Monday, December 17, 2007
Monday 11:54 AM
The U.S. could have showed the world that we are serious about climate change. Instead, we drew an unnecessary line in the Bali sand.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Thursday 12:02 PM
Here's how the United States' limited view of human rights dishonors the term.
Thursday 11:29 AM
The blinding headache will come when millions of people retire to find that their promised pot of gold is close to empty.
Thursday 11:25 AM
So why are the Republicans threatening to filibuster our best chance at getting clean energy?
Monday, December 10, 2007
Monday 12:43 PM
We have everything we need to get started, save perhaps political will, but political will is a renewable resource.
Monday 12:35 PM
If lenders couldn't offset their loans to Wall Street, their practices couldn't have spiraled out of control.
Monday 12:33 PM
Any parent can experience trauma over the health of a child. All parents should have access to good medical care for their children.
Friday, December 7, 2007
Friday 10:55 AM
Voters are ready to support a candidate with a strong progressive agenda.
Friday 10:43 AM
If Bush wanted to make a difference, he'd take on the greedy financial infrastructure that kick-started the subprime crisis.
Friday 10:00 AM
Can we believe in a candidate's promise to not let his religion define his presidency?
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Thursday 11:29 AM
The Middle-class has exhausted the coping mechanisms they've used for over 30 years.
Thursday 11:25 AM
Bush could send U.S. troops into Iranian territory—all in hopes of inciting retaliation.
Thursday 11:13 AM
The subprime crisis' impact on black neighborhoods is not the fault of "black culture."
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Wednesday 12:04 PM
Congress' latest fuel economy plan is a step towards reducing greenhouse emissions.
Wednesday 10:51 AM
Candidates don't talk about the price workers pay for growth-at-any-cost business.
Wednesday 9:55 AM
Some businesses treat worker free-speech rights like a crushed bag of stale potato chips.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Tuesday 11:11 AM
Policy makers, committed to the view that the market is always right, simply ignored the warning signs.
Tuesday 10:23 AM
Progressive unity, connection, and positive vision are no longer just aspirations.
Tuesday 10:20 AM
Miraculously, fact-based intelligence prevails on Iran and its nuclear intentions.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Monday 12:44 PM
Candidates must talk more about the lack of shared prosperity in today's economy.
Monday 12:42 PM
We're the minimum-wage security guards of a giant high-end outlet mall known as America.
Monday 12:39 PM
What we should fear is not government control, but what will happen to caregivers.
Friday, November 30, 2007
Friday 11:39 AM
A presidential forum Saturday could reveal who feels the pulse of average Americans.
Friday 11:14 AM
In Annapolis, the elephant in the room was Iraq, as the grotesque failure of Bush's foreign policy.
Friday 11:11 AM
If Bush tries to lock the next president into permanent bases in Iraq, he may also lock in a Democrat as president.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Thursday 11:50 AM
Slave labor conditions are the ugly secret behind those lacy garments.
Thursday 11:44 AM
Public libraries are increasingly coming under private, for-profit management. That means less oversight and less transparency.
Thursday 11:40 AM
Washington establishment types once hailed George W. Bush's administration as a return to the "grown ups" running our foreign policy again.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Wednesday 11:38 AM
Today's military education benefit is not your grandfather's GI Bill.
Wednesday 11:35 AM
Americans want low prices, but oppose the corporate behaviors that make them possible.
Wednesday 11:31 AM
Our middle class is as much an endangered species as the spotted owl.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Tuesday 11:12 AM
Shareholder losses and family foreclosures somehow add up to big broker bonuses.
Tuesday 11:09 AM
A progressive victory in Australia was fueled by activist passion for ending conservative rule.
Tuesday 10:46 AM
Washington's HIV epidemic should raise serious doubts about Bush's AIDS non-policy.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Monday 11:48 AM
The media are siding with corporations in the "class warfare" debate.
Monday 10:32 AM
The NLRB has handed down 61 decisions that further restrict and weaken workers' rights in America.
Monday 10:21 AM
Too many buy the argument that "poor values" explain the plight of the black poor.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Wednesday 1:21 PM
Sixty-one votes to weaken workers' rights warrants a name change.
Wednesday 12:41 PM
Why is the global divide between rich and poor so vast?
Wednesday 12:35 PM
The fair trade, organic, and sustainable business movement are making it easier to buy ethically.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Tuesday 11:50 AM
As more oil executives gird for a post-petroleum era, the rest of us should take heed.
Tuesday 11:44 AM
Let's have a frontal assault on the conservative idea that government is bad.
Tuesday 11:40 AM
Presidential candidates have a chance to lay out an overarching, progressive vision.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Monday 10:40 AM
Resource wars loom as droughts spread.
Monday 10:39 AM
"Death tax" rhetoric is "Orwellian and dead wrong."
Monday 10:35 AM
As gas prices go, so goes our buying power. No wonder we're sour about the economy.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Friday 11:12 AM
Relying on consumers to protect themselves against environmental threats is dangerous.
Friday 11:00 AM
While congressional committees banter, homeowners drown.
Friday 10:03 AM
There's an art exhibit Attorney General Michael Mukasey should see.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Thursday 10:48 AM
When Democrats have a choice of being pit bulls or cocker spaniels, it's money that barks.
Thursday 10:48 AM
In Bush's crusade against wasteful spending, abstinence programs are unscathed.
Thursday 10:44 AM
The marketing of "intelligent design" reveals much about the conservative movement.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Wednesday 11:38 AM
A plan to offer New York's undocumented immigrants driver's licenses should not have died.
Wednesday 11:28 AM
Why not some war-on-terror obfuscation to bail out a president-dictator buddy in Pakistan?
Wednesday 11:21 AM
Despite the facts, the right-wing myth of a pending Social Security crisis endures.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Tuesday 1:16 PM
Declining violence in Iraq makes an even more compelling case for a pullout.
Tuesday 9:48 AM
Denied health care coverage is the inevitable product of free-market fundamentalism.
Tuesday 9:48 AM
Conservatives touted homeownership and fostered a housing bubble—a devastating combo.
Tuesday 9:44 AM
A tax vote finds Senate Democrats caught between the interests of their donors and their voters.
Friday, November 9, 2007
Friday 11:56 AM
The path to a climate change conference is paved with bad political deals.
Friday 10:57 AM
Fostering a green economy is one of the best ways to boost the middle class.
Friday 10:53 AM
After how siding with a tyrant hurt us in Iran, we should not repeat history in Pakistan.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Thursday 11:58 AM
Can we afford even one more month of Bush's zealotry? Consider the stakes.
Thursday 11:39 AM
The Senate has a chance to strike a meaningful blow for gender pay equity.
Thursday 11:11 AM
From someone who has seen waterboarding first-hand: It's a crime against humanity.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Wednesday 11:59 AM
Who has a grand scheme for addressing inequality in America?
Wednesday 11:52 AM
African Americans are not the main players in America’s drug problems.
Wednesday 11:34 AM
His latest target: An 18-year-old Eskimo lamenting global warming's harm to her community.
Wednesday 11:24 AM
The Writer's Guild strike is about giving workers a fair share of the fruit of their labor.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Tuesday 7:06 AM
Robert Rubin has been appointed to rescue Citigroup, and Democrats inherit the stink.
Tuesday 7:00 AM
Clinton's energy plan is a hopeful sign in the global-warming debate.
Tuesday 6:54 AM
The hysterical defense of "Dog The Bounty Hunter" tells much about America’s racial backslide.
Monday, November 5, 2007
Monday 9:46 AM
The U.S. can't take credit for the recent decline in bloodshed. It's the Iraqis.
Monday 9:32 AM
New economic reports and the realities on the ground tell different stories.
Monday 9:25 AM
Mukasey's views virtually guarantee more serious abuses of executive branch power.
Friday, November 2, 2007
Friday 10:59 AM
Will Democrats pass up a chance for a robust discussion of America's place in today's world?
Friday 10:53 AM
Karen Hughes' hearts-and-minds mission in the Middle East was a no-win job.
Friday 10:47 AM
It is a race against the Bush administration's eraser, and in the end we could all be rubbed out.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Thursday 10:29 AM
A 50-year-old film foresaw the emergence of today's right-wing "demagogues in denim."
Thursday 10:07 AM
Welcome to the Age of Insuffiency, as oil prices hit new highs and supplies sink.
Thursday 9:59 AM
A conservative California politico adds fuel to the wildfires, and is honored for it.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Wednesday 10:30 AM
Taxpayers deserve most of the credit for the success of online retailers. Here's why.
Wednesday 10:28 AM
Young undocumented residents advance the movement by emerging from the shadows.
Wednesday 10:25 AM
In California's wildfires, depraved public policies endangered the most vulnerable.
Monday, October 29, 2007
Monday 8:51 AM
In some ways, China is setting an environmental example for the U.S.
Monday 8:46 AM
The California fires have not destroyed nearly as many homes as the mortgage meltdown.
Monday 8:40 AM
Hollywood fiction can hardly match the harsh reality of Bush's rendition policy.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Friday 11:17 AM
The closer you examine biofuels, the dirtier they look. It's time for caution.
Friday 10:34 AM
An impotent GOP beats up on immigrants and sick children to boost its virility.
Friday 10:23 AM
Democrats can stop the war if they want to use their power of the purse.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Thursday 9:39 AM
The California fires should rally us to hold leaders accountable for global warming.
Thursday 9:39 AM
It's the silence of the regulatory lambs at the Federal Communications Commission.
Thursday 9:39 AM
There is class conflict inside the Democratic Party, and investors stand to lose.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Wednesday 9:08 AM
One issue unites both parties: support for a visa program that fuels outsourcing.
Wednesday 9:08 AM
Conservatives have stolen and perverted the phrase "self-help." It's time to take it back.
Wednesday 9:08 AM
The Iowa primary excludes too many people. Can it be made more democratic?
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Tuesday 10:03 AM
Progressives should not be silent as the right assaults an international sea treaty.
Tuesday 9:56 AM
Now that it is clear that the White House outed a CIA agent for political gain, where's the apology?
Monday, October 22, 2007
Monday 4:10 PM
The dialogue around Bill Cosby's critique of the state of black America is too one-sided.
Monday 11:03 AM
Having vetoed a child health bill, Bush is now going after low-income heating assistance.
Monday 10:58 AM
After a split over tactics, rival unions are finding ways to work together.
Monday 10:53 AM
The Justice Department's voting rights division has a pattern of favoring GOP constituencies.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Friday 11:23 AM
Grassroots Costa Ricans see a free trade agreement damaging their democracy.
Friday 11:22 AM
Democrats supporting so-called free-trade deals are acting as shills for industry.
Friday 11:16 AM
The administration's zeal to torture without accountability has led to remarkable disclosures.
Friday 11:09 AM
Arguments that the Bush presidency doesn't reflect true conservatism are false.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Thursday 11:08 AM
Corporations won't lead the way on solving global warming.
Thursday 11:05 AM
Income growth in the developing world was stronger before the "globalization" era.
Thursday 11:02 AM
The commander responsible for "Mission Accomplished" has a message worth heeding.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Wednesday 10:41 AM
An activist combines compassion for the planet with compassion for inner-city people.
Wednesday 10:37 AM
Veterans know it's time to get out of Iraq, but leading Democrats still pussyfoot.
Wednesday 10:33 AM
Numbers tricks mask declining wages and rising inequality.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Tuesday 11:34 AM
Phone companies should not have immunity for illegal wiretapping sought by the White House.
Tuesday 11:19 AM
What did the House speaker know about Bush administration eavesdropping before 9/11?
Tuesday 10:50 AM
A right-winger helps spread the fiction that Social Security needs a Draconian "fix."
Tuesday 10:45 AM
Farm subsidies help those who need them least and hurt millions more.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Monday 8:51 AM
This week's court hearing involving a conscientious objector to the Iraq War is critically important.
Monday 8:45 AM
With Washington stalemated on an energy bill, maybe it's time to take action ourselves.
Monday 8:35 AM
One presidential candidate has a bold proposal for grassroots democracy. Will others follow suit?
Friday, October 12, 2007
Friday 10:18 AM
Global warming regulation has a business upside that voluntary agreements do not.
Friday 10:14 AM
The conservative tax-cut mantra does not have the political power it once had.
Friday 9:17 AM
Out of the fog of war, a new understanding about government privatization is emerging.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Thursday 10:38 AM
The public is less easily scared by the conservative bogeyman 'socialized medicine.'
Thursday 10:36 AM
Globalization, privatization and deregulation is drying up a basic building block of life.
Thursday 10:33 AM
Phone companies have a White House ally in their campaign against democracy.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Wednesday 11:05 AM
Now is the time to convince the corporate world that Republicans aren't always good for business.
Wednesday 11:02 AM
Citibank and Bank of America help bankroll some of the dirtiest energy projects.
Wednesday 10:48 AM
Conservatives lead the squelching of the First Amendment on college campuses.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Tuesday 9:00 AM
As Bush gives lip service to human rights abroad, he denies a basic right at home.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
Those recent rosy news reports about the economy wilt under close scrutiny.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
Iraq's Maliki is leading a crackdown on a leading anti-corruption fighter.
Friday, October 5, 2007
Friday 10:26 AM
Some rethinking of economic priorities and our quality of life is long overdue.
Friday 10:21 AM
A former lieutenant colonel probes military self-delusion in Iraq.
Friday 10:11 AM
Out of a disasterous vote on Iran could emerge a chance to rein in the White House.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Thursday 12:28 PM
The religious right is trying new ways to force its theology into the classroom.
Thursday 12:25 PM
Limbaugh's "phony soldiers" diatribe could mark the end of a hijacked patriotism.
Thursday 12:22 PM
Why aren't more people standing up against assaults on our pluralism?
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Wednesday 10:56 AM
Why was Backwater's mayhem protected by the Bush administration?
Wednesday 10:53 AM
There is a strong case for decoupling health coverage from employment.
Wednesday 10:24 AM
Here's how the U.S. tied its hands in dealing with the human rights crisis in Burma.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Tuesday 11:07 AM
The GM strike says much about the wide gap between the affluent and the rest of us.
Tuesday 11:07 AM
Last week's Senate resolution against Iran could help launch a foolhardy war.
Tuesday 10:32 AM
Conservatives don't oppose science; they just won't face the penalties for its disuse.
Monday, October 1, 2007
Monday 12:01 AM
The farm bill opens a loophole that could allow processors to sell you tainted meat.
Monday 12:01 AM
Bush lays the groundwork for an expanded war in the Middle East.
Monday 12:01 AM
A system that hurts legal workers is not the way to bar undocumented ones.
Friday, September 28, 2007
Friday 10:15 AM
Here's how progressives can counter the GOP's obstruction strategy.
Friday 10:10 AM
Polluters are rushing to cash as the Bush era nears its end.
Friday 10:10 AM
Verizon ended a ban on pro-choice text messages, but free speech on the Net remains vulnerable.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Thursday 10:29 AM
Let's call Bush's obstruction on appropriations bills what it really is.
Thursday 10:23 AM
Rep. John Dingell puts increased gas and carbon taxes on the table.
Thursday 10:22 AM
We're seeing more "articulate" black men on TV, but don't miss the big picture.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Wednesday 10:19 AM
While Congress was fixated on a newspaper ad, here's what was overlooked.
Wednesday 10:16 AM
A planned "fix" of the warrantless-eavesdropping law could make things worse.
Wednesday 10:11 AM
Why are we wasting time when we could be taking relatively painless steps to save the planet?
Wednesday 10:05 AM
How Iran's president could greet charges of gay persecution with denial and evasion.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Tuesday 11:02 AM
Here are some ways to address racial inequality in our criminal justice system.
Tuesday 10:04 AM
Being left out of Ken Burns' "War" has a bright side for a Latino community courted for Iraq.
Tuesday 9:59 AM
That silence you hear is the Republican response to Democrats' health care plans.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Monday 11:39 AM
The Federal Reserve Board has been doing a poor job in its role as regulator.
Monday 11:33 AM
Denial of justice to black victims of crime deserves our outrage, too.
Monday 11:28 AM
Here's how Bush aided the dominance of Iranian-backed militias over much of Iraq.
Friday, September 21, 2007
Friday 11:52 AM
Democrats are likely to pass a lobbyist-written trade pact to help Big Business ship jobs overseas.
Friday 11:48 AM
Petraeus failed at doing just part of the job in Iraq; how can he succeed at the whole job?
Friday 11:43 AM
The children's health insurance fight shows the difficulty of changing our health care system.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Thursday 9:58 AM
All the essential elements of governance in the Bush era come together in the Blackwater episode.
Thursday 9:45 AM
Wall Street is pouring money into the Chinese government's surveillance of its citizens.
Thursday 9:40 AM
Many American workers have to hide themselves in order to protect their jobs.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Wednesday 10:07 AM
Some mayors are willing to trade clean air for a chimera of economic growth.
Wednesday 10:01 AM
A report exposes the lethal nature of Petraeus-supported counterinsurgency doctrines.
Wednesday 9:52 AM
On the eve of a major march in the Louisiana town, much needs to be done.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Tuesday 9:41 AM
Consider who gets harmed when anti-government conservatism holds sway.
Tuesday 9:32 AM
Market evangelists created the wreckage, but working people will suffer the most.
Tuesday 9:32 AM
Latino immigration is being unfairly blamed for increases in poverty under Bush.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Monday 1:00 AM
In his new book, the former Fed chairman admits Iraq was "largely about oil."
Monday 12:43 AM
A black teen is six times more likely to be tried and sentenced to prison than a white teen.
Monday 12:39 AM
One element needed to repair the damage: a more competent Federal Reserve Board.
Friday, September 14, 2007
Friday 10:33 AM
Those lines show how crippling government through tax cuts hurts the economy.
Friday 10:20 AM
Neil Bush's COWs are just bull, but they're still getting federal dollars.
Friday 10:16 AM
Leaving aside all the happy talk, the fact is Bush's war policy has failed utterly.
Friday 10:14 AM
A GOP scheme begs the question: Why should states run federal elections?
Friday 10:10 AM
President Jimmy Carter wants a more open dialogue on Israel-Palestine relations.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Thursday 10:28 AM
Activists are not being beaten. But they are sometimes intimidatingly detained and released.
Thursday 10:22 AM
The party faces long-term disaster without the will to effectively oppose the war.
Thursday 10:13 AM
Two soldiers who challenged administration spin on Iraq died as true heroes.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Wednesday 9:56 AM
Nations don't become more democratic as they become more market-oriented.
Wednesday 9:54 AM
Once again, we have a general promising to save us by turning the corner in an unnecessary war.
Wednesday 9:49 AM
Is the labor of corporate CEOs really hundreds of times more valuable than that of others?
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Tuesday 10:55 AM
Petreaus should have been asked to testify under oath to the House.
Tuesday 10:40 AM
The Petraeus hearings may go down as the most fraudulent road tour since Milli Vanilli.
Tuesday 10:31 AM
Will Disney finally use its influence to promote a positive black female role model?
Monday, September 10, 2007
Monday 9:01 AM
Why are Democrats seemingly admitting defeat in Iraq before the argument has even begun?
Monday 9:00 AM
Stock market gyrations distract us from what's going on in the Main Street economy.
Monday 8:54 AM
Shockingly, the United States, Iran and al Qaeda have the same goals in Iraq.
Friday, September 7, 2007
Friday 10:30 AM
Both parties have bought into the strategy of "going on offense" against terrorism. But it doesn't work.
Friday 10:26 AM
Why can't U.S. residents have the dozens of broadband choices people in the U.K. have?
Friday 10:19 AM
Ousted Alabama judge Roy Moore is still waging war on church-state separation.
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Thursday 11:43 AM
What's more disgusting about the politics of withdrawal: being lied to, or hearing the truth?
Thursday 11:30 AM
Even insured low-income hospital patients often receive second-rate care.
Thursday 11:23 AM
Upgrade jobs and restore worker bargaining power to rebuild mass prosperity in America.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Wednesday 10:23 AM
Before the Sept. 11 trip into the Iraq spin zone, here's a reality check.
Wednesday 10:18 AM
Microwave popcorn may be hazardous to your health. But our government couldn't care less.
Wednesday 10:14 AM
Claims of high federal spending on Gulf Coast reconstruction are misleading.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Tuesday 11:36 AM
African-American workers had little to celebrate on Labor Day. Here's why.
Tuesday 11:32 AM
As the housing bubble bursts, being the Fed means never having to say you're sorry.
Tuesday 11:27 AM
Bush uses Vietnam in a desperate, hopeless attempt to recapture American hearts and minds.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Wednesday 10:39 AM
Bush and Democrats share blame for the continued unaddressed problems of poverty.
Wednesday 10:31 AM
A scheme to divide up California's electoral votes must be stopped.
Wednesday 10:30 AM
Texas is about to execute a man based on a law that makes no sense.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Tuesday 9:58 AM
Now that Alberto Gonzales has resigned, will Congress repair the damage he did?
Tuesday 9:55 AM
The weakening of the labor movement is not just bad news for the workers who lose union jobs.
Tuesday 9:51 AM
The money spent on the Iraq war could have purchased a lot of renewable energy.
Monday, August 27, 2007
Monday 9:31 AM
Katrina's lessons must not be forgotten: We are all victims of a failed government.
Monday 9:27 AM
Bush's use of the Cambodian genocide to justify staying in Iraq ignores key facts.
Monday 9:21 AM
There are troubling signs that even rougher times are ahead for the economy.
Friday, August 24, 2007
Friday 9:56 AM
Why did Senator Warner's paltry pledge to bring 5,000 boys home by Christmas get framed as anti-Bush?
Friday 9:50 AM
How Friedman's 2003 argument that America should terrorize a random Arab nation reveals an America gone mad.
Friday 9:42 AM
"From their point of view, it's us versus them -- and everyone who looks different is one of them."
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Thursday 10:31 AM
A new group of pitchmen are targeting dozens of congresspeople with $15M worth of pro-war ads.
Thursday 10:25 AM
Personal assurances from Roberts and Alito should not have been taken at face value.
Thursday 10:16 AM
Both men were convinced that their invasions were announcing new epochs in human history.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Wednesday 7:47 PM
You don't need CIA training to see the signs of a push toward war with Iran.
Wednesday 10:47 AM
The warfare state won't disappear when President Bush moves on.
Wednesday 10:43 AM
Reality is obscured as Democrats are dazzled into continuing the war.
Wednesday 10:39 AM
The nation's stark, and growing, economic inequality has become a third rail of politics.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Tuesday 10:19 AM
For once, poor people have managed to rattle world financial markets.
Tuesday 10:18 AM
We can help victims of the mortgage crisis without bailing out hedge fund managers.
Tuesday 9:59 AM
The permission Congress gave lenders to rob borrowers should be a big 2008 issue.
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Sunday 4:46 PM
Bush's disregard for the rule of law undermines efforts to bring terrorists to justice.
