among its chatterers. November 6, 2009

  • If Tuesday's elections reveal nothing else, it's that the time for swooning over photo ops is past. We need action, not words. November 5, 2009

  • The American people made history in electing Barack Obama--and they expected big reforms instead of the same old America Obama represents. November 4, 2009

  • Barack Obama, winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, is planning another war to add to his already impressive record. October 20, 2009

  • I was shocked when I heard Barack Obama was given the Nobel peace prize--until I recalled that Wilson, Roosevelt and Kissinger had all won. October 14, 2009

  • Barack Obama, who is in the process of waging two wars, is now the recipient of an award that is supposedly reserved for those who have a commitment to peace. October 14, 2009

  • Some lawmakers are beginning to push back against the double standards used to attack the community organization ACORN by going after real corporate criminals. October 13, 2009

  • More than 200 activists rallied in response to a demonstration in Minneapolis by members of a neo-Nazi group. October 8, 2009

  • It was no surprise when Glenn Beck went on the attack after an incriminating video of ACORN workers surfaced--but then Congress joined in. October 2, 2009

  • The questionable behavior of two ACORN employees is child's play compared to what is legitimized and institutionalized under capitalism. September 30, 2009

  • For Tom DeLay, the chance to be on Dancing with the Stars is an opportunity to soften his image before his upcoming trial on felony charges. September 23, 2009

  • The important thing about Joe Wilson's outburst isn't that it was bad etiquette, but that it symbolizes the racism and intolerance of the Republican right. September 23, 2009

  • Why did Barack Obama cave again to the right-wing blowhards who attacked environmental justice activist Van Jones? September 9, 2009

  • A woman who challenged the Republican National Committee chairman on health care at a Howard University speech explains why she spoke out. September 8, 2009

  • RNC Chair Michael Steele showed his contempt at an event at Howard University when he mocked a woman whose mother just died of cancer. September 3, 2009

  • Ted Kennedy is being remembered as a liberal stalwart--but also as a bipartisan dealmaker ready to set ideals aside. Those were always two sides of the same coin. August 28, 2009

  • Republicans and conservative Democrats are set to wreck health care reform--and Barack Obama is letting them. August 25, 2009

  • Business and the right-wing media have mobilized racist, right-wing rabble at health care "town meetings"--but Obama's pro-corporate policies gave them space to do it. August 17, 2009

  • Revelations of phone tapping by a British newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch are part of a pattern for a man of relentless inhumanity. August 4, 2009

  • Socialists should refuse to sacrifice the independence of social movements in the interest of any politician's election. July 30, 2009

  • There may be differences within the limits of "mainstream" ruling-class thinking, but figures like Obama would never challenge those limits themselves. July 29, 2009

  • Republicans are beside themselves about Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, but we can only wish Sonia Sotomayor was as radical as they think. July 21, 2009

  • How is it that the name of a high-ranking Obama administration official came to be featured in an ad campaign for Big Oil? July 16, 2009

  • It's hard to imagine a world where the Republican Party wins elections again. But that depends on the performance of Barack Obama's Democrats. July 14, 2009