Washington politics
: Kevin Prosen 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 : Dave Zirin 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 : Howard Zinn 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 : Jeremy Scahill 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 : Elizabeth Schulte 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 : Elizabeth Schulte 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 : Todd Chretien Why did Barack Obama cave again to the right-wing blowhards who attacked environmental justice activist Van Jones?
September 9, 2009 : Amanda Duzak 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 : Dave Zirin 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 : Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor 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 : Nicole Colson 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 : Jeremy Scahill 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
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