Sunday 4:35 PM
If you think it's suspicious that Philip Morris would want tobacco regulation, you're right.
Sunday 3:47 PM
Miners are in a century-long fight for laws that put their lives ahead of profits.
Friday, August 17, 2007
Friday 9:24 AM
Mattel's recall of toxic toys is the tip of an iceberg that 'market forces' can't handle alone.
Friday 9:21 AM
A study on integration gives progressives a chance to offer a better vision for racial harmony.
Friday 9:14 AM
It's now clear that our petroleum-fueled ways are fast becoming unsustainable.
Friday 9:10 AM
The feared conservative juggernaut collapses as more GOPers head for the exits.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Thursday 2:25 PM
A former CNN news director used Iraq war analysts preapproved by the Pentagon.
Thursday 9:58 AM
Isn't it time that those who really care about life seized the word from the Republican right?
Thursday 9:55 AM
Republicans break out the tax defibrillator to resuscitate their dying public support.
Thursday 9:49 AM
Secrecy, torture and religious zeal distinguish mercenaries in Iraq.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Wednesday 9:09 AM
The infamous private security company that operates in Iraq has big plans for California.
Wednesday 8:34 AM
An inner-city hospital dies in Los Angeles. What would King and Kennedy say?
Wednesday 8:29 AM
The wrath of a Christian Right official may have chased Karl Rove out of office.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Tuesday 10:51 AM
It's not a given that solid climate change progress will have to wait until after 2008.
Tuesday 10:03 AM
In the wake of a bad Supreme Court ruling, a tribute to a judge who fought the good fight.
Tuesday 9:19 AM
How oil companies get an extra $2 billion from consumers, and the simple fix they won't implement.
Monday, August 13, 2007
Monday 9:28 AM
Here's what "progress" in Iraq really means, in lives and dollars.
Monday 9:17 AM
You're right to be suspicious of some rescue calls in the current mortgage crisis.
Monday 9:10 AM
Now that Bush knows how to poke the Dems' weak spot, what will he think of next?
Friday, August 10, 2007
Friday 9:48 AM
Presidential candidates must offer real plans to fix our crumbling infrastructure.
Friday 9:43 AM
It's time for Democrats to plan beyond the Petraeus report for what happens as U.S. troops leave Iraq.
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Thursday 11:59 PM
Tipped workers were left behind by the federal minimum wage increase.
Thursday 9:39 AM
Though there have been setbacks, the leftward power shift in Congress is clear.
Thursday 9:39 AM
How the administration got sweeping authority for open-ended surveillance.
Thursday 9:28 AM
A major debate about the direction of the U.S. economy is bypassing communities of color.
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Wednesday 9:56 AM
They talk big, but will candidates deliver the fundraising transparency we need?
Wednesday 9:13 AM
Here's one way the left and the right can collaborate to end warrantless wiretapping.
Wednesday 9:12 AM
You can help the Jena Six combat the racist actions that could put them behind bars.
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Tuesday 10:21 AM
Questions people other than Beltway pundits would like to hear during tonight's debate.
Tuesday 10:11 AM
Let us now praise an infamous woman—and our own possibilities.
Tuesday 9:35 AM
After their display of clout at YearlyKos, can progressive bloggers stay true to their roots?
Monday, August 6, 2007
Monday 10:56 AM
With the continued media drumbeat for war, antiwar forces can't be complacent.
Monday 10:30 AM
Progressives in Congress seek to reward firms that don't move jobs offshore.
Monday 10:27 AM
Stock market swings, weak job growth, mortgage woes—how does it all add up?
Friday, August 3, 2007
Friday 9:54 AM
For the sake of democracy, Congress must stand up to an out-of-control executive branch.
Friday 9:51 AM
A California official's decision will have broad national effects on the integrity of the voting process.
Friday 9:48 AM
It's Sen. Bernie Sanders vs. an arch-conserservative over who's being honest about the economy.
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Thursday 2:00 AM
The president has chosen confrontation and obfuscation during budget talks with Congress.
Thursday 2:00 AM
In spite of political interference, some EPA workers manage to protect and serve.
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Wednesday 9:56 AM
Here's how the Democrats should deal with Republican obstructionism.
Wednesday 9:53 AM
The impact of conservative policies has put public-minded careers out of the reach of many.
Wednesday 9:49 AM
Congress has to undo a Supreme Court ruling allowing wage discrimination to go unpunished.
Wednesday 2:00 AM
Congress can in one stroke protect the planet and rebuild low-income communities.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Tuesday 11:00 AM
Cities like New Haven, Conn., are making the right choice when it comes to immigration.
Tuesday 11:00 AM
As stocks wobble, one group remains unfazed: managers who profit from public pension funds.
Tuesday 11:00 AM
The bank has Democrats backing a Social Security privatization failure in Peru.
Monday, July 30, 2007
Monday 10:26 AM
Welcome to Richistan, USA, where the American Dream is a nightmare of inequality.
Monday 10:20 AM
Progressives must consider a new zeitgeist: An America of declining power and influence.
Monday 10:15 AM
Single women are the latest swing-vote flavor of the month. How shallow is that?
Friday, July 27, 2007
Friday 10:35 AM
It's time for Congress to define the terms of executive branch accountability.
Friday 10:28 AM
A bad trade deal made one Mexican the world's wealthiest man, and impoverished millions.
Friday 10:23 AM
A congressional inquiry may shed light on how well the federal government monitors its contractors.
Friday 9:40 AM
When politicians favor "withdrawing" from Iraq, they may not be mean what you think.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Thursday 10:41 AM
What John Edwards' attempt to focus national attention on the poor is accomplishing.
Thursday 10:01 AM
Hypocritically, Faux News Channel goes after the netroots with a vengeance.
Thursday 9:55 AM
Eliminating transit fares is good environmental policy, and there's proof it works.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Wednesday 9:32 AM
To those who say bad habits are largely responsible for poor health, here's a reality check.
Wednesday 8:30 AM
With poor federal enforcement, unscrupulous employers often deny workers the pay they are due.
Wednesday 7:52 AM
What would happen if newspapers corrected more than misspelled names?
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Tuesday 11:08 AM
An interview with Marian Wright Edelman on the battle for children's health insurance.
Tuesday 10:57 AM
Politics as usual received a jolt of spontaneity and street smarts at Monday's Democratic debate.
Tuesday 10:56 AM
Immigrant communities and their allies should take their cues from the Civil Rights movement.
Monday, July 23, 2007
Monday 10:21 AM
Progressives need to get better at countering the right-wing's dominance of AM radio.
Monday 10:18 AM
Bush's lost credibility on terrorism may be causing us to ignore real threats.
Monday 10:06 AM
Selling off public assets like bridges is no longer considered preposterous, but good business.
Friday, July 20, 2007
Friday 10:51 AM
Why do Americans remain deeply divided about the value of maternal employment?
Friday 10:48 AM
Bush has decided to make health insurance aid for children an orphan.
Friday 10:02 AM
Coal barons test their legendary clout in the bargaining for a clean energy bill.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Thursday 10:06 AM
Businesses look to profit from green-washed plans that aren't as eco-friendly as they seem.
Thursday 9:49 AM
On the Middle East diplomacy catwalk, the fashions are butt-ugly.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Wednesday 10:17 AM
As the rich get richer, they're slashing social programs for the rest of us. What gives?
Wednesday 9:46 AM
It's the stuff that conservatives have opposed that's bringing teen pregnancies down.
Wednesday 9:38 AM
There has been surprisingly little outcry over the Supreme Court's limits on school integration.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Tuesday 10:44 AM
The U.S. lags behind other countries in assuring opportunity for everyone; we should demand bold changes.
Tuesday 10:06 AM
How July 14, 2003 became a day that lives in the infamy of the Iraq war.
Tuesday 10:05 AM
Conservatives are torn between making No Child Left Behind better and just letting it hobble along.
Monday, July 16, 2007
Monday 10:34 AM
The 'most trusted name in news' should own up to untrustworthy health care coverage.
Monday 10:09 AM
Black people are still paying for the O.J. Simpson verdict by being kept off juries.
Monday 10:04 AM
A price should be paid for damaging or depleting our air, water and public space.
Friday, July 13, 2007
Friday 9:02 AM
Someone who has experienced war-torn Iraq cannot return to the United States without being followed.
Friday 9:01 AM
As surgeon general, Holsinger seems likely to just fall in line with the Bush agenda.
Friday 9:00 AM
Will Democrats team up with the GOP to protect hedge fund interests?
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Thursday 9:03 AM
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says sea levels may rise 59 centimeters this century, but that may be "absurdly optimistic."
Thursday 9:02 AM
Republicans' "clever" one-liners can't stave off progressive change forever.
Thursday 9:01 AM
If Bush was really concerned about al-Qaida, he'd be willing to challenge Pakistan.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Wednesday 9:04 AM
Are the weapons being built for the war or just for the profits?
Wednesday 9:02 AM
In this important report, Iraq veterans talk about what the media won't: alienation, resentment, crime, atrocity and guilt.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
So long as Bush insists on pushing abstinence, he's hurting the very people his AIDS initiative is meant to help.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Tuesday 9:02 AM
It looks like another presidential candidate is aiming to win by marketing manhood.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
So far, "going green" is just talk. Here's what we can learn from the conservation efforts of our grandparents.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
Our airstrikes in Afghanistan are beginning to look "more and more like a single, ongoing airborne slaughter of civilians."
Monday, July 9, 2007
Monday 9:03 AM
Across our nation, we're ignoring the most basic urban infrastructure needs and building stadiums instead.
Monday 9:02 AM
Americans aren't as tall as we used to be and our lacking socioeconomic policies are to blame.
Monday 9:00 AM
Amid the glitz of Live Earth, the message—and its urgency—were palpable.
Friday, July 6, 2007
Friday 10:56 AM
With the right leadership, saving the environment is a shared task with shared rewards.
Friday 9:04 AM
Now that the results of all that pro-war propaganda are clear, the media somehow doesn't seem so eager to cheer.
Friday 9:02 AM
Bush and his cronies are the only ones left who don't think it's time to change course in Iraq. Why do the rest of us still let them run the show?
Friday 9:00 AM
What's the real reason Black people are staying away from the military?
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Thursday 9:05 AM
For people of color, the American dream is collapsing under the weight of the housing crisis.
Thursday 9:04 AM
Paine and his contemporaries were brave in facing a tyrant named George. We must follow in their footsteps.
Thursday 9:02 AM
Brooks' Times op-ed on Plamegate would benefit from some fact-checking—and some integrity.
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Tuesday 9:04 AM
Justice Kennedy's nuanced opinion in the recent school integration case begins to compensate for his misguided vote.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
Effectively opposing climate change means recognizing and addressing the widespread concern over exorbitant energy prices.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
Bush commuting Libby's prison term amounts to a blatant evasion of accountability, but that shouldn't surprise us.
Monday, July 2, 2007
Monday 10:47 AM
The mogul could turn Wall Street Journal into another personal spittoon. Here's why that matters.
Monday 9:04 AM
The administration didn't bank on the courts meddling in their plans for the detainees at Guantánamo.
Monday 9:00 AM
Can the Iran- and U.S.-backed Amar al-Hakim effectively rule Iraq? Probably not.
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Sunday 11:59 PM
Progressives see opportunities as conservatives lose their grip on the mountain states.
Friday, June 29, 2007
Friday 9:03 AM
A series of court and administrative decisions have effectively curtailed native Hawaiian rights.
Friday 9:02 AM
Walls won't work, and Mexico won't get rich. We need a workable system of documentation.
Friday 9:01 AM
Proponents of vote-by-mail are ignoring the biases built into the structure.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Thursday 9:03 AM
The very companies that have polluted the upper atmosphere now want to be rewarded.
Thursday 9:01 AM
How to destroy an African American city in 33 steps.
Thursday 9:00 AM
As Bush claims progress in Iraq, income has plunged from $3600 a year in 1980 to $400 now, and the dying continues.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Wednesday 9:01 AM
Duke case aside, prosecutorial malfeasance is rarely punished.
Wednesday 9:00 AM
Thousands vote Exxon, Halliburton, Wal-Mart into Corporate Hall of Shame.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Tuesday 9:02 AM
A congressman's rant turned a hearing on terrorism into a freak show.
Tuesday 9:02 AM
Is this the end of the fight for the Employee Free Choice Act, or just the opening salvo?
Tuesday 9:01 AM
Our food aid program was designed 50 years ago, but the world's needs have changed.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
Obama and Clinton offer different ways to frame the progressive vision.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Monday 8:54 AM
The "state secrets privilege" allows the executive to hide its blatant misdeeds. Congress or SCOTUS must help us!
Monday 8:51 AM
Either health care is a right or it isn't. Michael Moore challenges lawmakers to take a side.
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Sunday 9:49 PM
There are fractures in the big-business alliance with aspects of conservative ideology.
Sunday 12:25 PM
A new report uncovers the depth of the GOP's effort to undermine voting rights.
Friday, June 22, 2007
Friday 9:01 AM
Arbitrary distribution of Green Cards is the major cause of illegal immigration.
Friday 9:00 AM
Is the U.S. helping to create another jihadist monster in Lebanon's Palestinian refugee camps?
Friday 8:59 AM
Take Back America took back America.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Thursday 9:04 AM
Our worst fears for the High Court continue to be realized.
Thursday 9:03 AM
Mike Evans' one-man guerilla war against Iran enlists thousands.
Thursday 9:02 AM
The anonymous Digby goes public to accept the Paul Wellstone Award and champion progressive bloggers.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Wednesday 9:02 AM
If the Bush administration has done anything right in the Global War On Terror(GWOT), it was by accident.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Tuesday 4:18 PM
Activists across the political spectrum are asking Bush to recognize that he doesn't actually own the government.
Tuesday 2:34 PM
To win, Dems need to develop and verbalize solid positions on health care.
Tuesday 9:05 AM
There are solid reasons and strong precedents for enacting the Employee Free Choice Act.
Tuesday 9:02 AM
There are nearly 4 million annual fair housing violations. The Department of Justice has pursued exactly 31.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
Terrorism is an excuse for creating a fortress state isolated from the world.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
It's time to dismantle the conservative dogma: inequality is not natural.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Monday 9:00 AM
A return to a bold and willing political spirit will cure health care stagnation.
Friday, June 15, 2007
Friday 3:48 PM
The neocon law-and-order elite pull out the stops to keep a convicted liar out of jail.
Friday 10:25 AM
Stay home with a sick kid, lose your job. That's what too many women face.
Friday 9:01 AM
The employer groups opposing the Employee Free Choice Act have no ammunition except deception.
Friday 9:00 AM
Future wars may be fought just to keep the war machine going.
Friday 8:59 AM
Readers, some coherent, blow their stacks.
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Thursday 9:02 AM
Industry-friendly Democrats are trying to undo clean air regulations—and the party's lead.
Thursday 9:01 AM
The new TB comes from decades of medical neglect, not weak border controls.
Thursday 9:00 AM
Can we fix inequality without cutting the fortunes of the wealthy? Doubtful, says one eminent economist.
Thursday 8:30 AM
The SEC's right-wing solicitor general sides with fraud facilitators over the defrauded.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Wednesday 9:27 AM
The facts don't support the oft-repeated mantra that we are a "conservative nation."
Wednesday 9:03 AM
While the military faces up to torture, the Republicans are still denying it exists.
Wednesday 9:00 AM
Nuclear weapons programs are mostly about regime survival.
Wednesday 8:59 AM
Anti-immigrant rage grows in direct proportion to the denial of the work they do.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Tuesday 11:02 AM
Conservative pols booted out of office have a way of hanging around Washington.
Tuesday 10:31 AM
Protesting U.S. losses in Iraq is not enough when our ordnance continues to kill large numbers of Iraqis.
Tuesday 9:55 AM
Complaints that Congress can't meet in the middle on issues like immigration are simplistic and dangerous.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
Conservative Massachusetts legislators are trying to outlaw gay marriage—again.
Monday, June 11, 2007
Monday 11:42 AM
If corporations are mean, domineering beasts, why do so many people accept corporate rule?
Monday 9:03 AM
Is justice on the horizon?
Monday 9:02 AM
How a GOP vendetta sowed the seeds of the Attorneygate scandal.
Monday 9:01 AM
Fixing inequality is easier and more effective than trying to stop immigration by force.
Friday, June 8, 2007
Friday 9:03 AM
America needs a victory on immigration, so get back to work, and deliver a solution.
Friday 9:02 AM
In case women haven't suffered enough in the workplace, the Supreme Court made discrimination easier.
Friday 9:01 AM
The abstinence-only debacle is the Democrats' bridge to nowhere.
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Thursday 9:03 AM
The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists vows: "We will not be made expendable."
Thursday 9:02 AM
Let's have more global issues in the primary, not fewer.
Thursday 9:01 AM
You may not have to be rich to run for president, but apparently you have to be rich to win.
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Wednesday 10:47 AM
The letters written on behalf of "Scooter" Libby offer an unappealing look inside our political system.
Wednesday 9:03 AM
Is big business buying out the environmental movement?
Wednesday 9:02 AM
A trillion dollars and nowhere to go but up.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
Don't family values apply to immigration reform, too?
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Tuesday 9:03 AM
An almost equal percentage of Arab Americans and American Jews want peace and an end to the occupation.
Tuesday 9:02 AM
From Beverly Hills to Brooklyn, the nation needs accessible and evenly-applied drug treatment programs for all.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
U.S. policy toward China is torn between profit and country, and so far profit is winning.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
Cuba is increasing export of its outstanding level of medical care.
Monday, June 4, 2007
Monday 9:28 AM
Today some of the few Guantánamo detainees actually charged will face a deeply-flawed military tribunal. But that is not the worst of it.
Monday 9:02 AM
With the entitlement and arrogance that suffuses the administration, Scooter Libby is asking to walk free.
Monday 9:01 AM
Chopping the criminally generous subsidies to school lending institutions could save billions.
Monday 9:00 AM
Bush's economic growth plan depends on falling wages for non-rich.
Friday, June 1, 2007
Friday 11:00 AM
A detailed report from the American Militarized Security Zone, year 2020.
Friday 9:03 AM
The media ignores poverty while attacking Edwards for mentioning it.
Friday 9:02 AM
Borrowing from the Founding Fathers, here's one way to spread the progressive message.
Friday 9:00 AM
Our readers' thoughts on black leaders, conservative leaders and, once again, Dennis Kucinich.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Thursday 9:09 AM
Environmentalists see some encouraging signs.
Thursday 9:06 AM
Robert Zoellick equates anti-globalization protests with terrorism and backed anti-labor trade deals.
Thursday 9:00 AM
Our increasingly globalized food growth and processing system is expensive, environmentally costly and dangerous.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Wednesday 9:26 AM
A leading business lobby's crusade against regulation has deep and sinister roots.
Wednesday 9:04 AM
CEO pay continues its merry ascent while more and more work is getting a sweatshop-quality makeover.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
So-called vulture funds are buying up the loans of the world's poorest nations and demanding extortionate payment.
Wednesday 9:00 AM
Any doubt as to whether we intend to keep Iraq is dispelled by the planned Green Zone embassy complex.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Tuesday 9:02 AM
America's black leadership seems unable or unwilling to address black mass incarceration.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
George Bush doesn't like regulators—even in the crowded skies.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
So many caskets, so many flags. Too many memorials.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Friday 11:55 AM
Funding for green job training programs can help our environment and the nation's poor at the same time.
Friday 9:03 AM
A Democratic legislative majority is not the same as an demonstration of popular opinion.
Friday 9:02 AM
Bush's backing for Paul Wolfowitz, in contrast to his hostility to Kofi Annan, was like, well, black and white.
Friday 9:00 AM
Food stamps, a big tent, and a Sally Kohn response
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Thursday 9:04 AM
Did the U.S. lie about cluster bomb use in Iraq, and what are the real human costs?
Thursday 9:03 AM
An aggressive campaign, and a cooperative state government, registered thousands of North Carolina's low-income voters.
Thursday 9:01 AM
If a Swift Boat lie isn't available, Republican hit men will make do with a haircut.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Wednesday 9:03 AM
It's up to the graduates of today to change America from a superpower into a beloved community.
Wednesday 9:02 AM
U.S.-subsidized cheap corn is forcing bankrupt Mexican farmers to find work north of the border.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
Toasting Wolfowitz's departure? Not so fast.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Tuesday 11:00 AM
Government support can help the U.S. capitalize on its alternative energy innovations.
Tuesday 10:57 AM
Immigration and school integration battles test the nation's core principles.
Tuesday 10:43 AM
Bush's choice for Consumer Product Safety Commission chief is from a family of right-wing hustlers.
Tuesday 9:10 AM
Despite the disclosure of an illegal FBI citizen database, why has Congress still not taken remedial action?
Monday, May 21, 2007
Monday 9:04 AM
Although the U.S. is way behind in indicators of well-being, we more than make it up in debt and war-related production.
Monday 9:02 AM
What labor must demand—and Democratic candidates provide—in 2008.
Monday 9:01 AM
Fast track track trade deals bypass more than constitutional intent—they also cut out citizen influence.
Friday, May 18, 2007
Friday 3:01 PM
To catch up to where the voters are on energy policy, presidential candidates still have a big gap to close.
Friday 10:55 AM
Will Congress come up with the right answer for a critical safety-net program?
Friday 9:02 AM
Many Democrats erroneously believe their reckless trade votes won't cost them anything in November.
Friday 9:00 AM
Our readers let you know what they think about "voter fraud," the president's ego, worker injuries, and eating meat.
Friday 8:01 AM
Yolanda King added her own vision to that of her father's, and took it to the people.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Thursday 10:15 AM
Iraq could reduce America's taste for fundamentalism, laissez-faire economics and militarism.
Thursday 10:08 AM
Falwell was uninformed, bigoted, inaccurate and a TV producer's dream guest.
Thursday 10:03 AM
To block tougher clean air standards, Bush has a new play to run out the clock.
Thursday 9:40 AM
Environmental and labor standards for Panama and Peru do not a progressive trade policy make.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Wednesday 9:17 AM
A new report on health care discovers that it's not only the uninsured who get substandard care—it's everybody.
Wednesday 9:03 AM
Is imperial liquidation possible for America?
Wednesday 9:02 AM
Despite right-wing fear mongering, U.S.-China relations will be based on economics, not arms.
Wednesday 9:00 AM
An in-depth look at why the former CIA director deserves jail, not a microphone.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Tuesday 9:02 AM
The U.S. attorney scandal is not about firings, it's about harassment of minority voters.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
Democratic Party liberalism helps out those with less; party populism, though, gives them power.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
Congressional Democrats have not lived up to progressive principles on international trade.
Tuesday 8:30 AM
Some of the most under-reported deaths in Iraq are those of minorities being victimized in organized campaigns.
Monday, May 14, 2007
Monday 9:40 AM
The new Congress has yet to remedy any of the civil liberties violations of the Military Commissions Act of 2006.
Monday 9:02 AM
The centrist public policy think tank, Third Way, is attacking progressive efforts.
Monday 9:01 AM
The only alternative to fully-funded government is dependence on corporate and individual largesse.
Monday 9:00 AM
Tony Blair is to interdependence and international community as George W. Bush is to compassionate conservatism.
Friday, May 11, 2007
Friday 9:02 AM
An increase in the State Children's Health Insurance Program isn't the same as chocolate. It's better.
Friday 9:01 AM
March 10 reports indicate that the Democratic leadership secretly agreed to a sub-standard trade pact.
Friday 9:00 AM
American legionnaire: Our troops aren't in Iraq to liberate, but to kill people, "and we do an extraordinarily good job."
Friday 9:00 AM
Can banks really get away with facilitating fraud? We're about to find out.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Thursday 9:02 AM
With many women balancing work and family, mothers in particular need workplace flexibility.
Thursday 9:01 AM
A careful lack of planning, and an obtuse ideology, enabled the Bush administration to thoroughly destabilize Iraq.
Thursday 9:00 AM
Are humans willing to trade up to chimpanzee status?
Thursday 8:40 AM
The embattled Employee Free Choice Act, if passed, stands to advance a wide range of progresive goals.
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Wednesday 9:18 AM
Climatic events can undo decades of development for the world's poor.
Wednesday 9:03 AM
For Latin America, the World Bank is no longer the only game in town.
Wednesday 9:02 AM
Bush hopes the largest carrier fleet since the Iraq War began will force Iranian concessions.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
A new business health care coalition touts market forces to provide coverage. But isn't that the problem?
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Tuesday 9:38 AM
Words such as "freedom" hardly mask policies that are family-unfriendly.
Tuesday 9:02 AM
Soon, part of your highway toll may go straight to some billionaire private equity fund.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
Maybe it's not just about the oil, but Iraqi oil has been fought over for decades.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
Spider-Man, with his flaws and introspection, is as much about contemporary values as action.
Monday, May 7, 2007
Monday 9:25 AM
The Gipper would be proud of how much the conservatives running for president are divorced from reality.
Monday 9:02 AM
Here's what Pelosi is up against and how she can prevail in her battle to end congressional lobbying scandals.
Monday 9:01 AM
The Bush administration has done much to undermine worker safety. Can Democrats bring it back?
Monday 9:00 AM
In Montana, corporate execs and their GOP allies gather to fight "employee-slanted" policies.
Friday, May 4, 2007
Friday 9:40 AM
Conservatives think their ideology is tested and true, but have they examined the results?
Friday 9:03 AM
Democratic criticism of Bush's trade policy needs to cut much deeper.
Friday 9:02 AM
We are living in a moment of pragmatic solutions to poverty. Why don't the Dems take advantage of that?
Friday 9:00 AM
Our readers discuss gun control, public health and, of course, the war.
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Thursday 9:04 AM
African Americans and Latinos share a bond of blood and the struggle for freedom.
Thursday 9:03 AM
Ice is melting and Western governments are staking claims to land they don't own—as they have for 500 years.
Thursday 9:02 AM
EPA's William Wehrum was turned down by the Senate, but he plans to stay anyway and continue with his foul ways.
Thursday 8:09 AM
GOP presidential candidates will invoke Reagan, but Reagan conservatism is the problem.
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Wednesday 9:02 AM
A weapon that doesn't work for a threat that doesn't exist.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
The world's major economies, and the multinationals, have decoupled from the U.S. economy.
Wednesday 9:00 AM
The price of remedying the China trade imbalance keeps compounding.
Wednesday 8:21 AM
By his aggressive veto, the president proves he cannot admit, much less fix, his Iraq blunder.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Tuesday 1:27 PM
How E. coli conservatism infects "liberal" universities with an anti-regulatory bias.
Tuesday 11:00 AM
Denying medical coverage to undocumented immigrants has cut off many more U.S. citizens.
Tuesday 9:02 AM
Under Maryland's election plan, American democracy can graduate from the Electoral College.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
Accurately measuring poverty is crucial to meeting the goal of eliminating it.
Monday, April 30, 2007
Monday 9:44 AM
The ex-CIA director shows he cares more about his reputation than about the damage he has done.
Monday 9:03 AM
The Second Amendment does not require unlimited guns to unlimited people.
Monday 9:01 AM
Americans seem to love media tragedy, as long as it's not overseas.
Monday 9:00 AM
Determined progressives pressured fast-food chains to pass a significant raise on to farm workers.
Friday, April 27, 2007
Friday 10:32 AM
A single page of USA Today reveals conservatism's ugly side.
Friday 9:02 AM
After four years, apparently the Iraq War needs ... a new name.
Friday 9:01 AM
Journalist David Halberstam, whose coverage of the Vietnam War helped bring it to an end, died April 23.
Friday 9:00 AM
Our readers question and comment on the Iraq war, health care plans and more.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Thursday 3:08 PM
Was the V-22 Osprey designed by cartoonist Rube Goldberg? Actually, it's not that good.
Thursday 9:03 AM
Under Bush, the very purpose of government has changed to serving the Republican Party instead of the people.
Thursday 9:02 AM
The International Monetary Fund is badly in need of reform—for itself as well as borrowers.
Thursday 9:02 AM
Latinas earn 52 percent of men's income. Strengthening unions could raise those wages.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Wednesday 9:02 AM
Walls come naturally to the secrecy-obsessed and imperious Bush administration.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
Why the Senate Finance Committee weakened the minimum wage bill. And other sins.
Wednesday 9:00 AM
Women are falling further behind in the fight for wage equality. But new legislation offers hope.
Wednesday 8:13 AM
Our government has taken leave of reality and the media won't say as much.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Tuesday 10:47 AM
Immigrants pay taxes—not because they have to, but because they want to.
Tuesday 9:02 AM
The evidence of GOP tampering in the 2004 Ohio vote count is beyond a reasonable doubt.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
Unless World Bank customs are changed, the U.S. president can put anyone he or she wants in charge of the bank.
Tuesday 8:59 AM
The student loan scandal illustrates the failure inherent in privatization schemes.
Monday, April 23, 2007
Monday 9:27 AM
Senator Bernie Sanders thinks the electorate is far ahead of Congress on economy, war and global warming.
Monday 9:01 AM
Conflict between Shia and Sunni is the result of modern political turmoil, not religious differences.
Monday 9:00 AM
Worldwide, 70 percent of those living in absolute poverty are women.
Monday 9:00 AM
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke wrote the book on inflation targeting, but it's not the only book on the subject.
Friday, April 20, 2007
Friday 10:34 AM
E. coli conservatism is live and in concert at a news conference over tainted pet food.
Friday 9:26 AM
When it comes to environmental converts, progressives have a tough time taking yes for an answer
Friday 9:01 AM
Genuine hip hop culture is not gangsta rap, but reflects the core progressive character of black America.
Friday 9:00 AM
Our readers give their two cents' worth on everything from Virginia to Pakistan and back.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Thursday 10:51 AM
The religious conservatives on the Supreme Court ruled as predicted—despite what they assured Congress.
Thursday 9:03 AM
Ethanol can result in cleaner air—only if refiners and sellers follow environmental standards.
Thursday 9:02 AM
Bush and Gonzales could have actually found voter fraud if they had checked Ann Coulter's registration.
Thursday 9:01 AM
McCain insists no retreat, no surrender, but also no way to win.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Wednesday 2:33 PM
Conservative principle has become conservative mania, and the results can be deadly.
Wednesday 9:03 AM
Sallie, big banks and the GOP have had a good romp. We should stop paying for it.
Wednesday 9:02 AM
As ExxonMobil spends millions marketing climate change doubt, it's time to confront them.
Wednesday 9:02 AM
We are undermining our own principles—and our power—in Pakistan.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Tuesday 10:38 AM
We want a national health policy that will pass Congress, but we can't settle for an ineffectual model.
Tuesday 9:03 AM
The majority seeking reasonable gun laws are shouted down by the anti-regulation, well-armed few.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has assembled a Sunni-Shi'ite coalition that aims to get the Americans out, and to assume power.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
At least five major provisions of the U.S. tax code discriminate against women.
Monday, April 16, 2007
Monday 10:46 AM
Taxing the wealthy at higher rates than the poor is a moral issue.
Monday 9:04 AM
Some in Congress think that compromise is the way to end the war. The rest of us don't have to.
Monday 9:03 AM
The country came together to take a stand on climate change.
Monday 9:00 AM
From education ills to strong support for Kucinich '08, our readers share their thoughts.
Friday, April 13, 2007
Friday 9:37 AM
At the MoveOn.org Virtual Town Hall, presidential hopefuls laid out their plans for an Iraq pullout.
Friday 9:03 AM
The only thing the National Drug Control Strategy has eradicated is our tax money.
Friday 9:01 AM
U.S.-style consumerism is destroying the fields of China and Brazil.
Friday 9:00 AM
Bush's refusal to set an Iraq withdrawal date encourages the insurgency.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Thursday 11:50 AM
Even in the nation's capital, what remains of the health care safety net is rapidly shredding.
Thursday 9:02 AM
The conservative fear-and-smear campaign comes out of the golden age of tobacco.
Thursday 9:01 AM
Countering the idea that taxes are something that we should be "free" from.
Thursday 9:00 AM
We're being robbed by TV station owners, who cash in every election year.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Wednesday 10:30 AM
Imus is getting his trash-talk pass yanked. So should black people who do the same.
Wednesday 10:24 AM
Too many public figures have dignified Imus' career of contemptible racist, homophobic and sexist remarks.
Wednesday 9:02 AM
To get past political posturing, use the business press to dig for a true narrrative.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Tuesday 3:48 PM
Public investment drives and shapes the economy, but worthwhile investment lags behind need.
Tuesday 9:25 AM
The race gap in health care is real, documented and disgraceful. It is also repairable.
Tuesday 9:03 AM
Disclosure of CEO pay isn't enough. It's time to bring democracy to corporations.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
If Bush committed high crimes, then he was aided and abetted by more people than you imagine.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
With flawed ideology and imperial arrogance, the administration set West and Central Asia on fire.
Monday, April 9, 2007
Monday 9:04 AM
Communities cannot pull free of poverty without a committment to economic and racial justice.
Monday 9:01 AM
While the U.S. wages war, diplomat Karen Hughes vainly tries to win over Muslims with good deeds.
Monday 9:01 AM
As their pay continues to drop, teachers are increasingly asked to make up for all the shortcomings of education.
Monday 9:00 AM
Gingrich's "ghetto"-language label is deeply disturbing for more than obvious reasons.
Friday, April 6, 2007
Friday 9:06 AM
The media has consistently ignored the enormity of America's personal debt burden.
Friday 9:03 AM
Since the start of the Iraq war, the administration has been deliberately undercounting U.S. troop numbers.
Friday 9:01 AM
Simply put, the U.S. behaves as if it owns the world.
Friday 9:00 AM
Our readers share their thoughts on big media, big music and more.
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Thursday 10:28 AM
A new study says what drug lobbyists won't: Giving Medicare price-negotiating power benefits everyone.
Thursday 10:20 AM
Comment comes cheap; reporting costs money. Someone has to foot the bill.
Thursday 9:03 AM
Four decades ago, Dr. King gave a political speech that is more timely than ever.
Thursday 9:02 AM
In a pair of environmental decisions, the high court overturned Bush rules that encouraged global warming and pollution.
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Wednesday 9:03 AM
Karl Rove's White House Correspondents' Dinner rap routine didn't convey the venality of his everyday act.
Wednesday 9:02 AM
The phrase "climate change" is both too big and too little to provoke an effective response.
Wednesday 9:00 AM
Is the FDA finally willing to stop protecting drug companies and step in on behalf of consumers?
Wednesday 8:36 AM
Congress must reclaim America's security apparatus from an administration bent on political subversion.
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Tuesday 9:03 AM
Bush wept and sputtered his way through Walter Reed, never mentioning the real problem—privatization.
Tuesday 9:03 AM
Employer resistance to equalizing pay based on skills begs the question: what do they have to hide?
Tuesday 9:01 AM
Time spent bashing the House Speaker should be devoted to badly needed diplomacy.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
Why some of the outrage over the British navy crew held in Iran smacks of hypocrisy.
Monday, April 2, 2007
Monday 9:03 AM
We must challenge corporate media's stranglehold on technology and content.
Monday 9:03 AM
The past few months have seen a renewed interest in resolving the Mideast Peace Process, but will America negotiate on Arab terms?
Monday 9:03 AM
The Congressional Progressive Caucus has presented a budget that actually meets the needs of ordinary Americans.
Monday 9:01 AM
Momentum is building toward making the Electoral College work as it should.
Friday, March 30, 2007
Friday 10:05 AM
Whatever happens next, Congress has laid down a significant marker in the quest to end the war.
Friday 9:01 AM
The U.S.-Korea trade deal threatens state prescription drug programs for low-income Americans.
Friday 9:00 AM
Many Americans—not just the soliders at Walter Reed—suffer the consequences of hazardous housing.
Friday 8:59 AM
Reader insights on Iran, debt, greed and sexism.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Thursday 9:02 AM
Are 15 British Marines enough to make a war? A tit-for-tat contest with the Iranians is a foolish and reckless game.
Thursday 9:01 AM
Military contractor Mitchell Wade bribed jailed congressman Duke Cunningham. Was the White House a co-conspirator?
Thursday 9:00 AM
There's more to the labor agenda than the Employee Freedom of Choice Act.
Thursday 9:00 AM
Corporate lobbies prove they'll say anything to excuse antidemocratic behavior.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Wednesday 9:04 AM
Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi and other strong women in politics are sending right-wing men into a fury. Too bad.
Wednesday 9:03 AM
In an Enron ruling, conservative judges close a door to defrauded investors.
Wednesday 9:03 AM
Have the car bombers already defeated the surge?
Wednesday 9:02 AM
U.S. attorney scandal? Just one battle in the Republican campaign to disenfranchise traditionally Democratic voters.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Tuesday 9:02 AM
Candidates would do well to send a message that emphasizes America's inclusiveness and potential.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
Correcting off-balance copyright enforcement will allow new uses for digital content.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
Memo to the Fed: First cut interest rates, then develop new tools to fight inflation.
Monday, March 26, 2007
Monday 4:40 PM
An emboldened Democratic vision on health care emerges from the Nevada candidates' forum.
Monday 9:15 AM
From Las Vegas: Put Clinton, Edwards, Obama and Kucinich together and you have the beginnings of a good health care plan.
Monday 9:02 AM
The Senate Fair Elections Now Act would end the rising cycle of unsustainable fundraising that dominates American elections.
Monday 9:00 AM
The crushing debt enforced by international financial institutions is incompatible with the basic laws of human dignity.
Friday, March 23, 2007
Friday 10:36 AM
Here are five questions the presidential candidates at Saturday's health care debate must answer.
Friday 9:23 AM
A labor group is collecting hundreds of tragic stories about the nation's health care mess.
Friday 9:01 AM
A 1996 law continues to allow outrageous abuses in American prisons.
Friday 9:00 AM
Overwhelming response to Waldman, mortgage industry revealed and more. Readers share their thoughts.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Thursday 9:54 AM
As colleges fight for NCAA or NIT wins, their students are losing to higher tuition and mounting debt.
Thursday 9:04 AM
Al Gore may bring the glamor to Capitol Hill, but polluting industries still bring the bucks.
Thursday 9:03 AM
Congress is failing to prevent unconstitutional spying on anti-war groups.
Thursday 9:00 AM
The Commission on Presidential Debates effectively keeps any real politics out of the debates.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Wednesday 10:01 AM
In one blow, Bush ignores treaties with Native Americans and the need for universal health care.
Wednesday 10:01 AM
Schools dispense government-funded falsehoods—about sex, health and what is "normal."
Wednesday 10:00 AM
To end nuclear proliferation, the administration says it needs new nukes. Makes sense?
Wednesday 9:55 AM
Are Clinton's Beltway credentials her best asset or her greatest weakness? The fight will get nastier.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Tuesday 9:03 AM
Bush's trip was notable for the total lack of attention paid to half of the continent's inhabitants—women.
Tuesday 9:02 AM
Our basic right to clean water is under attack from industry and its government allies.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
In the name of stability, the U.S. is wrecking what stability exists on the fragile continent.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
Medical marijuana passed New Mexico's legislature by overwhelming margins. When will the feds follow?
Monday, March 19, 2007
Monday 9:29 AM
Alberto Gonzales is the latest imperious conservative tripped up by his own ideological arrogance.
Monday 9:02 AM
After four years, we ask: How much longer will this unjustifiable war continue?
Monday 9:01 AM
An ethanol pact between Bush and Lula da Silva may not be in the best interests of the U.S. or Brazil.
Monday 8:54 AM
For workers and their communities, private equity firms aren't the white knights they pretend to be.
Friday, March 16, 2007
Friday 9:38 AM
To end the bloodshed in Iraq, civil disobedience may be not just laudable, but absolutely essential.
Friday 9:03 AM
The real immorality is the Iraq war itself, which gay and lesbian people should not be asked to fight.
Friday 9:02 AM
Steps are being taken toward government transparency, but we aren't there yet.
Friday 9:00 AM
Congress should reject the permanent creation of a second-class tier of exploitable workers.
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Thursday 9:50 AM
As subprime loans collapse, lenders are losing their shirts, but homeowners are losing their houses.
Thursday 9:05 AM
The use of election fraud to excuse firing U.S. attorneys is just more spin.
Thursday 9:04 AM
Since the U.S. invasion of Iraq, women have lost civil rights and public presence.
Thursday 9:03 AM
Freeze-hit California growers got prompt and abundant federal aid. Not so the farmworkers.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Wednesday 9:02 AM
Former agents give Congress a clear exit from Iraq.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
The Supreme Court has ruled before on whether the U.S. is ruled by law or the whim of the executive.
Wednesday 9:00 AM
Progressives don't need to apologize for raging against conservative evils.
Wednesday 9:00 AM
Seymour Hersh exposed a reprise of Iran-Contra happening now, and no one seems to have noticed.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Tuesday 10:25 AM
Billionaires exult in record piles of loot, but the rest of us just aren't feeling it.
Tuesday 9:52 AM
The firing of eight U.S. attorneys is only the beginning of Bush's dangerous politicizations of justice.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
The U.S. has been a lousy trustee for American Indian assets, and refuses to pay up for harms done.
Tuesday 8:50 AM
Bush's deals with the right-wing government in Bogotá ignores Colombians' need for more than arms.
Monday, March 12, 2007
Monday 10:36 AM
As the government eviscerates social programs, Bush will get another $100 billion for war. Why?
Monday 9:03 AM
Bush's poorly-conceived, consumer-driven health care plan will fail. There are better models now that can work.
Monday 9:02 AM
Pro-choice advocates and those who care for pregnant women need to fight together for pro-woman policies.
Monday 9:01 AM
Harsh crack cocaine sentences have fallen heaviest on minorities, but legislators are trying to balance the scales.
Friday, March 9, 2007
Friday 9:43 AM
Both the Democrats and a new Iraqi parliamentary bloc are working to end the occupation, but can anyone overrule Bush?
Friday 9:03 AM
The American delegation to the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women is undermining protections for young women.
Friday 9:01 AM
China may be an economic rival in some areas, but its military lags far, far behind that of the United States.
Friday 9:00 AM
Agree with us or not, it's your space.
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Thursday 9:04 AM
Moving from the middle to the lower-middle class? A congressional proposal offers a whoopie cushion to land on.
Thursday 9:02 AM
Carbon offsets get all the buzz as a global warming solution. Too bad they aren't sustainable.
Thursday 9:00 AM
Without whistleblower protections, government integrity is just a slogan.
Thursday 8:59 AM
While the crisis in Darfur is real, the motives for conservative concern are questionable.
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Wednesday 10:28 AM
For once, the system worked. Why are conservatives crying foul over the guilty verdict of I. Lewis Libby?
Wednesday 9:01 AM
A beleaguered Bush takes his show to Latin America, which will not provide many friendly crowds.
Wednesday 9:00 AM
Farming has an impact on the environment; it's up to Congress to ensure that that it's positive.
Wednesday 8:59 AM
Congressional Democratic leaders reach to Washington state to stop an impeachment bill.
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Tuesday 10:17 AM
Supporting the troops—or supporting the contractors? The real story behind the scandal at Walter Reed.
Tuesday 9:03 AM
Bush's budget cuts taxes for millionaires and funding for social welfare programs. Congress must do better.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
Illegal voting is not the problem. The real crime is minority vote suppression.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
Republican presidential hopefuls are looking back at the Gipper, in all his anti-woman glory.
Monday, March 5, 2007
Monday 11:00 AM
The premier gathering of the conservative elite offers only bluster and rage, not coherent policies.
Monday 9:43 AM
Democratic presidential aspirants avoid discussing the very ideas and principles that swept the party into Congress.
Monday 9:03 AM
Bush's New Orleans experiment in privatized education is doing fine—except for the students.
Monday 9:00 AM
Congress can't sit back and expect the courts to end the Gitmo travesty.
Friday, March 2, 2007
Friday 10:12 AM
Conservatives claim the public can be brought back into the fold, but the evidence suggests otherwise.
Friday 9:38 AM
Now that the U.S. appears ready to talk to Iran, it should stop talking about regime change.
Friday 9:03 AM
Nine days of current military spending would pay for universal health care for America's children.
Friday 9:01 AM
Global warming, dental care and a little more of Keith Olbermann. Our readers speak their minds.
Thursday, March 1, 2007
Thursday 9:30 AM
Marking migrants "return to sender" is not making up for NAFTA and other bad policies.
Thursday 9:04 AM
As the political gladiators slug it out, 12 million residents stand to be the losers.
Thursday 9:02 AM
Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff says that unionized luggage screeners would imperil national security.
Thursday 9:00 AM
Instead of giving Democratic candidates a pass, grill them on some of the most pertinent issues.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Wednesday 9:49 AM
U.S. enemies in Iraq already know how the war is going, so why won't the military let our troops speak their minds in public?
Wednesday 9:03 AM
It's not the fancy gifts or illegal kickbacks that do us in. It's that business pays for a permanent seat in Congress.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
We know Iran is seriously pursuing nuclear development—when do they get the bomb?
Wednesday 9:00 AM
Giuliani can woo social conservative hearts all he wants, but the cross-dressing, gay-friendly mayor will never win them over.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Tuesday 11:00 AM
The alternative to swaggering generalissimo Bush seems to be a group of kinder, gentler imperialists.
Tuesday 9:03 AM
Private, for-profit insurance cannot be the basis for an affordable national health care system. Period.
Tuesday 9:02 AM
Iraq's new oil extractrion laws are being written to benefit foreign corporations above all.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
The Bush administration has been brazenly purging attorneys who go after Republican corruption.
Monday, February 26, 2007
Monday 9:46 AM
State and local leaders are in Washington, pointing the way to a national effort on sustainable energy.
Monday 9:04 AM
Coercive diplomacy won't budge Iran, but many Democrats keep the military option open.
Monday 9:02 AM
New policies are needed to address the realities of working women.
Monday 9:01 AM
How owners unionize, insurers skim fortunes and why we should go easy on Keith Olbermann.
Friday, February 23, 2007
Friday 11:03 AM
The odds of winning are in the auto industry's favor with higher fuel economy standards.
Friday 9:03 AM
Shuttle diplomacy will continue to fail as long as Israel's leaders are not pressured to compromise.
Friday 9:02 AM
Some states have repealed the legal disenfranchisement of ex-cons. All should.
Friday 9:01 AM
Despite what it says, Bush's budget actually increases taxes on the middle class.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Thursday 10:27 AM
The ugly divide between progressives and moderates over Iraq is scaring party insiders.
Thursday 10:16 AM
U.S. officials are not confronting the use of rape by Iraqi forces.
Thursday 9:01 AM
The White House is seizing undue control over business regulation, and Congress must push back.
Thursday 9:00 AM
Why are we keeping a hopeless, for-profit health insurance system alive?
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Wednesday 4:52 PM
An international report understates the environmental danger but still prompts significant action.
Wednesday 10:58 AM
Newly released slides show Bush and Blair launched the Iraq shooting war long before the 2003 invasion.
Wednesday 10:06 AM
"New" Democrats peddle "new" rules based on old ties with Wall Street.
Wednesday 9:06 AM
Democrats must stand up to the trucking lobby to block a looming public safety hazard.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Tuesday 11:17 AM
The friction between African Americans and immigrants is based on false assumptions and tired rhetoric.
Tuesday 10:28 AM
Anti-immigration hysteria and anti-choice propaganda come together in a neat and terrifying package.
Tuesday 9:35 AM
A leading House Democrat perpetuates a myopic view of Israeli-Palestinian peace.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
Think standardized testing in K-12 is bad? Margaret Spellings wants the same in higher education, too.
Friday, February 16, 2007
Friday 10:00 AM
Black America sorely needs new, accountable political leadership—not just spokesmen.
Friday 9:03 AM
Must Democrats pass on a chance to close a CEO tax loophole to get a minimum wage bill?
Friday 9:02 AM
International anger shows the harm that secret rendition programs do to legitimate counterterrorism.
Friday 9:00 AM
From prison labor to foreign policy, our readers are passionately displeased in this week's letters.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Thursday 12:09 PM
Peacekeeping and conflict resolution prove themselves in the world's (formerly) most war-torn region.
Thursday 9:48 AM
Bush is discovering that boldly lying about Iran isn't enough. He needs his chorus of liars behind him ... and they're gone.
Thursday 9:01 AM
Our system can shift from concentrated power to grassroots governance.
Thursday 9:01 AM
Bush continues his war on federal science, even as Congress investigates.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Wednesday 9:03 AM
A weak federal law and tightfisted employers deny millions basic worker protections. States must step in.
Wednesday 9:02 AM
Communities are rewriting the rules of government decision-making.
Wednesday 9:00 AM
This Valentine's Day, progressive men should consider the gift that keeps on preventing.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Tuesday 5:53 PM
Obama and Edwards have already been slimed. But we're learning to fight back.
Tuesday 10:38 AM
The only way forward is to firmly reject the notion of a "clash of civilizations."
Tuesday 9:04 AM
Talk is expensive—$500,000 every five minutes. It's time to cut Iraq war funds.
Tuesday 9:03 AM
Bush's Social Security privatization plan has risen from the dead again. Spare stake, anyone?
Tuesday 9:00 AM
Congress has a chance to right an historic wrong by passing the D.C. Voting Rights Act.
Monday, February 12, 2007
Monday 9:41 AM
The media should convey the ideas and facts that help us become "We, The People."
Monday 9:04 AM
There are second chances in life: Congress can stop Bush's Iran war plans.
Monday 9:02 AM
Can cities, where most gun violence takes place, stop the flood of guns from the suburbs?
Monday 9:00 AM
Education alone doesn't protect workers from falling incomes.
Friday, February 9, 2007
Friday 10:18 AM
To fight union busting, falling wages and bad laws, workers need The Employee Free Choice Act.
Friday 9:58 AM
By endorsing Israeli aggression, Bush and Cheney are assisting in Israel's suicide.
Friday 9:01 AM
Embargoes on slave-made products don't work well, but specific demands on suppliers could.
Friday 8:57 AM
From the courts to the market, our readers make demands and offer insights.
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Thursday 10:51 AM
Congress has good reason to stop the upcoming U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement.
Thursday 10:09 AM
Bush's latest immigration plan: Make becoming a citizen wildly more expensive.
Thursday 10:00 AM
Iraq war apologist Jonah Goldberg lost a $1,000 bet. Maybe his media patrons should pay.
Thursday 9:01 AM
The senator from Oklahoma doesn't let the facts get in the way of his climate change denial.
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Wednesday 11:42 AM
Bush's plan would deepen our health care crisis; John Edwards may be onto a cure.
Wednesday 10:03 AM
Congress stopped a war in 1983. They can do it again.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
By going for a guilty verdict, Libby trial prosecutor Fitzgerald is creating more questions than answers.
Wednesday 9:00 AM
Detractors of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act aren't being honest in their critiques.
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Tuesday 10:03 AM
Where conservative ideology rules, our youth are left increasingly vulnerable.
Tuesday 9:03 AM
Bush talks a good game of opportunity, but how is the country really doing?
Tuesday 9:02 AM
How Washington has helped spark chaos in Gaza, and why.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
Now that climate skepticism has been dealt a death blow, there is a chance for real legislative action.
Monday, February 5, 2007
Monday 10:46 AM
Bush gave up on New Orleans, so Congress must give orders to rebuild our damaged cities.
Monday 9:03 AM
Powerful politicians, industry groups and think tanks want a supply of disposable, unempowered immigrant workers.
Monday 9:01 AM
For progressive causes to succeed, we must challenge the belief that the market can solve our problems.
Monday 9:00 AM
Are U.S. hawks trying to save Ahmadinejad's presidency?
Friday, February 2, 2007
Friday 10:01 AM
What would Castro's death mean for Cuba? Perhaps not too much.
Friday 9:59 AM
Congress already has the power to stop the war in Iraq; it just needs the guts.
Friday 9:01 AM
In just a few minutes a day, you can build a more progressive future.
Friday 9:00 AM
From green jobs and global warming to good jobs and American empire, our readers respond.
Thursday, February 1, 2007
Thursday 10:52 AM
The administration and its salivating neoconservatives are manufacturing a crisis.
Thursday 10:44 AM
The U.S. spent $80 million to convict Sami al-Arian of anything they could. They failed. Why is he still in jail?
Thursday 10:01 AM
More people are using credit cards for medical bills. The result should make us all sick.
Thursday 9:00 AM
She showed us how to be unabashed truth-tellers on behalf of ordinary people.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Wednesday 10:34 AM
Can anything stop America's slide from democracy to full-blown empire?
Wednesday 10:12 AM
Democrats need a simple taxation message if they are to sustain their majority.
Wednesday 10:01 AM
The U.N. has finally recognized that there is a widespread purge being carried out against Iraq's gay community.
Wednesday 9:00 AM
Tax refund loans are set up to exploit lower-income filers.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Tuesday 10:45 AM
The lineup at a House hearing today flouts voter disapproval of our trade policies.
Tuesday 9:04 AM
Republican presidential hopefuls are unwise to ignore the interests of women.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
The Libby trial details chilling efforts to manipulate the media and the president.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
As traditional manufacturing unions decline, new forms of worker organizations are coming into being.
Monday, January 29, 2007
Monday 11:55 AM
Progressive ethics reform empowers people to be their own watchdogs. A Senate bill is only a start.
Monday 11:04 AM
Even some CEOs recognize they stand to gain from raising the minimum wage.
Monday 10:48 AM
George W. Bush and Kim Jong Il could be long-lost siblings, and the world trembles.
Monday 9:00 AM
Bush said the magic words: "climate change." But is that enough to avert catastrophe?
Friday, January 26, 2007
Friday 10:01 AM
After winning a major battle over Net neutrality, we need to define the new boundaries.
Friday 9:28 AM
Here's how Bush and Cheney pay off their friends in Big Oil at your expense.
Friday 9:01 AM
It's been easy for us to ignore the cost of this war because it's been borne by rural America.
Friday 9:00 AM
From the cause of war to why we must come home, TomPaine readers go travelling and come back with questions.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Thursday 10:49 AM
You need a road map to navigate the politics of this trial.
Thursday 9:57 AM
Bush borrows foreign policy tricks from another fierce opponent of the Shia regime in Tehran.
Thursday 9:23 AM
Let's replace Bush's global warming strategy with a French one.
Thursday 9:20 AM
An ethics law change still enables oil companies to snatch over a billion in tax dollars.
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Wednesday 10:21 AM
In every sense, Bush remains disconnected from our reality.
Wednesday 10:03 AM
Under the guise of caring for the uninsured, Bush peddles more riches for insurers.
Wednesday 9:04 AM
Members of Congress should have been handing Bush subpoenas, not copies of his speech to autograph.
Wednesday 9:00 AM
Here's what the next president could say to Congress as the nation exits Iraq.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Tuesday 10:03 AM
Tonight, Congress can seize the opportunity from Bush to help the economy and the environment.
Tuesday 10:01 AM
Whatever Bush may say tonight, the destruction he has wrought speaks even louder.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
The Iraq section of Bush's address will continue our self-destructive and unpopular policy of unilateralism.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
The president will likely attempt once again to convince us that his tax cuts are saving the middle class.
Monday, January 22, 2007
Monday 11:04 AM
Don't expect Bush to face up to an economy gone to flab and getting worse.
Monday 10:18 AM
Do not relax: The Bush administration is not backing away from limitless surveillance.
Monday 9:01 AM
A campaign finance case gives the Supreme Court an opportunity to handcuff union political spending.
Monday 9:00 AM
One Marine asks Congress to take its powers seriously and start bringing troops home before they commit more crimes.
Friday, January 19, 2007
Friday 9:50 AM
As Iraq's quasi-government prepares its new oil law, the multinationals hover.
Friday 9:03 AM
Bush and Cheney have decided they don't need intelligence to re-invade Iraq.
Friday 9:01 AM
Contrary to popular belief, pro-choice candidates did well in November. But there's still a fight ahead.
Friday 9:00 AM
Readers sound off on the war, health care and nuclear power.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Thursday 11:40 AM
In part two, we learn that aggressive nations are flexing their petro-power, and we're on the verge of a nuclear renaissance.
Thursday 10:02 AM
Solving the energy crisis means a serious public investment plan for something other than security.
Thursday 10:01 AM
The challenges (and beauty) that lie ahead lie in the slums of the Global South.
Thursday 9:54 AM
The media, as usual, are missing the significance of a Washington insider drama.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Wednesday 11:04 AM
This week, Congress can take the first step toward the new energy policy the people voted for.
Wednesday 10:02 AM
However strenuously conservatives deny it, Iraq and Vietnam share parallel lines to defeat.
Wednesday 9:03 AM
Pursuing true peace—not just the absence of violence—is rarely easy, but always right.
Wednesday 9:00 AM
America's military policy is already focused on protecting U.S. access to oil. The militarization is about to get worse.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Tuesday 11:12 AM
A Bush official's attack on Gitmo defense attorneys revealed the administration's contempt for American law.
Tuesday 11:01 AM
Democrats' hesitation in cutting Iraq war funds is not constitutional but political—and surmountable.
Tuesday 10:02 AM
Schwarzenegger's health care plan is a boon for the insurance industry, not for patients.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
Bush is not interested in passing a women's rights treaty, but Dems should be.
Friday, January 12, 2007
Friday 10:10 AM
The disappearance of news on commercial black radio has been particularly devastating to progressive politics.
Friday 9:03 AM
With Big Pharma in the far corner, the only contender we have is the feds. Let the fight begin.
Friday 9:02 AM
The evangelical movement is splitting between nativist and pro-immigrant factions. We can't do the same.
Friday 9:00 AM
From Islam to Henry Ford, from Obama's voting to Bill Gates' spending, readers crack the history books in this week's letters.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Thursday 10:19 AM
There is a glimmer of a light at the end of the Euphrates Tunnel, but the way will be bloody.
Thursday 9:03 AM
Greens need to focus on energy to make gains against a united opposition.
Thursday 9:00 AM
Bush pokes Congress in the eye with more anti-environmental nominees.
Thursday 8:45 AM
Today—the National Day of Action for College Affordability—progressives unite for opportunity.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Wednesday 10:18 AM
What do McCain and Edwards have in common? Their spins of the war could make them presidential nominees.
Wednesday 9:03 AM
In this make-or-break year, can environmentalists unite around a simple agenda for saving the world?
Wednesday 9:02 AM
Here's how Dems can ensure that their efforts to make drugs affordable aren't just lip service.
Wednesday 9:00 AM
Bringing in new dealers doesn't change the odds at Casino de Bush.
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Tuesday 9:15 AM
More shocking video of Saddam's hanging. Did he die to cover up Western complicity in his crimes?
Tuesday 9:03 AM
There is no military solution. There is no military solution. And, by the way, there is no military solution.
Tuesday 9:02 AM
Henry, not Gerald, believed that increasing wages increases the wealth of the country.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
Real congressional bipartisanship is happening, based on mutual interest, not abandonment of principle.
Monday, January 8, 2007
Monday 10:07 AM
Zalmay Khalilzad, who defends bombing civilians, moves from Iraq to the United Nations.
Monday 9:03 AM
Progressive presidential aspirants must reframe the national debate on economics. Here's a few pointers.
Monday 9:02 AM
Democrats should take a principled stand on foreign policy—not look to the polls.
Monday 9:01 AM
Unable to see Somalia except through the lens of the "war on terror," the U.S. will surely make matters worse.
Friday, January 5, 2007
Friday 9:02 AM
In his quest for oil, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz is sticking Chad with the bloody bill.
Friday 9:01 AM
Fair trade for working Americans also means ensuring labor rights are enforced elsewhere.
Friday 9:00 AM
Steps for Democrats, Nancy's clothes, Ford and cooking: Readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, January 4, 2007
Thursday 1:43 PM
Real change requires revisiting the core of what we stand for.
Thursday 10:40 AM
Intelligence officials who lied about Iraq have escaped the consequences ... so far.
Thursday 10:30 AM
Check your cynicism for now and support the Democratic legislative agenda.
Thursday 9:41 AM
While attacking the United Nations, Bush administration has blocked any protection for staff mmebers to report abuse.
Thursday 9:02 AM
Ethics reform isn't just about honesty. The public needs to know more. Much more.
Thursday 9:01 AM
Gerald Ford showed the difference between principled compromise and compromising our principles.
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
Wednesday 11:00 AM
Saddam Hussein was lynched by one of the sectarian death squads that rule Iraq. The U.S. blunders on.
Wednesday 9:03 AM
Are candidates like John McCain doomed by their lack of visible piety?
Wednesday 9:02 AM
This Congress will be inconsistent on digital rights, posing a challenge for activists.
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Tuesday 10:17 AM
Gerald Ford was also a roadblock to justice and to much-needed reform.
Tuesday 10:16 AM
November voting was not enough. Progressives must continue to pressure lawmakers.
Tuesday 10:00 AM
Nancy Pelosi's politics and style are not revealed by looking at her clothes.
Tuesday 9:49 AM
Democrats should move boldly to improve our economy, working lives and health.
Friday, December 22, 2006
Friday 10:46 AM
In today's America, as it was in ancient Galilee, we must fight for a more equal society.
Friday 10:27 AM
Some promising developments propel the worldwide battle for economic fairness into the new year.
Friday 10:21 AM
It's time for us to wake up and integrate immigration into our narrative of progressive values.
Friday 10:13 AM
Overwork stresses families, business and government. So why not legislate relief?
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Thursday 9:07 AM
An FCC vote touted as fostering competition against the cable giants just gives more power to telecom giants.
Thursday 9:06 AM
It's hardly progress when energy independence means "burning more coal."
Thursday 9:05 AM
Racial justice is both essential and valuable to the progressive cause.
Thursday 9:04 AM
Readers blame big corporations, big agribiz and just plain bigness for all our problems in this week's letters.
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Wednesday 10:22 AM
Unable to grapple with his failure in Iraq, Bush stubbornly clings to his dream of victory.
Wednesday 10:02 AM
Two-thirds of Americans believe the government knows too much about them. They may be right.
Wednesday 10:00 AM
Memo to Democrats: Reverse the anti-worker decisions of the Bush National Labor Relations Board.
Wednesday 9:27 AM
What Congress can do to end business domination of federal policy.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Tuesday 11:07 AM
Immigration officials arrested 1,300 Swift workers in an act that was short on humanity and long on distortion.
Tuesday 9:03 AM
The anti-contraception crowd argues that birth control transformed America. It did—for the better.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
We need an immigration policy that distinguishes the victims of violence from the perpetrators.
Tuesday 8:18 AM
The states are encouraging the nation to start moving toward renewable energy.
Monday, December 18, 2006
Monday 11:46 AM
Why do so many politicians want to send more troops to a war that can't be won militarily?
Monday 9:05 AM
The Bush administration is colluding with Big Oil to fleece taxpayers.
Monday 9:02 AM
The interfactional violence in Palestine can be laid at the feet of U.S. hypocrisy.
Monday 9:01 AM
Seventy-six million Americans are afflicted with food poisoning each year because government won't prevent it.
Friday, December 15, 2006
Friday 10:46 AM
Lessons from Wilson, Roosevelt and Johnson on how to deal with today's Blue Dogs.
Friday 10:01 AM
A vision of a world where poverty is seen only in museums, from the winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.
Friday 10:00 AM
As the drug industry cozies up to Democrats, real reform may be DOA—but watch for a few killer investigations.
Friday 10:00 AM
From the '60s to Iraq, from Third World debt to universal health care, all things old are new again in this week's letters.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Thursday 10:40 AM
Why assume that American troops in Iraq prevent sectarian violence?
Thursday 10:03 AM
Business wants us to forget that before Sarbanes-Oxley there was Enron and WorldCom.
Thursday 9:27 AM
EPA plays Santa to corporate interests, while more Tiny Tims are left to get sick.
Thursday 8:14 AM
Hugo Chavez is leading the continent into a new era of regional cooperation against Washington trade policies.
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Wednesday 10:58 AM
The president is making policy for an Iraq that exists only in his imagination.
Wednesday 10:10 AM
More than 36 years after the '60s ended, that decade remains at the center of the political divide.
Wednesday 10:01 AM
While you weren't looking, marriage rights for all have been advancing across the globe and from coast to coast.
Wednesday 10:00 AM
We can bring business and workers together on a plan for universal care.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Tuesday 10:43 AM
The new Defense secretary must restore the accountability to civil law lost under Rumsfeld.
Tuesday 10:04 AM
The Bush administration says don't worry about our debt to China. Don't believe them.
Tuesday 10:03 AM
Women's groups discuss how to help the Democrats and what they want in return.
Tuesday 9:03 AM
Action to combat global warming may be stalled in Congress, but that's not stopping the states.
Monday, December 11, 2006
Monday 10:35 AM
The Iraq Study Group is right to flag Iraq's flawed reconstruction—but wrong in identifying the cause.
Monday 10:02 AM
Here's why the movie star's problems with Net neutrality are the same as yours.
Monday 9:47 AM
The race to imprison is a national disgrace. It's time for serious reform.
Monday 9:03 AM
Gulf Coast residents are still being denied basic human rights by our government.
Friday, December 8, 2006
Friday 10:30 AM
The ISG believes the U.S. can support a nonexistent Iraqi government and bolster its viciously sectarian armed forces.
Friday 10:15 AM
The great debate: Jennifer Van Bergen argues that impeachment is essential to national healing. David Corn warns that the political result for progressives will be disastrous.
Friday 9:32 AM
Sexy new technologies won't be as helpful as simply using less energy.
Friday 9:14 AM
What Dreyfuss gets wrong, where economists are right, and more: Readers react in this week's letters.
Thursday, December 7, 2006
Thursday 9:42 AM
It's time for state and county initiatives that protect the sanctity of the vote.
Thursday 8:54 AM
The Iraq Study Group's report raises as many questions as it answers.
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Wednesday 10:58 AM
In speaking the truth about Israel, Carter is doing a great service to America and the Jews.
Wednesday 10:52 AM
Sizing up the the likely presidential candidates based on a crucial decision: How they voted on Iraq.
Wednesday 10:00 AM
His acceptance of Bush's definition of the mission in Iraq shows Robert Gates lacks the independence we need in a new defense chief.
Wednesday 9:34 AM
The public's view is apparently too 'extreme' for media discussion.
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Tuesday 10:43 AM
Why adopting international human rights laws can move us closer to the ideals Americans hold dear.
Tuesday 10:33 AM
We voted for economic change, and the incoming Democrats need to hear us.
Tuesday 10:32 AM
Justice denied in Bhopal has meant more risk for Americans as well as Indians.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
The aging Chilean dictator may die before facing a courtroom but his twilight years have been a victory for human rights.
Monday, December 4, 2006
Monday 10:51 AM
By refusing to fight climate change, we're devastating the African continent.
Monday 10:21 AM
Four basic conservative economic shouting points—and how to calmly shout back.
Monday 9:44 AM
The president's talk with Shiite leader al-Hakim has the U.S. standing on the wrong side of the reconcilation process.
Monday 9:44 AM
The next Congress can craft immigration legislation that is both reassuring and equitable. Will it?
Friday, December 1, 2006
Friday 10:23 AM
On World AIDS Day, Democrats should start to reverse Bush's deadly AIDS policies.
Friday 10:15 AM
Dems can't recycle Rubinomics to improve our current situation. A new, progressive plan is in order.
Friday 10:01 AM
The new Congress should push for a coherent approach to human rights, development and trade.
Friday 9:58 AM
From Bill Cosby to Eric Keroack, from Glenn Beck to Bill Moyers, readers kill their idols (or don't) in this week's letters.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Thursday 10:13 AM
The Iraq Study Group is opening a way for Bush to swallow his pride and get the U.S. out of Iraq.
Thursday 9:04 AM
The EPA's stance on global warming emissions makes the headlines, but the fight for breathable air continues.
Thursday 9:03 AM
A historic U.N. report calls gender-based violence a human rights violation.
Thursday 9:02 AM
There are positive signs that the Democratic Congress will break with the corporate globalization agenda.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Wednesday 10:51 AM
Democrats can gain from the gutting of the Republican moderate wing if they make the right moves.
Wednesday 10:15 AM
Testimony and a leaked memo suggest "stay the course" is alive and well.
Wednesday 10:02 AM
Bush wants to clamp down on five decades of school desegregation efforts.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
Before heading to Iraq, graduates are asked to consider the kind of country they are serving.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Tuesday 10:14 AM
The U.S. needs a radical approach to deal with a new breed of radical leaders in the Middle East.
Tuesday 9:34 AM
CNN is still "hurting America"—as Jon Stewart famously said—by hiring hosts like Glenn Beck.
Tuesday 9:21 AM
Analysis show that female voters determined the 2006 elections. Will women-friendly policy result?
Tuesday 9:10 AM
Will new U.N. leadership alter the longstanding battle over U.S. domination of the world body?
Monday, November 27, 2006
Monday 10:50 AM
Voters support minimum wage increases with cost-of-living adjustments. Congress needs to catch up.
Monday 10:24 AM
Contraception doesn't demean women, but a Bush appointee's opposition to it does.
Monday 9:30 AM
Recent elections show progressive causes benefit when youth vote in the mountain states.
Monday 9:01 AM
Can Democrats resist allowing the military-industrial complex to control immigration policy?
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Wednesday 10:54 AM
To find a way out of Iraq, George W. Bush must first admit he has a problem.
Wednesday 10:44 AM
Three illusions to avoid in the search for answers to Iraq's intractable problems.
Wednesday 9:02 AM
Conservatives attack international law as a tool of the terrorists.
Wednesday 9:00 AM
Given the harm oil companies are doing to Africa, why does the World Bank insist on subsidizing them?
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Tuesday 10:03 AM
Defying voters and the realities on the ground, die-hards push for more troops in Iraq.
Tuesday 10:02 AM
The White House is obstructing negotiations between the elected Palestinian government and Israel.
Tuesday 10:00 AM
Repealing the antiterrorism law is an imperative for future generations of Americans.
Tuesday 9:45 AM
There is so much the new Congress can do to help fix the economy for ordinary Americans.
Monday, November 20, 2006
Monday 10:32 AM
The racial income gap is a product of discrimination, not black culture.
Monday 10:13 AM
Will the new Congress tackle the real problem plaguing Washington: campaign financing?
Monday 9:39 AM
White-only, male-only perspectives still dominate the media, but there is hope for change.
Monday 7:57 AM
Congress should step in to help Americans trapped in risky financing schemes.
Friday, November 17, 2006
Friday 11:23 AM
Forget the carrots and sticks; have real negotiations with Tehran based on their legitimate needs.
Friday 9:02 AM
The public voted for candidates who promised to rid politics of the influence of big business. Does that mean clean elections are close?
Friday 9:01 AM
Progressives aren't ready to press a Democratic Congress for equitable economic policies.
Friday 8:56 AM
From wimping out to getting out: Readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Thursday 10:48 AM
Most of the D.C. press corps has been at pains to portray withdrawal of U.S. troops as unrealistic.
Thursday 10:23 AM
A pact with India now on the Senate floor threatens 35 years of nuclear nonproliferation.
Thursday 9:56 AM
For environmentalists, "the breeze will be at our back." But watch those clouds.
Thursday 9:50 AM
Setting a target deadline for troop withdrawal serves the interests of Iraqis and Americans.
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Wednesday 10:26 AM
Forget about the center; push progressive ideology and crush the opposition.
Wednesday 9:17 AM
Neither Murtha nor Hoyer are particularly pure candidates for the slot of majority leader.
Wednesday 9:13 AM
A genuine Middle East peace process remains beyond reach as long as Dems continue to out-hawk the neocons.
Wednesday 9:12 AM
The time is right for bold, bipartisan action to end America's oil addiction.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Tuesday 11:02 AM
The fact that thousands of Americans had trouble voting last week must be addressed before the next election.
Tuesday 10:16 AM
The new Congress has a public interest mandate to protect net neutrality.
Tuesday 9:03 AM
Invading Iran for the sake of women's rights or democracy would be a tragic mistake, as Iraq and Afghanistan clearly show.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
GOP campaign tactics, from the smear to the robo-call, reveal the true nature of their candidates.
Monday, November 13, 2006
Monday 11:22 AM
Those expecting the Baker-led Iraq Study Group to propose any kind of pullout will be sorely disappointed.
Monday 10:47 AM
The campaign to make it hard to sue corporations isn't over just because Democrats are in power.
Monday 9:02 AM
How to make the U.S. economy competitive again? A national investment strategy.
Monday 9:01 AM
Political gains for women can only come with a fight for media justice and reform.
Friday, November 10, 2006
Friday 10:29 AM
A lawyer for an "election protection" hotline reports on the hundreds of frustrated calls he handled.
Friday 10:20 AM
The success of antiwar resolutions, even in GOP strongholds, reveals a nation in search of peace.
Friday 9:44 AM
George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Rumsfeld have come to the end of their free ride.
Friday 9:01 AM
What the election means to them: Readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, November 9, 2006
Thursday 10:59 AM
Based on his career so far, Rumsfeld's replacement places loyalty above principle.
Thursday 10:30 AM
A Democratic Congress offers only a thin hope of getting it right on immigration.
Thursday 10:15 AM
A successful strategy for defeating an abortion ban points the way to other battles ahead.
Thursday 9:34 AM
Marriage amendments are forcing gay-rights advocates to step up their political game.
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Wednesday 12:39 PM
Before the pundits muddy the results, it is worth looking at what voters said.
Wednesday 11:50 AM
Now the Dems must act quickly to secure public opinion.
Wednesday 10:33 AM
Now Democrats must thunder from the pulpit, threatening to rain fire and brimstone upon Republicans who want to stay the course.
Wednesday 9:49 AM
While the final counts aren't in, we can tout some gains for working women.
Wednesday 9:17 AM
Ignore that moderate meme in the corner. Progressive causes energized voters.
Tuesday, November 7, 2006
Tuesday 4:47 PM
The party with the rhetoric of supporting the troops is not the one with the track record for doing so.
Tuesday 10:33 AM
To get votes in the growing exurbs, Democrats reach for the marshmallow center.
Tuesday 10:01 AM
Don't believe the hype that Medicare and Social Security need a draconian fix.
Tuesday 10:00 AM
The winners of today's elections will inherit a broken democracy. Here are concrete steps to repair it.
Monday, November 6, 2006
Monday 10:34 AM
We wish the government good luck telling adults to "wait for marriage."
Monday 10:11 AM
Verifying ballots in close races isn't about sour grapes—it's about restoring integrity to our electoral system.
Monday 10:05 AM
Progressives are missing important political lessons in the nation's nostalgia for the World War II era.
Monday 10:01 AM
The highly questionable trial of Hussein will not resolve the internal strife that is tearing Iraq apart.
Friday, November 3, 2006
Friday 10:09 AM
Getting people to translate their concern about the planet into everyday action takes a lot of creativity.
Friday 10:03 AM
Corporate interests are spending big to get both parties to work for them, not for working families.
Friday 10:02 AM
In the Connected Age, new media tools are helping more women get elected.
Friday 10:00 AM
From outrage fatigue to the state of our schools, readers face the facts in this week's letters.
Thursday, November 2, 2006
Thursday 9:04 AM
Iraq sinks deeper into chaos as our 'friend' turns the other way.
Thursday 9:03 AM
Tony Blair calls for "bold action" on climate change while Bush bear-hugs polluters.
Thursday 9:02 AM
After Tuesday, we may have a Congress that respects rational, science-based policy over ideological politics.
Thursday 8:45 AM
The best public diplomacy for America is the world seeing U.S. citizens rejecting Bush's policy in Iraq.
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Wednesday 10:16 AM
From the classroom to the boardroom, the American dream has been hijacked. Today's lesson: Learn to fight back.
Wednesday 9:42 AM
The GOP turns to its caricature of the Democrats as the party of "blacks, Jews and gays" to boost turnout.
Wednesday 9:02 AM
The only "fence" the Republicans are going to build is one keeping them away from future voters.
Wednesday 8:52 AM
We could lead the Mideast to peace, but only if we stop refusing to do the right thing.
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Tuesday 11:15 AM
This Halloween, the dead may well walk the earth—but they're not heading to the polls.
Tuesday 9:40 AM
The public not only rejects the war in Iraq but Bush's whole foreign policy approach.
Tuesday 9:38 AM
U.S. companies are breaking their promise to certify that chocolate isn't made using forced child labor.
Tuesday 9:18 AM
The contest over the ban is about more than our endless abortion debate—it's about a struggle within the Republican Party itself.
Monday, October 30, 2006
Monday 10:53 AM
Despite what they say, it's still "stay the course"—of more Americans dying needlessly.
Monday 9:56 AM
Political campaigns have achieved total information awareness about voters, but that may in the end be a good thing.
Monday 9:55 AM
If you're a low-income American, whether you have access to voter registration depends on what state you live in.
Monday 9:00 AM
The World Bank should get a failing grade for its rankings of countries that violate workers' rights.
Friday, October 27, 2006
Friday 9:36 AM
The Bush administration is on the wrong side of history in opposing a global arms trade treaty.
Friday 9:35 AM
The road to undoing the deeply disturbing Military Commissions Act.
Friday 9:01 AM
From war climates to fake speeches, readers sound off about other people sounding off in this week's letters.
Friday 8:14 AM
As the right mobilizes after the New Jersey ruling, fight back by not giving an inch.
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Thursday 10:12 AM
The Bush administration just fired the opening shot in a race to militarize space.
Thursday 9:10 AM
Yesterday's ruling gives gay and lesbian couples a partial victory—but may give GOP candidates a complete one.
Thursday 9:01 AM
There is a crucial person missing in the debate about stem cell research—the woman who donates the eggs.
Thursday 9:01 AM
The man Kenneth Lay called "the energy president" pays no penalty for his role in Enron's crimes.
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Wednesday 10:01 AM
The address President Bush should have delivered at his press conference today.
Wednesday 9:02 AM
A new wave of anti-union propaganda seeks to undermine the very idea of workers' rights.
Wednesday 9:02 AM
The bone the U.S. is picking with Hugo Chavez is not about bombast. It's about oil.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
A woman's right to birth control is not a threat to religious freedom.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Tuesday 9:45 AM
The Supreme Court should challenge the Bush administration and support diversity in education.
Tuesday 9:29 AM
Female voters are likely to be out in force this November, sending all the right messages.
Tuesday 9:11 AM
A Baathist on why the White House needs Saddam, what will happen when the Americans leave and "Iranian gangs."
Tuesday 9:04 AM
It's time to take back the Sunday morning talk show seats and give some to real progressives.
Monday, October 23, 2006
Monday 11:12 AM
One election result is already clear: Voters are giving the right a strong rebuke.
Monday 9:24 AM
The media gave Wal-Mart free publicity touting their discounted drugs, but shoppers should check below the headline.
Monday 9:02 AM
Why are we looking for military solutions to ecological problems?
Monday 9:01 AM
Four big oil companies are on the verge of locking up Iraq's massive reserves.
Friday, October 20, 2006
Friday 10:38 AM
As they militarize the southern border, politicians get to posture while communities suffer.
Friday 10:04 AM
Oil industry donations in this election cycle show the most pronounced GOP bias on record.
Friday 9:02 AM
How a government housing program left poor people out in the cold.
Friday 9:01 AM
From the veil to the environment, from Obama to oversight: Readers decry lack of vision in this week's letters.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Thursday 10:07 AM
A look at the prognosis for a more environmentally friendly Congress.
Thursday 10:06 AM
Defeat in Iraq may force Democrats to rethink America's role in the world—or tragically, it may not.
Thursday 9:49 AM
New leaks suggest that even George Bush and Nouri al-Maliki may soon have to concede that "stay the course" is no longer an option.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Wednesday 2:35 PM
It's not poor education that creates economic inequality; it's a broken economic system.
Wednesday 10:39 AM
His brilliance in recognizing America's need for political and cultural healing may be a lesson for progressives.
Wednesday 9:32 AM
David Kuo's book shows how both God and country lose when faith is partisan.
Wednesday 9:30 AM
If Democrats take back the House, here are the investigations that should top their to-do list.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
The siege of Palestine is choking the life of its people and producing the next generation of hatred.
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Tuesday 9:02 AM
Arguments for staying in Iraq reflect a refusal to face some unpalatable realities.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
U.S. corporations don't like labor unions at home and they're certainly not prepared to welcome them to China.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
Kim Jong Il's nukes may help convince Bush to step back from the ledge on Iran.
Monday, October 16, 2006
Monday 4:00 PM
Allowing the "free market" to trump network neutrality will undermine our democracy.
Monday 10:24 AM
Besides e-voting, we must be vigilant of obstacles at every step on the way to the ballot box.
Monday 10:16 AM
That Republican standard, "Democrats Will Raise Your Taxes," is wearing thin on voters' ears.
Monday 9:28 AM
The world's largest retailer has figured out a way to answer its critics and still screw its employees.
Monday 9:01 AM
Serious debate on the campaign trail about the mess in the region is shockingly absent.
Friday, October 13, 2006
Friday 9:42 AM
We must be wary of solutions to global warming that create other environmental and social problems.
Friday 9:25 AM
North Korea's actions may test the Bush administration's support for the incoming U.N. chief.
Friday 9:02 AM
Sub-Saharan Africa is ripe to capitalize on its oil wealth, but how will the benefits flow to the people?
Friday 9:01 AM
One of the most frightening things about our recent decision to torture is how flip it was.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Thursday 11:01 AM
Tardy promises of a crackdown should not dilute outrage over the ripoffs and incompetence in Iraq.
Thursday 10:31 AM
The AT&T-BellSouth merger is the latest threat to net neutrality. Will the FCC stop it?
Thursday 9:03 AM
The White House school shootings summit denied us the honest debate we desperately need on gun violence.
Thursday 9:01 AM
After serving their time, ex-felons should be allowed back into our democracy.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Wednesday 10:08 AM
African leaders join the chorus calling for U.N. peacekeeping troops—regardless of Sudan's opposition.
Wednesday 10:00 AM
Americans have lost more under Bush's policies than they have gained through tax cuts.
Wednesday 9:32 AM
Polls are favoring the Dems, but who knows what the GOP's sophisticated voter targeting might achieve.
Wednesday 9:14 AM
And now for the good news: We may not be building permanent bases in Iraq after all.
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Tuesday 9:48 AM
Now is the time for Dems to tell us what they can do for our country, not just what the Republicans have done to them.
Tuesday 9:03 AM
Clean election laws would secure a place in Congress for the non-millionaires.
Tuesday 9:02 AM
How a little-known board made potentially millions of workers ineligible for union benefits.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
This weekend's nuclear tests expose the deep flaws in the Bush-Cheney policy.
Friday, October 6, 2006
Friday 9:28 AM
The desperate measures the White House might consider to salvage its war.
Friday 9:03 AM
The Maryland primary fiasco was a clear warning call. We had better listen.
Friday 9:02 AM
A certain senator from Connecticut was the favorite candidate of anti-reform business lobbyists.
Friday 9:01 AM
TomPaine.com readers have spoken: Moyers/Olbermann '08.
Thursday, October 5, 2006
Thursday 10:23 AM
A new plan could undo work by California and other states to reduce global warming emissions.
Thursday 10:07 AM
Washington's other big scandal—the failure to take terror threats seriously—drags on.
Thursday 10:02 AM
The G-8 is forsaking clean energy for developing countries in favor of nuclear and coal.
Thursday 10:01 AM
The public's opposition to the new detainee law is the only thing that will give Congress the backbone to preserve our freedoms.
Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Wednesday 10:25 AM
It runs from Abramoff to Foley: a path of corruption paved in ones and zeros.
Wednesday 10:03 AM
Why ads praising a prescription drug benefit are working against the politicians who voted for it.
Wednesday 10:02 AM
History shows cable news channels haven't taken kindly to Bush administration critics.
Wednesday 10:00 AM
Things are going from bad to worse in Bush's first war, which turns five years old tomorrow.
Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Tuesday 10:43 AM
There's a lot of talk about politicians being "family friendly" but both sides are ignoring a major family issue.
Tuesday 9:25 AM
Condoleezza Rice is in the Middle East yet again. Unfortunately.
Tuesday 9:07 AM
Corruption—from DeLay to Foley—spoils the vision of government "for the people."
Tuesday 9:01 AM
Iraq and the U.S. are stifling the very thing they say they are building in Iraq—free speech and a free press.
Monday, October 2, 2006
Monday 10:03 AM
What's wrong with pushing marriage as a solution to poverty? Plenty.
Monday 10:02 AM
Communities of all ethnicities and religions have suffered as a result of the "global war on terror."
Monday 9:18 AM
Rep. Mark Foley's colleagues will have a hard time proving their commitment to moral values come November.
Monday 9:02 AM
In his latest swipe at gender equality, Bush discards a vital tool for stopping discrimination on the job.
Friday, September 29, 2006
Friday 10:04 AM
What falling oil prices tell us about war with Iran, the elections and peak-oil theory.
Friday 10:03 AM
Injured Ground Zero workers are now being harmed by a court system rigged against all plaintiffs.
Friday 9:52 AM
Lieven answers Hamid, readers disagree with Bob Reich and nobody likes torture: Readers respond in this week's letters.
Friday 9:20 AM
How Bush's tribunals bill will change our world and why it must be repealed.
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Thursday 9:03 AM
What the GOP doesn't want you to know about al-Qaida's connections to Iraq and Iran's connections to the Iraqi exiles.
Thursday 9:02 AM
What we could have done if we hadn't gone to Iraq.
Thursday 9:01 AM
So this congressman walks out of a bar...
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Wednesday 10:45 AM
The White House wants to keep the horror of Iraq abstract in voters' minds—and the media makes it easy.
Wednesday 10:20 AM
The Bush administration sides with hair-splitting and wink-nod authorizations of torture.
Wednesday 9:30 AM
Between Draconian Republicans and timid Democrats, nothing constructive is getting done.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
Rather than an unprincipled political middle ground, progressives should define a new moral center.
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Tuesday 10:07 AM
If Congress votes to suspend this essential legal safeguard, liberty and accountability will be the victims.
Tuesday 9:49 AM
How will America replace yesterday's auto manufacturing jobs in the 21st century?
Tuesday 9:35 AM
Careful, Democrats: The notion that the Iraq war is creating more terrorists may be false.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
Burma is a case study in the hollowness of Bush's human rights rhetoric.
Monday, September 25, 2006
Monday 10:52 AM
A new intelligence estimate confirms the catastrophic failure of administration policy.
Monday 9:26 AM
Bush's climate plan will kick-start a new era of bargaining on Capitol Hill over the planet's future.
Monday 9:11 AM
Ordinary people with no connections to terrorist organizations are being swept up into George Bush's war.
Monday 9:01 AM
NAFTA has opened up Mexico to a new wave of gentrifiers—retired Americans
Friday, September 22, 2006
Friday 11:20 AM
Maher Arar was tortured at the behest of our government. John McCain will allow it to happen again.
Friday 10:17 AM
Lower pay overseas is a straw man; America can afford a living wage.
Friday 9:06 AM
Howie Rich is the man behind the conservative scheme to undermine legitimate state laws.
Friday 8:48 AM
Cervical cancer, government-created fatties and unions; Readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Thursday 9:53 AM
The EPA just made a decision that will cause thousands more deaths than tainted spinach.
Thursday 9:15 AM
Until we confront our oil addiction, the U.S. will continue to embrace policies that foster Islamic extremists.
Thursday 9:06 AM
There is little integrity in the effort to require identification at polling places.
Thursday 9:01 AM
The Republican Part D disaster is harming America's seniors. Here's one story.
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Wednesday 9:06 AM
Bush and conservatives get in touch with their inner barbarian.
Wednesday 9:04 AM
Have the realists prevailed over the neocons on Iran?
Wednesday 9:02 AM
It's the right vs. sound health policy on HPV immunization to prevent cervical cancer.
Wednesday 9:00 AM
Now that he's awakened the nation to the crisis, Gore focuses on the solutions to global warming.
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Tuesday 9:19 AM
News today of a second study killed by the FCC should inspire action against the latest media consolidation push.
Tuesday 9:04 AM
Is it safer now to say that we're less safe than it was two years ago?
Tuesday 9:02 AM
Reviving unions is key to reviving the middle class and creating a more ideal workplace.
Tuesday 8:56 AM
Our government needs to play a role in fighting obesity and helping our citizens learn to live healthily.
Monday, September 18, 2006
Monday 9:39 AM
We lost a chance to pass a balanced immigrant bill, but it is not too late to prepare for next time.
Monday 9:29 AM
The proposed national unity government is not the way to peace for Palestinians or Israelis.
Monday 9:12 AM
Two events today could accomplish what the GOP Congress will not.
Monday 9:00 AM
Whether it's the pope or the president, demonizing Muslims has made an unfortunate comeback.
Friday, September 15, 2006
Friday 9:56 AM
The focus on the GOP intraparty squabble distracts from the sweeping detention powers Warner, Graham and McCain want to give the president.
Friday 9:39 AM
Why nuclear power won't solve our energy crisis.
Friday 9:01 AM
A treat for Big Pharma but poison for seniors: It's time to smash this symbol of GOP corruption.
Friday 9:00 AM
Our week of 9/11 coverage, runaway girls and health insurance: Readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Thursday 9:04 AM
The Bush administration's spending plan favors shiny new weapons over initiatives that work.
Thursday 9:02 AM
Here's how universal health care can become a winning proposition.
Thursday 8:59 AM
Technology innovators like Apple need to lead in reducing toxic e-waste.
Thursday 8:14 AM
Giving Middle Easterners legitimate channels for their anger is key to defusing extremism.
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Wednesday 10:06 AM
It's time to face the reality that the campaign against terrorism has been misnamed and overhyped.
Wednesday 9:03 AM
The truth behind Bush's false linkage of Iran, Hezbollah and al-Qaida.
Wednesday 9:02 AM
How corporate contractors wasted billions and lost lives in Iraq—and got away with it.
Wednesday 8:23 AM
Congress may soon pass a bill that isolates girls who feel they cannot talk to their parents about abortion without risking disaster.
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Tuesday 10:54 AM
Bush's brand of nation-building must be replaced with an approach in touch with global realities.
Tuesday 9:31 AM
As he commemorated a national tragedy, the president cheapened the debate over Iraq.
Tuesday 9:02 AM
Incompetency, corruption, betrayal of a noble mission and horseracing make Ken Tomlinson the new Michael Brown.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
The only meaninful lobbying reform would be banning these bacon bits tossed out to special interests.
Monday, September 11, 2006
Monday 11:00 AM
The only way to reduce the threat of terrorism is to promote worldwide rule of law, not global war.
Monday 11:00 AM
Can Americans reconnect with a foreign policy based on our best values?
Monday 11:00 AM
The Muslim world's hopes for democracy after 9/11 have been buried in the rubble of Baghdad, Beirut and Kandahar.
Monday 8:56 AM
After five years of a disastrously failed response to 9/11, we can follow a better path to security.
Friday, September 8, 2006
Friday 10:01 AM
More of the political establishment is realizing that the war in Iraq has already been lost.
Friday 9:40 AM
It's time to sort out the legitimate questions from the dangerous distractions.
Friday 9:03 AM
Unions realize they have much to gain from the immigrants' rights movement.
Friday 8:58 AM
What's missing from Iraq exit strategies and U.S. proposals for renewable energy; readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, September 7, 2006
Thursday 9:54 AM
The White House is doing a complex dance to escape prosecution for torture—and portray opponents as weak.
Thursday 9:08 AM
A proposal to counter Tom Friedman's view of the global economy and benefit the world's workers.
Thursday 9:01 AM
The state steps into the leadership gap with a breathtaking action on greenhouse gases.
Thursday 9:00 AM
An interfaith coalition campaigns to end the war in Iraq.
Wednesday, September 6, 2006
Wednesday 10:03 AM
Given the damage John Bolton has done to U.S. diplomacy, why is the Senate considering confirming him?
Wednesday 10:02 AM
The face-off between Sudan and the Security Council tests the U.N.'s willingness to act on its word.
Wednesday 9:17 AM
How conservative ideology is pricing college out of the reach of most working families.
Wednesday 8:55 AM
Democratic presidential politics will never look the same after this midterm election.
Tuesday, September 5, 2006
Tuesday 10:43 AM
There is no "cut-and-run" in the "responsible deployment" plans on the table.
Tuesday 10:20 AM
Is a bachelor's degree as good an investment today as it used to be?
Tuesday 9:30 AM
Heard the news about America's workers getting the short end of the stick? It doesn't have to be this way.
Friday, September 1, 2006
Friday 12:54 PM
A grown man playing make-believe instead of delivering a sensible foreign policy endangers us all.
Friday 9:45 AM
Pennsylvania takes a leading role in breaking America's oil addiction.
Friday 9:03 AM
Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts have been thwarted by the administration's disdain for government.
Friday 9:01 AM
A recent foreign aid deal only begins to undo the damage of colonialism.
Friday 8:57 AM
Readers defend bodegas, Plan B and agree terrorists aren't Nazis in this week's letters.
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Thursday 11:14 AM
The administration misappropriates pre-World War II "appeasement" to tell its own "big lie."
Thursday 10:03 AM
Why the salaries of Big Oil CEOs are so much higher in the U.S. than in Europe.
Thursday 10:03 AM
Bush would like to use Katrina as an excuse for churches to replace FEMA.
Thursday 10:01 AM
This economic recovery isn't much of a recovery for most of us—unless you're at the top.
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Wednesday 9:50 AM
For opposing warrantless wiretaps, Judge Anna Diggs Taylor is the latest target of the right's denigration of judges.
Wednesday 9:22 AM
It is getting harder for conservatives to ignore the president's intellectual shallowness.
Wednesday 9:17 AM
An increasing number of cities are criminalizing homelessness rather than solving it.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
One battle down, many more to go for pro-choice activists.
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Tuesday 11:13 AM
The conservative contempt for government is at the root of the failed response to the hurricane.
Tuesday 10:01 AM
Protecting New Orleans—and the nation—means reforming the Army Corps of Engineers now.
Tuesday 10:01 AM
The senior citizens harmed by Katrina had, and have, very little holding them up.
Tuesday 9:03 AM
Is government merely reacting to the last crisis, or thinking creatively about the next one?
Monday, August 28, 2006
Monday 3:46 PM
Continuing conservative failures have stymied New Orleans' recovery. Here are ways to respond.
Monday 11:03 AM
Big hurricanes, longer wildfire seasons and shorter winters form a larger picture.
Monday 10:14 AM
Instead of dealing with the real challenge Iran poses, the White House focuses on 164 centrifuges.
Monday 9:13 AM
Behind Andrew Young's rant on urban mom-and-pop stores were issues that anti-Wal-Mart forces should address.
Friday, August 25, 2006
Friday 10:49 AM
The new House report on Iran intelligence fits a pattern of Bush administration manipulation.
Friday 10:39 AM
Residents displaced by Katrina demand to know why they can't return to decent public housing.
Friday 10:31 AM
It's not the estate tax that blacks have to worry about..
Friday 9:58 AM
Better opinions of welfare and bad opinions of Reich; readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Thursday 9:58 AM
The reason that felons, American terrorities and D.C. have no voting rights is tied directly to our racist past.
Thursday 9:49 AM
We should take the rebuilding of New Orleans as seriously as we take the crisis in Iraq.
Thursday 9:03 AM
Bush's new EPA chief faces a choice between cleaner air and lobbyist pressure.
Thursday 9:00 AM
By linking Iraq with the war on terror, the president has created a dynamic that threatens to destroy him.
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Wednesday 10:35 AM
Democrats won't win with 'me-too' toughness; they need to tell it like it is about the conservatives' security failures.
Wednesday 9:42 AM
Ten years after welfare reform, most former recipients still live in poverty. It doesn't have to be this way.
Wednesday 9:29 AM
It's business as usual on the island while U.S. policy appears increasingly out of touch.
Wednesday 8:41 AM
New Orleans's housing demolition policy hurts low- and middle-income residents the most.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Tuesday 10:55 AM
Today's diplomats are in a much better position than their predecessors to launch an ambitious Arab-Israeli peacemaking effort.
Tuesday 9:03 AM
Democrats should resist powerful impulses if they gain control of the House this fall.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
Bush used the same lines about Iraq at his latest press conference, but a read between them is revealing.
Tuesday 8:54 AM
When you look at America's poverty levels, it's clear we've still not recovered what's been lost since 2000.
Monday, August 21, 2006
Monday 10:42 AM
We can fix the nation's fiscally irresponsible ways if Congress starts living in the real world.
Monday 10:08 AM
Joe Lieberman and most other members of Congress have skewed ideas of what it means to be middle class.
Monday 8:08 AM
Spike Lee's documentary tonight on Katrina writes an essential new chapter in America's civil rights story.
Friday, August 18, 2006
Friday 3:01 PM
Defining the battleground in the struggle against AIDS in the next 25 years.
Friday 9:26 AM
Rejecting the fear of terrorism and embracing sustainability will lead America to real security.
Friday 9:25 AM
The court's decision to strike down Bush's illegal wiretapping program is the right ruling for the wrong reasons.
Friday 9:01 AM
The reason we care about Castro's health lies in the strange demands of the Electoral College.
Friday 8:14 AM
Martyr complexes and the search for alternatives; readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Thursday 10:55 AM
The moderates of the Arab world, who Washington wishes so desperately to woo, have learned a painful lesson.
Thursday 10:20 AM
The Bush administration is drawing the wrong conclusions from London's alleged terror plot.
Thursday 9:02 AM
The post-Katrina Gulf Coast is a harbinger of how environmental changes will force humanity to migrate.
Thursday 9:00 AM
What's wrong with the new "World Trade Center" movie.
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Wednesday 10:29 AM
Military interrogations present a moral problem for psychologists, and their association should speak out.
Wednesday 9:48 AM
Would it be irrational for many Iraqis to prefer the Iraq of 2002 to the Iraq of today?
Wednesday 9:01 AM
Half of HIV-positive Americans are black, and the federal government still won't increase funding to minority care programs.
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Tuesday 2:42 PM
The BP disaster should convince policymakers to get serious about our fossil fuel dependency.
Tuesday 10:30 AM
The Bush administration's callous Lebanon policy finds support on both sides of the aisle.
Tuesday 10:03 AM
Everyone agrees that syringe exchange programs save lives. Why won't the federal government fund them?
Tuesday 10:01 AM
It's not what you say about climate change, it's how you say it. It's time to move the debate forward.
Tuesday 9:42 AM
Without any new ideas to push, the GOP falls back on its campaign of fear to win elections.
Monday, August 14, 2006
Monday 10:47 AM
The British terror plot arrests underscore the failures of Bush's "war on terror"—and offer an alternative approach.
Monday 10:40 AM
The right resents what the framers of the Constitution intended—courts that serve as a counterweight to popular passions.
Monday 10:01 AM
This week in Toronto activists are fighting back against Bush administration AIDS policy.
Monday 9:19 AM
Why does Congress have to force the White House to update its intelligence on Iraq?
Friday, August 11, 2006
Friday 10:43 AM
A new report by Rep. John Conyers lays out the case against the Bush White House.
Friday 10:19 AM
A growing number of foreign policy veterans fear the U.S. is courting disaster.
Friday 9:05 AM
The stock option "backdating" scandal won't be the end of the CEO aristocracy.
Friday 9:01 AM
From Connecticut to Cuba, it's people's revolution in this week's letters.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Thursday 10:03 AM
Bush talks tough yet fails to act as the cease-fire agreement in the Sudan is being shot full of holes.
Thursday 10:01 AM
We have to get past the anti-Israel rhetoric of Hamas and Hezbollah and start talking to them.
Thursday 9:55 AM
Social Security private accounts will be back in 2007 unless candidates who support them are exposed in 2006.
Thursday 9:03 AM
A federal judge tells the EPA to stop making it easier for industry to pollute and start doing its job.
Wednesday, August 9, 2006
Wednesday 11:06 AM
There is a civil war in Iraq, and there needs to be a civil war in American politics as well.
Wednesday 10:39 AM
Lamont's victory represents a broad demand for a new direction in politics.
Wednesday 10:07 AM
The right wants to wrap today's crises in the nostalgia of conflicts gone by.
Wednesday 9:21 AM
Congress' pension fix is likely to fix pensions right out of existence.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
When even The Wall Street Journal worries that the American Dream is withering, it's time for workers to start fighting.
Tuesday, August 8, 2006
Tuesday 10:57 AM
What's right about the new-found environmentalism of the company—and what's missing.
Tuesday 10:55 AM
An Israel-Lebanon cease-fire proposal is really designed to protect U.S. political leaders.
Tuesday 10:46 AM
Watch out: 'Bill of rights' initiatives pushed by anti-tax zealots are coming to a state near you.
Tuesday 10:05 AM
The recent collapse of global trade talks is good news for poor countries, but there are new threats.
Monday, August 7, 2006
Monday 10:01 AM
How nervous nellies in Congress can get over their supposed fear of "regulating the Internet."
Monday 10:01 AM
Sixty-one years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we're moving the clock closer to a catastrophic midnight.
Monday 10:01 AM
By moving on universal health care and minimun wage, states are showing that progressive goals are not impossible.
Monday 9:59 AM
Is it actually in Israel's best interest to be used as cannon fodder in the clash of civilizations?
Friday, August 4, 2006
Friday 10:26 AM
With its puffed-up rhetoric, the Bush administration is walking right into Castro's trap.
Friday 10:15 AM
For once, Democrats and moderate Republicans stood up to cynical election-year politics and faced down the leadership.
Friday 9:37 AM
Praising alternative power, denouncing detention and lamenting savings: Readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, August 3, 2006
Thursday 10:34 AM
The Supreme Court has ruled that Geneva applies—now it's time to talk about prosecutions for violating it.
Thursday 10:18 AM
A neoconservative organization dies, but not its imprint on Bush's foreign policy.
Thursday 10:09 AM
Eight months after the Sago disaster, Congress needs to act to prevent more needless deaths.
Thursday 9:01 AM
The right stacks the deck in several ways to make the game unfair for all.
Wednesday, August 2, 2006
Wednesday 12:17 PM
The states can serve as labs for discovering the best path to health care for all.
Wednesday 10:34 AM
Linking an estate tax cut to a minimum wage hike would hurt women and families.
Wednesday 10:00 AM
The United Nations ambassador's recent actions show why he's the worst man for the job.
Wednesday 8:52 AM
States should be empowered to use flexibility and innovation to cover the uninsured.
Wednesday 8:43 AM
Despite Hamdan, Bush wants Congress to grant him even more power to detain U.S. citizens.
Tuesday, August 1, 2006
Tuesday 10:20 AM
Rather than swapping the tyranny of oil for the tyranny of other fossil fuels, let's shift paradigms completely.
Tuesday 9:49 AM
The Bush administration's nuclear deal with India makes an unstable part of the world even more dangerous.
Tuesday 8:36 AM
In the culture war again extremism, bombing Lebanese civillians only confirms the jihadi narrative.
Monday, July 31, 2006
Monday 3:22 PM
Bush sings a merry tune about the economy, but his policies are failing working Americans.
Monday 11:15 AM
Israel's supporters should recognize that an immediate cease-fire is in everyone's best interests.
Monday 11:01 AM
Sunday's bombing takes the U.S., Israel and Lebanon into uncharted diplomatic territory.
Monday 10:03 AM
Unless the Fed can inflate another bubble, the end of the real estate boom will practically guarantee a recession.
Monday 9:01 AM
Developers use outrage over eminent domain to launch a right-wing attack on land-use laws.
Friday, July 28, 2006
Friday 10:38 AM
Why does the mad doctor keep trying to resuscitate his estate tax repeal monster?
Friday 10:20 AM
Why have California and Queens been in the dark this week? A power grid neglected by deregulation.
Friday 10:01 AM
Afghanis warn that their country is at a crossroads, and they fear abandonment by the U.S.
Friday 9:54 AM
Debating facts about the Middle East and our planet: Readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Thursday 10:03 AM
At every level women are falling behind on the gains made in the 1970s.
Thursday 9:08 AM
The Pentagon still wastes money on Cold War-era weapons irrelevant to our security.
Thursday 9:01 AM
The role of the United States in the world is in dire need of reassessment.
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Wednesday 2:55 PM
More funereal than triumphant, the Iraqi prime minister's Hill visit underscores Bush's policy failure.
Wednesday 9:44 AM
Rice's wrongheaded approach toward a "sustainable" Mideast ceasefire has no takers.
Wednesday 9:03 AM
When the president trusts his guts, we should know by now what's about to hit the fan.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
Advocacy for the real middle class isn't being a centrist, it's being progressive.
Wednesday 9:00 AM
The author's study was misused to discredit the scientific consensus on global warming. She responds with the facts.
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Tuesday 9:03 AM
We can't drill our way out of our oil problem, but this week Congress will try.
Tuesday 9:02 AM
The latest CEO trick pits executive interests against investor interests.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
When Republicans ramp up the crime rhetoric, it's time to check their facts—and their solutions.
Tuesday 9:01 AM
Dissecting Congress' blessing of the Mideast conflict.
Monday, July 24, 2006
Monday 8:58 AM
It's not "the birth pangs of a new Middle East," it's a wicked hangover from decades of America's intoxication with Israel.
Monday 8:57 AM
The Specter bill is no compromise—it actually locks in the president's authority to act without oversight.
Monday 8:24 AM
A new report shows just how dire environmental problems on Earth are, and why.
Monday 8:21 AM
Bill Frist is using teenage girls as a political football—with potentially tragic results.
Friday, July 21, 2006
Friday 10:00 AM
Just like NAFTA, CAFTA and the other trade pacts, the Oman trade deal is the lovechild of politicians and Big Money.
Friday 9:40 AM
Why the Army canceling their contract doesn't mean Halliburton's war-profiteering days are over.
Friday 9:33 AM
As hell is unleashed in a civil war, Bush refuses to see the situation for what it is.
Friday 9:32 AM
Disagreement over the Middle East, pregnant women and coal: Readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Thursday 9:50 AM
Hezbollah has reinvigorated paranoid neocon fantasies about the Middle East. Will Iran become the new Iraq after all?
Thursday 9:04 AM
A winning message would counter the GOP's habit of ducking their policy messes.
Thursday 9:01 AM
Racist myths are driving the debate over undocumented immigration.
Thursday 9:01 AM
Reed's downfall suggests other politicians may be vulnerable to voter anger—unless they repent for their big money ways.
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Wednesday 10:52 AM
Threats to fair elections still exist, but there are strategies for fighting back.
Wednesday 9:38 AM
If Bush really believed stem cells equal life, he would liberate them.
Wednesday 9:30 AM
Coal interests use "energy independence" to push ideas last used by the Third Reich.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
Israel could negotiate a cease-fire with willing Arab neighbors, but does it want to?
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Tuesday 10:18 AM
Ten years after Clinton and Congress eviscerated welfare, HHS makes it harder for women to escape poverty.
Tuesday 8:45 AM
A penchant for secrecy is undoing 40 years of government openness.
Tuesday 7:25 AM
Three ways to tell if the U.S. is following the rule of law.
Tuesday 7:02 AM
It's becoming painfully obvious that when Bush talks to the world, "there is no there there."
Monday, July 17, 2006
Monday 10:17 AM
Why the current crisis proves Israel must adopt a new security doctrine.
Monday 9:57 AM
Being middle class doesn't necessarily improve your health—if you're black.
Monday 9:35 AM
Claiming concern for fetal health, policies around the country are punishing pregnant women for their behavior.
Monday 9:20 AM
Israel may be playing deliberately into the neoconservatives' bid to dominate global politics.
Friday, July 14, 2006
Friday 10:40 AM
The U.S. invasion of Iraq has unleashed a wave of sexual terrorism aimed at Iraqi women.
Friday 10:35 AM
Real solutions to America's crisis go beyond short-term sops like $100 rebates or gas tax relief for consumers.
Friday 9:37 AM
A soccer correction, demonizing conservatives and the AFL-CIO: Readers respond in this week's letters.
Friday 9:25 AM
If the G-8 is serious about addressing energy issues, it can't ignore global poverty.
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Thursday 10:48 AM
Democracy is undermined by "terror" indictments based on nothing more than talk.
Thursday 10:26 AM
The infamous "doughnut hole" is coming—when millions will lose prescription drug coverage.
Thursday 9:50 AM
The House should stop pretending that minorities don't face obstacles to voting.
Thursday 9:37 AM
As the fires of conflict spread to engulf Lebanon, will the United States act to prevent open war?
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Wednesday 9:55 AM
The White House should stop giving Iran arbitrary deadlines and start talking.
Wednesday 9:32 AM
A lower-than-expected deficit is good news, but it doesn't justify Bush's tax cuts.
Wednesday 9:22 AM
There's nothing "inevitable" about outsourcing, trade deficits and the other ills of globalization.
Wednesday 8:54 AM
Why it's time to retire a failed ideology.
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Tuesday 10:41 AM
Conservatives aren't worried about recent court losses; they have already won what they wanted.
Tuesday 10:27 AM
George Lakoff's latest advice to progressives mistakenly accepts right-wing message-framing.
Tuesday 10:25 AM
Instead of TV commercials denouncing terror, Iraqis need the U.S. to stop nourishing terrorism.
Tuesday 10:24 AM
The former U.N. human rights chief blames the U.S. and others for blocking a deal to control the deadly trade in small arms.
Monday, July 10, 2006
Monday 10:18 AM
If the right takes power in Mexico, expect more NAFTA-induced migrations northward.
Monday 10:14 AM
With the nuclear stakes high on several fronts, we need information without bias.
Monday 10:04 AM
Solutions to the jobs issues now plaguing our economy go far beyond immigration reform.
Monday 9:23 AM
Rather than help people become more self-sufficient, the Bush administration's new welfare rules stand in their way.
Monday 8:49 AM
The immigration debate is dominated by prejudice against those who cross our borders looking for a good job.
Friday, July 7, 2006
Friday 10:37 AM
Decisions pending before Bush's labor relations board could bring back the law of the jungle to some industries.
Friday 10:00 AM
Why Israel's reoccupation of Gaza won't make Israel safer.
Friday 9:44 AM
Too many commentators don't understand what the Geneva Conventions actually say about detainees.
Friday 9:35 AM
Football, flag love and globalization: Readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, July 6, 2006
Thursday 11:24 AM
North Korea's declaration of independence could hardly be more American.
Thursday 11:20 AM
Why wait for the Supreme Court to rule on whether the federal government should fight global warming emissions?
Thursday 10:56 AM
While we push the U.S. to get involved in Darfur we must remember our history in the region.
Thursday 10:00 AM
The movement of international soccer players is a good example of globalization's effects.
Wednesday, July 5, 2006
Wednesday 10:56 AM
The details of the so-called "amnesty" deal show that the U.S. is not serious about peace in Iraq.
Wednesday 10:55 AM
If the newspaper was serious about undercutting Bush's war, it could be doing a lot more.
Wednesday 10:38 AM
States give away the treasury to keep jobs, but are these incentives worth the bargain?
Wednesday 10:09 AM
Degrees won't help graduates unless we make sure there are good jobs waiting for them.
Saturday, July 1, 2006
Saturday 4:39 PM
Worshipping the flag instead of honoring the values the flag represents.
Friday, June 30, 2006
Friday 10:09 AM
Conservative hypocrisy puts college out of the reach of working-class Americans.
Friday 9:57 AM
The Supreme Court just checked White House power. Now it's up to the other two branches to follow its lead.
Friday 8:58 AM
Eisenhower's vision for the interstates should inspire us to move with equal vision away from them.
Friday 8:32 AM
Bush's over-compensation, women's wombs and soldier's sacrifices: Readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Thursday 10:04 AM
The stalled politics in Congress gives activists a chance to build a consensus for a better law.
Thursday 10:03 AM
Bush won't cheer a progressive win in Mexico's presidential election, but the rest of us should.
Thursday 9:43 AM
Israel's moves don't work because the underlying issue of Palestinian rights remains untouched.
Thursday 9:40 AM
They can't be a credible force for reform as long as they are in bed with corporate lobbyists.
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Wednesday 10:02 AM
A Supreme Court ruling means more work to fight the influence of big money in government.
Wednesday 10:01 AM
The determination that fueled America's space quest can fuel a new energy era.
Wednesday 9:48 AM
Don't get distracted by the erectness of President Bush. It's all for show.
Wednesday 9:10 AM
It's not hard to picture a scenario in which our government literally goes to war with the press.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Tuesday 10:54 AM
Why to be wary of reports about a deal with insurgents and plans for "withdrawal."
Tuesday 9:40 AM
The House can stop the crackdown on patients who use cannabis for medical reasons.
Tuesday 9:27 AM
Lt. Ehren Watada's refusal to be sent to Iraq to support an illegal war raises questions about civilian support.
Monday, June 26, 2006
Monday 10:33 AM
A chance for a true debate on troop withdrawal was hurt by weaknesses in the antiwar coalition.
Monday 10:02 AM
Why preserving the estate tax is one of the most defining votes a Democrat can cast.
Monday 9:25 AM
Eight-four percent of foreign policy experts say the Bush administration is not keeping Americans secure.
Monday 9:03 AM
Only 34 senators stand between honoring the nation's ideals and turning those ideals into an authoritarian fetish.
Friday, June 23, 2006
Friday 3:05 PM
Sparring over The Good Fight, the minimum wage battle and the war in Iraq.
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Thursday 9:57 AM
Liberals are distracted by voting machines when old-style election thuggery is a far more pressing problem.
Thursday 9:55 AM
A Democratic senator recalls Paul Wellstone as he clumsily backs a timetable for Iraq withdrawal.
Thursday 9:53 AM
A 'common good' agenda is fine, but you have to sell it. Here's a way to win over persuadable voters.
Thursday 9:51 AM
As the U.S. plays Ghana in the World Cup, a Ghanaian reflects on the U.S.-Africa relationship.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Wednesday 11:02 AM
Hillary Clinton and other "moderate" Senate Democrats think they are the adults, but they are being childish.
Wednesday 11:00 AM
Telecom and entertainment companies throw up a smokescreen to mask the goodies they stand to get from Congress.
Wednesday 9:21 AM
The handling of Karl Rove's possible indictment proves that reality is unimportant in the White House press room.
Wednesday 8:23 AM
The Fed and other central bankers, with their interest rate hikes, are fighting the last war.
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Tuesday 10:02 AM
As anti-abortion legislators go too far, reproductive rights is becoming a winning issue for candidates.
Tuesday 10:01 AM
One provocative view: Bush can win the conflict, and the rest of us will be the losers.
Tuesday 9:41 AM
How is it that Republicans claim tax cuts are fine yet a moderate minimum wage increase will 'cripple' the economy?
Tuesday 9:09 AM
Our old, incredibly wasteful ways could be transformed as progressive forces combine to achieve sustainability.
Monday, June 19, 2006
Monday 10:46 AM
The obsession of major world powers with terrorism gobbles resources we should use to solve far more dangerous planetary threats.
Monday 10:35 AM
The U.S. should lead the way on making the Darfur Peace Agreement more than a piece of paper.
Monday 9:14 AM
What calling the Guantanamo suicides a "PR stunt" reveals about the Bush administration.
Monday 9:13 AM
U.S. cities are finding out that it's more cost-effective to find apartments for the chronically homeless.
Friday, June 16, 2006
Friday 10:23 AM
Plans for U.S. soft-power diplomacy in Iran may not be enough to overcome years of neglect and perceived hypocrisy.
Friday 10:21 AM
The FBI's effort to muzzle watchdogs is a chilling defiance of historical precedent.
Friday 9:46 AM
The time for the progressive identity crisis is over. It's time to dream big again.
Friday 9:02 AM
From civil unions to credit fraud, readers respond with their own suggestions in this week's letters.
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Thursday 10:27 AM
When even Bush's new press secretary doesn't get the program, you know there's a problem.
Thursday 10:03 AM
While our nation deserves an honest discussion about the war, the Republicans are staging a PR stunt.
Thursday 9:28 AM
The China-United States relationship is set to define global politics.
Thursday 9:24 AM
How some lawmakers are sabotaging the renewal of the Voting Rights Act, and why they are wrong.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Wednesday 9:49 AM
Good government speaks many languages.
Wednesday 9:18 AM
Republicans opposed to civil rights for gay Americans today sound like the George Wallaces of yesteryear.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
Can the Democrats muster a strategy to counter the "stay-the-course" Republicans?
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Tuesday 9:48 AM
While some may profit from war, the instability it brings harms everyone.
Tuesday 8:26 AM
When poll-driven politicians run away from same-sex marriage, they're abandoning democratic principles.
Monday, June 12, 2006
Monday 10:01 AM
On publicly owned voting machines and other ways to rescue our broken election system.
Monday 9:22 AM
What drives a man to take his own life? The answer shames the Bush administration and its allies.
Monday 9:09 AM
Given the scope of conservative ruin, how do progressives seize the day?
Monday 9:04 AM
Credit reports riddled with errors hurt moderate- to lower-income Americans the most.
Friday, June 9, 2006
Friday 10:15 AM
There's one tool that Bush hasn't used to try to solve the Iranian dilemma: nonproliferation.
Friday 9:19 AM
K Street's weeping, but don't worry—unfortunately, they're in safe hands, for now.
Friday 9:14 AM
Liberals have not invested enough in a media message machine that can counter the conservative spinmeisters.
Friday 5:24 AM
Estate tax misconceptions, "ethics refresher courses" and gay marriage: readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, June 8, 2006
Thursday 9:51 AM
The death of Abu Musab al Zarqawi offers Iraq's government a chance, long term, to fix the mess created by the U.S. and Britain.
Thursday 9:32 AM
Conservatives say that society must bow to the markets. Progressive economics show a way past that.
Thursday 8:39 AM
Somalia shows the folly of Bush's anti-terror strategy of arming warlords and ignoring democratic institutions.
Wednesday, June 7, 2006
Wednesday 11:55 AM
Neither House, Senate nor White House plans address immigration as the complex and important national issue it is.
Wednesday 11:22 AM
Teenagers need honest talk about sex and politicians to abstain from sex education politics.
Wednesday 8:55 AM
What a bizarre overseas encounter reveals about American foreign policy.
Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Tuesday 10:42 AM
The 18 rich families fighting the "Paris Hilton" tax are only trying to pass the tab to Americans at the bottom.
Tuesday 10:03 AM
Lawmakers who blame environmental regulation for the "lack" of oil refineries are lying. Period.
Tuesday 8:34 AM
It defies belief that the Bush administration is still clinging to its benighted policies on prisoners of war.
Tuesday 8:02 AM
Civil rights groups are challenging Arizona's Prop 200, which endangers voting rights.
Monday, June 5, 2006
Monday 11:07 AM
The Senate shouldn't let a political wrong define a religious rite.
Monday 10:49 AM
If you're in one of the eight states holding primaries tomorrow, will your vote count?
Monday 9:16 AM
On the decline of the United States' "soft power" and how to reverse the trend.
Monday 8:50 AM
The Bush administration believes that anything, even a war with Iran, is better than a nuclear-armed Iran.
Friday, June 2, 2006
Friday 11:47 AM
How the U.N. fares in East Timor this time around will prove its peacebuilding mettle.
Friday 10:31 AM
Unless he can persuade Bush to change, bringing Hank Paulson to Treasury won't help America's economy.
Friday 10:01 AM
The telephone and cable companies are engaging in cynical wordplay when they cry "hands off" the Internet.
Friday 9:50 AM
What keeps Dems from helping the "common good," who's hateful and more: readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, June 1, 2006
Thursday 9:45 AM
When the IRS labels every credit counseling service a scam, it's time to reform the credit business.
Thursday 9:32 AM
For Iraq's U.S. ambassador and other Iraqis, the idea of American troops shooting unarmed civillians is all too believable.
Thursday 9:05 AM
Why the progressive message can't just be about the other guy.
Thursday 9:04 AM
On the anti-immigrant camp and its disingenous concern for legality.
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Wednesday 10:45 AM
The real separation of powers problem isn't the FBI raid, it's Congress' neglect of other issues.
Wednesday 10:24 AM
Israel's new plan to grab more Palestinian land will get Bush's approval if no one else's.
Wednesday 9:15 AM
When push comes to shove, Republicans expose their core values.
Wednesday 9:09 AM
A grassroots movement is growing to promote solutions to America's energy problems.
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Tuesday 9:55 AM
The nation is hungry for an optimistic agenda to challenge "you're-on-your-own" conservatism.
Tuesday 9:36 AM
From the uprising of the Taliban to the insurgency in Iraq, the West's strategy for tackling radical Islam is failing.
Tuesday 9:27 AM
His disregard for the Constitution is costing Bush support among ordinary citizens.
Monday, May 29, 2006
Monday 9:34 AM
What does it mean to die in a war so founded on deception?
Monday 8:33 AM
Honor the fallen, not the war.
Monday 8:23 AM
On this day above all others we should understand that wars are conceived by presidents and prime ministers, not soldiers.
Friday, May 26, 2006
Friday 11:24 AM
Lay and Skilling may go to jail, but Enron conservatives still rule in Washington.
Friday 10:37 AM
Will high gas prices lead us to finally confront our easy-motoring lifestyle?
Friday 10:14 AM
The Bush administration gets slapped down for requiring AIDS groups to condemn prostitution.
Friday 9:11 AM
From corporate corruption to corporate pollution, readers respond in this week's letters.
Friday 9:08 AM
Let Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling now serve as symbol for the shame of modern capitalism.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Thursday 10:41 AM
The current energy debate is skewed toward solutions that favor big business.
Thursday 9:52 AM
Whenever the U.S. government spies on its citizens in the name of security, rights are trampled.
Thursday 9:27 AM
The Israeli prime minister and the head of the IDF are too dovish for the Christian Right and their allies in Congress.
Thursday 9:18 AM
On waking up to a changing climate.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Wednesday 10:26 AM
Net neutrality storms the next battlefield, the House Judiciary Committee.
Wednesday 9:44 AM
Progressives should enthusiastically support more research—but only with oversight and regulation.
Wednesday 9:22 AM
Our attorney general is coming for journalists, snarling like a guard dog at Abu Ghraib.
Wednesday 8:49 AM
Bush and Blair are now fighting not for their political lives but for their political obituaries.
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Tuesday 10:39 AM
Too many young workers lack health insurance. And not because they don't think they need it.
Tuesday 10:03 AM
A centrist Dem proposal on Iraq reveals a significant acceptance of the peace movement's message.
Tuesday 9:53 AM
An English-only law would erect barriers to America's Spanish speakers that earlier immigrants never faced.
Tuesday 9:10 AM
The Bush administration's recent actions make clear it does not want to defuse the situation.
Monday, May 22, 2006
Monday 10:13 AM
The only way forward is to change how we think about energy.
Monday 10:05 AM
Recurring fraud is a problem with the very concept of contracting out essential government services.
Monday 9:37 AM
Before trying to collapse the Hamas government, Israel and America should consider what would replace it.
Monday 9:30 AM
It's time we rebuild the economic system to work in the interests of society and the earth—not the market.
Friday, May 19, 2006
Friday 10:51 AM
It's not just good economic sense. It's also our moral obligation.
Friday 10:09 AM
General Hayden's idea of rebuilding public trust in the CIA is to make it more secretive.
Friday 9:53 AM
Coming soon to a theater near you—a story of evil masterminds, plans for global domination, money, power and crime.
Thursday, May 18, 2006
Thursday 1:32 PM
On moral convictions, from Southern values to contraception: readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday 10:37 AM
Why the Bush administration makes nice with Moammar but goes beserk over Hugo.
Thursday 10:03 AM
When Rumsfeld asks for more money for the war machine, Congress should ask why he's ignoring other national security tools.
Thursday 10:02 AM
Cleaner cars are proving themselves. Why won't American companies make them?
Thursday 10:00 AM
Is religious tyranny imminent in the United States?
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Wednesday 9:54 AM
The true aims of the pro-life agenda go beyond abortion to restricting contraception—and sex itself.
Wednesday 8:43 AM
The Democratic Party should stop pandering to the South's most conservative elements.
Wednesday 8:38 AM
The West, Arab leaders and Israel all have crucial roles to play to rescue Palestinians from despair and crisis.
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Tuesday 3:58 PM
In order for Congress to exercise oversight, it first needs to start looking.
Tuesday 10:11 AM
The president's grab-bag approach to immigration policy is likely to end up satisfying no one.
Tuesday 10:07 AM
Why the shift in oil production from the global North to the global South means more instability and high gas prices.
Tuesday 9:32 AM
By failing to conduct oversight, Congress is allowing itself to be written off the constitutional map.
Tuesday 9:31 AM
The country isn't buying Bush's message on the economy or the war. Even Karl Rove knows it.
Monday, May 15, 2006
Monday 11:04 AM
This week will be the first time House members are forced to show where they stand on global warming.
Monday 9:36 AM
The new embassy is an emblem of U.S. occupation—rife with corruption, secret bidding and abusive labor practices.
Monday 9:23 AM
Is the NSA spying program tracking immigrant rights groups as well as antiwar activists and other domestic "threats"?
Monday 8:23 AM
Why Bush won't use diplomacy with Iran.
Friday, May 12, 2006
Friday 9:27 AM
If Ahmadinejad's letter was a bluff, Bush should call it.
Friday 8:40 AM
The Bush administration's flagrant disregard for international rules on torture threatens our national security.
Friday 8:38 AM
The debate over mothers who work and those who don't keeps the debate personal—when it should be societal.
Friday 7:45 AM
From women's health to Ray McGovern, readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Thursday 10:36 AM
The real winners in Medicare's new drug benefit are the industries that lobbied for it.
Thursday 9:37 AM
The U.S. should be using the U.N. to prevent conflicts—not to build a coalition for another unwinnable war.
Thursday 9:27 AM
The fallout over Colbert revealed a split between those basking in power and those fighting for change.
Thursday 8:36 AM
Capitol Hill slugs it out this week in the latest battle to preserve a democratic Internet.
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Wednesday 10:23 AM
The spring offensive against abortion rights has provoked a counterinsurgency of its own.
Wednesday 9:54 AM
Is Bush's pick to replace Porter Goss a move toward military domination over intelligence gathering?
Wednesday 9:09 AM
The GOP's latest round of tax cuts confirms the nanny state has been turned on its head: the poor now subsidize the rich.
Wednesday 9:08 AM
The U.S. has lost the chance to address the root cause of Sudanese conflicts: the repressive regime in Khartoum.
Tuesday, May 9, 2006
Tuesday 10:21 AM
At least you can't say we're Johnny-come-latelies in messing with Iranian regimes.
Tuesday 9:33 AM
This year, forget the flowers—honor Mom with a pledge to end the nation's "care crisis."
Tuesday 9:27 AM
DeLay and Abramoff are gone. But the sordid world they committed crimes to protect continues.
Tuesday 9:13 AM
The average undocumented immigrant contributes more than they claim from the government.
Monday, May 8, 2006
Monday 9:57 AM
One of the Iraq war's key architects is called out on questions few reporters have dared ask.
Monday 9:47 AM
Hookers, booze and poker make a good story. But the real problem is how business is done every day in Washington.
Monday 9:18 AM
This week Bill Frist wants to "fix" America's health care system by taking away patients' rights.
Monday 8:45 AM
Thanksgiving is six months away, but some are already proposing we carve up Iraq like a turkey.
Friday, May 5, 2006
Friday 10:36 AM
The so-called lobbying reform bill that just passed only adds fuel to the fight for real change on Capitol Hill.
Friday 10:22 AM
The U.N. must appoint an envoy to ensure that the peace process in Sudan continues.
Friday 10:09 AM
Two crazy messianic leaders face off. Does anyone think this is really about some centrifuges?
Friday 9:35 AM
The progressive message and the next war; readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, May 4, 2006
Thursday 10:27 AM
In some ways, the current debate about ethics reform is missing the forest for the trees.
Thursday 10:26 AM
The jurors refused to allow a government needing a scapegoat and a man wishing for martyrdom to stand in the way of the facts.
Thursday 10:13 AM
Attacking Iran is not a "messy" or a "poor" option. It is not an option.
Thursday 10:04 AM
FEMA's still running the circus and low-income blacks are locked out of the new New Orleans.
Wednesday, May 3, 2006
Wednesday 10:14 AM
The solution to the dilemma lies in protecting the rights of all workers.
Wednesday 9:55 AM
It isn't enough to put a big idea before the American people—we have to build a political identity.
Wednesday 9:01 AM
Since World War II, the U.S. has been involved in more than 200 military operations to provide others with democracy—and failed.
Wednesday 8:24 AM
On energy policy, Bush is suddenly very concerned about the limits of his powers.
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
Tuesday 10:13 AM
Getting out now may be our only chance to set things right in Iraq.
Tuesday 10:11 AM
Are Democrats and Republicans ready to face reality and invest in sustainable energy independence?
Tuesday 9:59 AM
Across the globe, the Bush administration has pretty much dropped its democratic pretences in favor of stability.
Tuesday 9:44 AM
Bush slashed funding for working families' child care, and now the battle for tax credits is on.
Monday, May 1, 2006
Monday 10:19 AM
Illegal war. Unsustainable deficits. What would John Kenneth Galbraith do?
Monday 10:10 AM
Neocons are upset with intel czar John Negroponte for refusing—so far—to help the White House hype Iran's nuclear threat.
Monday 9:47 AM
With 17 states considering "conscience clauses," pharmacies are the latest front in the movement to ban contraception.
Monday 8:23 AM
The immigrants striking today are the leading edge of a struggle faced by all American workers.
Friday, April 28, 2006
Friday 10:45 AM
Viewing Islamists as a monolith risks closing the gap between those who preach violence and those who preach politics.
Friday 10:14 AM
A new report details the widespread nature of detainee abuse and the severely limited response.
Friday 9:52 AM
From teaching in Los Angeles to working in Malaysia, readers respond in this week's letters.
Friday 9:29 AM
Public scrutiny may yet beat industry dollars in the fight over "net neutrality."
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Thursday 10:23 AM
It's time to stop the blame game and embrace long-term solutions to America's oil addiction.
Thursday 10:10 AM
Does the trial of Charles Taylor signal a new era of accountability in Africa?
Thursday 9:08 AM
The intelligence on Iraq was fine, says Tyler Drumheller. The policy was stupid.
Thursday 8:27 AM
Why are the mainstream media feigning confusion over the gap between the official view of the economy and the public mood?
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Wednesday 10:44 AM
Before approving more money for Iraq, Congress should demand answers from President Bush about what we're doing there.
Wednesday 9:50 AM
While Chernobyl's impact remains contested, the debate over the future of nuclear power is not.
Wednesday 9:36 AM
Why playing to their base may not deliver Republican victories this year.
Wednesday 8:54 AM
George W. Bush would like to sell you the idea that pesky environmental regulations are keeping gas prices high.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Tuesday 10:30 AM
Our intel stinks and bombing is a bad idea.
Tuesday 10:06 AM
On Wednesday, competing visions of the World Wide Web will collide on Capitol Hill.
Tuesday 9:26 AM
His historical views are as perverse as his morality—so why do his words still carry weight in the Arab and Muslim world?
Tuesday 9:04 AM
The FDA's statement last week on medical marijuana isn't a medical or scientific conclusion. It's a political one.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
The Web is brimming with impatient calls for alternatives to President Bush's philosophy and his policies.
Monday, April 24, 2006
Monday 10:49 AM
Corporations are breaking one of the oldest clauses of the social contract—that if you work, you will be taken care of.
Monday 10:32 AM
With officials refusing to fulfill their oversight duties, the CIA officer was likely forced to choose between silence and speaking out.
Monday 10:17 AM
Will putting lipstick on the new Iraqi prime minister make him anything other than what he is?
Monday 9:17 AM
The leader of the oil-addicted U.S. has no business lecturing China about oil consumption.
Friday, April 21, 2006
Friday 10:14 AM
Washington must push Detroit to make more changes in the service of a greener and competitive America.
Friday 10:00 AM
On the life of a man who championed peace, civil rights and social justice.
Friday 9:54 AM
From bankrupt college students to bankrupt Hamas, everybody needs more money in this week's letters.
Friday 9:02 AM
The U.S. is on the cusp of a major political shift the debate over global warming.
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Thursday 9:51 AM
Why not use obscene oil profits to fund alternative energy programs?
Thursday 9:20 AM
The trial of Zacarias Moussaoui raises disturbing questions—the least of which involve his alleged role in 9/11.
Thursday 9:00 AM
It's very simple. Any sort of military action against Iran would be counterproductive, if not outright insane.
Thursday 8:23 AM
This weekend's elections are an insult to the very idea of democracy, and to the dignity of all black Americans.
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Wednesday 10:31 AM
The evidence refutes the widespread belief that undocumented immigrants cost the nation more than they give.
Wednesday 9:47 AM
Economic inequality matters because it results in political inequality.
Wednesday 9:34 AM
How ongoing corruption scandals—Abramoff, New Hampshire, DeLay—are eroding GOP unity.
Wednesday 9:04 AM
The hopes of pragmatic new leadership in the region have been dashed by insistence on the same old script—for now.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Tuesday 10:36 AM
The government is still denying climate scientists the freedom to talk about global warming.
Tuesday 10:18 AM
Campaigns for impeachment and censure aside, it's time both Republicans and Dems vote to investigate the Bush presidency.
Tuesday 9:59 AM
The U.S. should give New Orleans' displaced residents the same assurance it gave Iraqis—voting is a basic right.
Tuesday 8:42 AM
By critiquing his managment style, senior officers are implicitly speaking out against Rumsfeld's ideology of war.
Monday, April 17, 2006
Monday 10:37 AM
CEO pay and corporate disinformation both reached dizzying new heights while Lee Raymond ran Exxon Mobil.
Monday 10:18 AM
A defense of the estate tax by those who must pay it.
Monday 9:34 AM
Latin America's new leftist leaders are making deals that threaten U.S. dominance in the region.
Monday 9:16 AM
With mid-term elections in mind, are Bush and Cheney planning a major assault to break all resistance to U.S. dominance in Baghdad?
Friday, April 14, 2006
Friday 10:07 AM
On higher education, Republicans must declare where they stand: with America's students or with monied interests?
Friday 10:06 AM
By cutting funding to elected Palestinian representatives, the U.S. and the EU are dooming the region to continued chaos.
Friday 9:14 AM
From Scooter to Skilling, readers react in this week's letters.
Friday 9:00 AM
Since the federal government wants to give away money to the mega-rich, states are starting to take it back.
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Thursday 10:36 AM
Few numbers say more about society's respect for work and the people who do it than the minimum wage.
Thursday 10:09 AM
If only the feds would go after all corporate crime as zealously as they've pursued the Enron conspiracy.
Thursday 9:56 AM
China is hurting the U.S. economy. Since the administration won't lead, Congress must.
Thursday 9:05 AM
The respected, retired generals publicly criticizing Rumsfeld are nearly unprecedented.
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Wednesday 10:25 AM
Republicans anxious to extend Bush's tax cuts should ask how the first round performed.
Wednesday 10:08 AM
The pro-war centrist Dem. The anti-war idealist. The charismatic moderate. Where have we seen these characters before?
Wednesday 9:59 AM
New reports undermine the Bush administration's campaign to hype the Al Qaeda threat.
Wednesday 9:36 AM
The present U.S. approach is only damaging the cause of Iranians working for democratic reform.
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Tuesday 10:03 AM
By refusing to review Jose Padilla's case, the Supreme Court is abetting the president's indefinite detention of Americans.
Tuesday 9:54 AM
From Iraq to Iran, the party hawks prevent Democrats from offering bold leadership on national security.
Tuesday 9:52 AM
While the national debate remains deadlocked, the states again lead the way in showing the right—and wrong—way forward.
Tuesday 8:54 AM
Whether psy-ops or premeditation, those calling for strikes on Iran are the same folks behind the war in Iraq.
Monday, April 10, 2006
Monday 11:47 AM
The latest testimony from Libby challenges White House claims it didn't manipulate pre-war intelligence on Iraq.
Monday 10:20 AM
Why we should worry if the Beast of Bentonville succeeds in its bid to get into the banking business.
Monday 9:37 AM
The only way to end this administration's blunders in Iraq is to go on the offensive.
Monday 8:34 AM
The mass demonstrations reveal an uprising of people—not just of workers—who are social beings rather than economic objects.
Friday, April 7, 2006
Friday 10:02 AM
The Bay State's new health plan is offering false hope to those who dream of universal coverage.
Friday 9:50 AM
Add Medicare Part D to the list of things—think New Orleans and Iraq—Bush will destroy in order to "save."
Friday 9:22 AM
Solving the U.S. budget problems, helping Mexico and more: Readers respond in this week's letters.
Friday 8:41 AM
Trying to cover for his misuse of intelligence, the president ordered Lewis Libby to disclose classified information to the press.
Thursday, April 6, 2006
Thursday 10:26 AM
As the situation grows more dire, who's to blame for congressional inaction on key global warming issues?
Thursday 10:22 AM
There's a way forward on Iran that includes neither sanctions nor the use of force.
Thursday 9:54 AM
Why is the mainstream press still slow to cover Iraq stories like the Manning Memo?
Thursday 9:51 AM
The imperial follies in Iraq have destroyed the nation's historic culture of democracy and pluralism.
Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Wednesday 10:34 AM
Rice goes to Congress today to ask that India be rewarded for breaking all the nonproliferation rules.
Wednesday 9:22 AM
Tom DeLay is gone, but his politics of division and corrupt system of corporate patronage live on.
Wednesday 8:46 AM
To solve the problem of illegal immigration, first solve the problems of the Mexican economy.
Tuesday, April 4, 2006
Tuesday 10:22 AM
Members of Congress are preparing legislation to legalize Bush's warrantless wiretapping without knowing the facts.
Tuesday 9:58 AM
Bush just passed up the opportunity to force Detroit to make cleaner, more fuel-efficient vehicles.
Tuesday 9:51 AM
The new budget proposals reveal a Republican Party in denial about the nation's poor fiscal health.
Tuesday 9:06 AM
The Moussaoui conviction shows how well his fantasies lined up with nutty government theories and the nation's need for closure.
Monday, April 3, 2006
Monday 10:35 AM
Last year's union split is diverting attention from much bigger challenges facing American workers.
Monday 10:15 AM
If Bush is serious about combatting terrorism, he'll tell the visiting Israeli Prime Minister to talk to Hamas.
Monday 10:05 AM
The British have an initiative that's reduced child poverty by 17 percent. Why don't we?
Monday 9:15 AM
The Manning memo is significant because it offers more evidence the president knew his case for invading Iraq was shaky.
Friday, March 31, 2006
Friday 10:22 AM
The lobbying reform bill passed by the Senate does almost nothing to prevent the next Jack Abramoff or Tom DeLay.
Friday 10:17 AM
Federal funds are supporting "clinics" that use dishonesty to push an anti-choice agenda to pregnant women.
Friday 10:14 AM
The mainstream civil rights groups are not out defending immigrant rights—a radical departure from the past.
Friday 8:57 AM
Cowardly leaders, criminal leaders, incompetent leaders; readers respond in this week's letters.
Thursday, March 30, 2006
Thursday 11:45 AM
Many Republicans now defending the president are losing sight of what ceding powers to the executive will mean for their own party down the road.
Thursday 11:18 AM
The Dems' new plan has its strengths, but fails to offer voters an alternative to the Bush Doctrine of endless war.
Thursday 9:11 AM
It's not an issue of fences and border patrols, but of economic security and protections for all workers.
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Wednesday 3:28 PM
Why can't the administration be honest about how much money it's spending on Iraq and Afghanistan?
Wednesday 10:40 AM
The Bush administration's handling of the war is turning allies into enemies.
Wednesday 9:50 AM
Jack Abramoff gets sentenced today. Take a closer look at the world he and his cronies fought for.
Wednesday 9:45 AM
An array of new polls show that Americans are growing increasingly comfortable with equal marriage rights for all.
Wednesday 9:43 AM
In five years, the best strategy the Bush team can come up with: you're still either with us, or you're with the terrorists.
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Tuesday 10:20 AM
The Hamdan case is not only about Bush's military commissions—it's also about maintaining the courts' vital role as check and balance.
Tuesday 9:44 AM
Despite Bono, Blair and the G8, the World Bank still hasn't moved on debt relief. Will today's meeting be a step forward?
Tuesday 9:26 AM
The CPA's slash-and-burn assault on Iraq's economy is the overlooked fuel of today's insurgency.
Tuesday 9:22 AM
The mass demonstrations show that immigrants will continue to press for recognition and rights.
Monday, March 27, 2006
Monday 10:12 AM
What tomorrow's elections mean for the peace process.
Monday 9:08 AM
Once members have crossed a desert to scrape for meager pay, they'll appreciate what real border security is.
Monday 8:48 AM
Bush's insidious new national security strategy gives Democrats an opportunity to define themselves.
Monday 8:47 AM
Giving undue credit to the powers of the Israel lobby lets the U.S. off the hook for its foreign policy choices.
Friday, March 24, 2006
Friday 9:58 AM
The protests in Paris shine a light on a problem shared by the United States: sky-high youth unemployment.
Friday 9:56 AM
Republican shamelessness betrays their fear of Feingold, while Democratic silence betrays their fear of taking a stand.
Friday 9:12 AM
Why Bush does not want Congress to retroactively approve his illegal wiretaps.
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Thursday 3:34 PM
From the money problems of American education to the money problems of Hamas, readers react in this week's letters.
Thursday 10:36 AM
When the going gets bad, the White House attacks the messengers, just like their ideological forefathers under Nixon.
Thursday 10:22 AM
Bush's statement that U.S. troops will remain in Iraq until 2009 bodes ill for Iraq and for national security.
Thursday 10:06 AM
Nothing short of a radical reordering of our economy will stop 56 million jobs from being sent overseas.
Thursday 8:55 AM
Even the best version of a guest worker program exploits immigrant workers and undermines the rights of other workers.
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Wednesday 10:09 AM
South Dakota's extreme new law is making Republicans squirm—and Democrats should be pouncing.
Wednesday 9:29 AM
It is time to drive the money changers from the temple of democracy.
Wednesday 9:07 AM
Now that the GOP controls federal government, big money interests are trumping the best efforts of the states.
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Tuesday 10:08 AM
The U.S. is turning to Iran for help in Iraq—showing just how much influence Iran now wields in the Persian Gulf.
Tuesday 9:24 AM
George W. Bush will harm a few Republicans this fall's elections—but he has damaged the cause of good government for years to come.
Tuesday 8:46 AM
Reporting on Iraq in U.S. dailies still suffers from an overreliance on what U.S. officials tell journalists.
Tuesday 7:55 AM
Last week, an appeals court took the Bush administration to task for ignoring environmental laws.
Monday, March 20, 2006
Monday 12:12 PM
A U.K. whistleblower who tried to derail the Iraq invasion makes a plea for others to come forward on Iran—before it's too late.
Monday 10:31 AM
Withdrawal and the war on terror are the wrong lenses through which to view America's misadventure in Iraq.
Monday 10:17 AM
Children of immigrants will be the first to suffer from punitive "reforms."
Monday 9:34 AM
Resistance is growing to Bush's opening of our last roadless national forests to industrial exploitation.
Friday, March 17, 2006
Friday 10:09 AM
Claude Allen is nothing more than the latest in a long line of unqualified criminals who are the top ranks of the Bush administration.
Friday 10:06 AM
Recognizing Israel won't be a priority as long as Palestine is in chaos and until Israel gets serious about peace.
Friday 9:30 AM
Our economy is breaking records for inequality and exclusion. It's time to invest in smart, sustainable development.
Friday 9:01 AM
Carter and Corn are completely right and totally wrong: Readers disagree in this week's letters.
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Thursday 10:34 AM
The Iraqi Civil War has begun; but to understand it think Beirut, not Bull Run.
Thursday 9:47 AM
As a new generation of leaders are elected, they are steadily pulling Latin America out of the Washington Consensus.
Thursday 9:44 AM
It's far better to light a candle than to curse the dark of the Bush administration.
Thursday 9:19 AM
In an effort to duck the self-inflicted disasters at home and abroad, the GOP is attacking social spending.
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Wednesday 10:34 AM
The Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas are winning because of political and national grievances, not religious fantasies.
Wednesday 10:26 AM
Democrats who believe that impeachment will come before they control the House are wasting precious time.
Wednesday 10:04 AM
A tribute to the remarkable leader who realized that the civil rights movement freed whites as well as blacks.
Wednesday 9:54 AM
Add the Millenium Challenge Account to the long list of Bush's failed initiatives. This time, the losers are the world's poor.
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Tuesday 10:40 AM
Prejudice and ignorance trumped the legitimate national security issues at stake in the debate over America's port operations.
Tuesday 10:06 AM
If you feel like you've seen this movie before, you have. Welcome to Operation Regime Change II.
Tuesday 9:27 AM
The reconstruction of the Gulf Coast is happening at the expense of the workers who need the most help.
Tuesday 9:14 AM
Industry and evangelicals have accepted the need for strong climate policies. Only Bush remains hunkered down.
Monday, March 13, 2006
Monday 11:59 AM
The White House is making the same mistakes with Iran as it did with Iraq. This time, the damage to America will be much worse.
Monday 10:37 AM
The conditions that helped us beat the last recession will not be available for the next.
Monday 9:59 AM
The rapid evolution and spread of bird flu is the result of factory poultry farming and cross-border trade.
Monday 9:18 AM
States may be trying to limit gay marriage but the courts have already blessed gay families.
Friday, March 10, 2006
Friday 10:59 AM
Bush's energy policy is extraordinary in its willingness to harm American interests and enrich oil companies.
Friday 9:46 AM
Catholic Democrats have forged a unifying statement of principles to move beyond the abortion stalemate.
Friday 9:20 AM
When all is said and done, even the most virtuosic spinning by Karen Hughes won't compensate for disastrous U.S. policy.
Friday 8:45 AM
On extending protection of children past birth, and the growing global population boom: Readers react in this week's letters.
Thursday, March 9, 2006
Thursday 10:23 AM
Palestinians must live in peace and dignity, and permanent Israeli settlements on their land are the preeminent obstacle to this goal.
Thursday 10:09 AM
When Bush visited New Orleans yesterday, he neglected to mention that the poorest victims of Katrina aren't getting helped.
Thursday 9:59 AM
Unless Congress and the courts compel executive accountability, we will never know if we are becoming more secure.
Thursday 9:51 AM
The U.S. has a high abortion rate because it has a high unintended pregnancy rate. Criminalizing abortion won't fix that.
Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Wednesday 10:33 AM
The Bush administration has replaced the rule of law with the rule by one.
Wednesday 10:09 AM
South Dakota's new abortion law will enable the state to imprison women for murder.
Wednesday 9:08 AM
Federal agencies are overturning state laws in order to protect industries from facing injured consumers in court.
Wednesday 9:05 AM
With ANWR stalled in Congress, the oil industry is turning its attention to drilling on the outer continental shelf.
Tuesday, March 7, 2006
Tuesday 10:38 AM
The question isn't whether ballot fraud happens. The question is, why should we trust any election results?
Tuesday 10:30 AM
With the help of a nervous and noisy Wal-Mart, Maryland's health care controversy has sparked a needed debate.
Tuesday 10:00 AM
The new order in the Holy Land is built on an unspoken understanding that is fragile, incomplete and holding.
Tuesday 9:38 AM
It's official. America's closest ally has announced that climate change has ushered in an era of violent conflict over energy, water and arable land.
Monday, March 6, 2006
Monday 9:41 AM
Is it irony or insult when Bush makes appointments to oversee industries from within the ranks of the industries themselves?
Monday 9:28 AM
To seize the moment, the pro-choice movement will have to become a movement again.
Monday 9:24 AM
The facts about U.S. port security do not support the election-year rhetoric.
Monday 8:39 AM
Five world leaders rise in support of the landmark reforms to the U.N. Human Rights body...and against John Bolton.
Friday, March 3, 2006
Friday 10:25 AM
A solution to the Iranian nuclear showdown is still within reach, but it will take a grand compromise.
Friday 10:10 AM
A recent economic debate between centrist and liberal Democrats made it clear who is working for whom.
Friday 10:02 AM
Outlawing abortion will not end abortion, but it will put women at risk.
Friday 9:29 AM
On the Zogby poll, the buying of U.S. ports and the buying of U.S. politicians: Readers react in this week's letters.
Thursday, March 2, 2006
Thursday 10:10 AM
The White House views the entire globe as a battlefield—and we are all treated as potential enemies.
Thursday 9:50 AM
Who owns what doesn't matter if the government won't fund basic protective measures.
Thursday 9:38 AM
The former FDA official asks: When did adult access to contraception become so controversial?
Thursday 9:01 AM
Today, New Mexico boosts the cause of election reform by moving to a voting system of all paper ballots.
Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Wednesday 9:32 AM
In a groundbreaking public opinion survey, Americans are finally able to hear what the troops in Iraq think about the war they are fighting.
Wednesday 9:24 AM
The GOP openly sold America's seniors to Big Pharma for the drug benefit—but the fight to repair the damage is on.
Wednesday 8:26 AM
In the flap over a Dubai company managing U.S. ports, politicians from both parties are guilty of selective outrage.
Wednesday 8:22 AM
Last week's failed attack raises a crucial question: how will Arab oil kingdoms deal with their disgruntled young men?
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Tuesday 10:52 AM
Today, the Supreme Court has an historic opportunity to free elections from the taint of unlimited spending—and evidence from abroad shows it's good for democracy.
Tuesday 10:32 AM
The Bush strategy has collapsed. All that separates Iraq from all-out civil war is the greed of its corrupt leaders.
Tuesday 9:40 AM
A former intelligence analyst on the danger of this White House's aversion to bad news.
Tuesday 9:23 AM
Stop the Diebolds and gerrymandering; but at the end of the day, there's still one major obstacle to democracy.
Monday, February 27, 2006
Monday 11:18 AM
Despite all the recent hype, the additional risk of a nuclear-armed Iran is minimal and manageable.
Monday 11:07 AM
The U.S. is abandoning its political and moral authority in the Middle East.
Monday 10:30 AM
When it comes to professional conscience, doctors have a greater legal responsibility than pharmacists.
Monday 10:13 AM
For the party of fiscal accountability, Republicans in Congress have dangerously little interest in investigating the contracting scandals of the Iraqi occupation.
Friday, February 24, 2006
Friday 11:29 AM
The die has been cast. Bush must take the blame for destroying Iraq.
Friday 10:36 AM
It's time for organized people to challenge organized money in Washington—and beyond.
Friday 10:01 AM
President Bush sowed the hysteria he is now reaping in the form of the UAE ports controversy.
Friday 9:19 AM
Weighing in on Republican psychology, the nexus of business and human rights, our scary future and the intoonfada.
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Thursday 10:52 AM
If Bush is serious about energy independence he should follow the lead of the states.
Thursday 10:26 AM
Did outrage at the lack of high-level accountability spur the release of more Abu Ghraib photos?
Thursday 10:01 AM
America is stuck in a debate over which form of conquest, economic or imperial, is better. The answer is neither.
Thursday 9:21 AM
This focus on an Arab company fuels prejudice and obscures the real issues at hand.
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Wednesday 10:35 AM
Conservatives value a simple belief in the absolute and perfect authority of George W. Bush more than personal responsibility.
Wednesday 10:25 AM
How the White House treats the new Palestinian government will be a litmus test for U.S. relations with the Arab world.
Wednesday 9:42 AM
Despite the bluster, Congress showed that it is more interested in Chinese contracts than democracy.
Wednesday 9:23 AM
The domestic threat from exotic weapons or diseases is much smaller than you're being led to believe.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Tuesday 10:44 AM
Now that the press has come alive over the hunting accident, will it dig into the bigger scandals involving Dick Cheney?
Tuesday 10:05 AM
President Préval needs the backing of the U.S.—and the world—to bring calm to his nation.
Tuesday 9:45 AM
The issue isn't that an Arab company is running U.S. ports—it's that we are giving control over vital infrastructure to corporations.
Tuesday 9:38 AM
The fact that the president consulted Michael Crichton on global warming would be funny—if the consequences of Bush's policies weren't so dire.
Monday, February 20, 2006
Monday 9:37 AM
Choosing profits over principles, Microsoft, Google and Yahoo have foolishly embraced the dragon of censorship.
Monday 8:54 AM
There is nothing courageous about using freedom of speech to ridicule one of the weakest segments of your society.
Monday 8:53 AM
Welcome back to the paradoxical Bush/Cheney "responsibility society"— where absolutely no one takes responsibilty.
Monday 7:46 AM
Friday, February 17, 2006
Friday 9:49 AM
Is there any aspect of President Bush's miserable record on intelligence that Sen. Pat Roberts isn't willing to help cover up?
Friday 9:48 AM
The defense secretary's North African deals show that freedom is on the march—a death march.
Friday 9:41 AM
We now have proof that most of the prisoners are guilty only of bad luck and that we are casually destroying their lives.
Friday 9:35 AM
What Muslims really want; the big "I" question; New Orleans' free market: Readers react in this week's letters.
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Thursday 9:48 AM
There's a proven and painless way to reduce fuel consumption but politicians won't even touch it.
Thursday 9:37 AM
Bush wants market forces to rebuild New Orleans—the only problem is that there is no market.
Thursday 9:36 AM
Mapping the genome will undermine the logic of private insurance—and force us to adopt universal healthcare.
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Wednesday 9:58 AM
Republican leaders in Congress are failing the public by choosing not to question King George and his courtesans.
Wednesday 9:50 AM
Soon America will realize that to save our free market system, we will need to roll back the power of oligopolies.
Wednesday 9:32 AM
The party is suffering self-inflicted damage for blocking a popular Iraq veteran from running for office.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Tuesday 10:54 AM
Hamas lives in the real world, not Bush's fantasyland. It will talk and it will compromise.
Tuesday 10:51 AM
To reconcile support for impeachment with the Republican lockdown on our political institutions requires a three-part strategy.
Tuesday 9:38 AM
A radical plan to Abramoff-proof politics.
Monday, February 13, 2006
Monday 10:01 AM
A new bad idea is being used to justify the "long war" against terrorism: the revival of the Islamic caliphate.
Monday 9:55 AM
Without a dramatic change, energy scarcity—with its wars and high prices—will define the coming era.
Monday 9:07 AM
Rumsfeld warns that the enemy can succeed in changing our way of life. It already has.
Friday, February 10, 2006
Friday 11:35 AM
One question not asked when Michael Brown testified on Capitol Hill was why someone so unqualified got such an important job.
Friday 10:24 AM
Bush shouldn't defer spending to prepare for the defining wars of the 21st century—which are economic, not military.
Friday 10:17 AM
We don't need billions in research subsidies or mountaintop removal mining to meet our growing energy needs.
Friday 10:02 AM
Bush, Cheney and Rove put national security below their goals of increasing presidential power and winning elections.
Thursday, February 9, 2006
Thursday 10:12 AM
China's holdings of U.S. debt limit its options more than America's.
Thursday 10:00 AM
The West is right to demand Hamas recognize Israel and shun violence—but peace requires dialogue with Islamists.
Thursday 9:58 AM
Last week, the White House defended the controversial Texas redistricting plan—a plan it had worked hand in hand with Tom DeLay to pass.
Thursday 9:45 AM
The attorney general's defense of Bush's illegal domestic spying was part Kafka, part Mel Brooks and part John le Carré.
Wednesday, February 8, 2006
Wednesday 10:57 AM
The split among major evangelicals on global warming exposes a fault line in the conservative movement.
Wednesday 10:41 AM
This explosion is the final act of the colonial struggle between the West and the Islamic world.
Wednesday 9:57 AM
Never in history has any nation decided to spend so much for so long to battle so few.
Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Tuesday 11:48 AM
Washington is fixated on the budget deficit, but Americans are suffering far more from a growing investment deficit.
Tuesday 10:33 AM
Bush's escalation of his war into a strugge against the "evil ideology" of radical Islam may trigger a clash of civilizations.
Tuesday 9:32 AM
Today, Katrina survivors are protesting policies that prevent them from returning home or shaping their own communities.
Tuesday 9:13 AM
Yesterday's NSA hearings showed Congress standing up to the White House and then running away from the fight.
Monday, February 6, 2006
Monday 10:42 AM
Soldiers and their families are bearing the biggest cost of the war in Iraq—while oil companies make out like bandits.
Monday 10:22 AM
Today's hearing should be only the first step in getting answers from the secretive Bush administration on its domestic spying program.
Monday 10:18 AM
Some of Bush's biggest fundraisers are facing fraud charges—but the president refuses to acknowledge his connection.
Monday 9:39 AM
Welcome is the news of a museum for African-American history—because how we remember our past shapes our future.
Friday, February 3, 2006
Friday 11:56 AM
John Boehner's made a career from selling out struggling college students to his big donor friends in the student loan industry.
Friday 10:29 AM
While Bush reinforces his Zarqawi myth and Dems call lamely for more armor, the battle lines for civil war in Iraq are being drawn.
Friday 10:25 AM
Bush's empty State of the Union address signals the energy is draining from his administration. Democrats must stand up.
Friday 9:20 AM
The Iran issue, thoughts about Hamas' big win; the people's state of the union: Readers react in this week's letters.
Thursday, February 2, 2006
Thursday 10:34 AM
Afghanistan shows the west can neither fix failed states nor prioritize counterterrorism over oil.
Thursday 10:19 AM
Bush worked himself into a lather over an idea that has no proponents—to dodge the tough questions he cannot answer.
Thursday 10:18 AM
America was founded to promote the public good over the king's interests. It's time we lived up to that basic charter.
Thursday 10:05 AM
Yesterday's budget vote shows Republican priorities are clear—lobbyists outrank America's poor and middle class.
Wednesday, February 1, 2006
Wednesday 10:29 AM
In his refusal to level with Americans about foreign affairs, the president has become the engine of isolationism.
Wednesday 10:22 AM
Does it matter how much Republicans have screwed up if the Democrats still haven't figured out how to shine on their own?
Wednesday 10:16 AM
If the U.S. did not foresee Hamas' victory, it is either willfully blind or totally incompetent—and neither is comforting.
Wednesday 9:53 AM
It's time to bring down the curtain on the catastrophic conservatism that defines this presidency.
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Tuesday 10:19 AM
The former vice-presidential nominee sketches a vision of a nation that works for all of us.
Tuesday 10:18 AM
President Bush could choose tonight to put America on a more secure course to energy independence. Will he?
Tuesday 9:51 AM
To understand the partisan nature of the Abramoff scandal, look at who cared about tribal interests before they met Jack.
Tuesday 9:00 AM
The Katrina calamity has begun to unleash some inventive ideas that embrace the principles of smart growth.
Monday, January 30, 2006
Monday 10:40 AM
A filibuster of the Supreme Court nominee would signal a victory of principle over politics.
Monday 10:07 AM
Secretary of State Rice wants to transform the U.S. diplomatic corps in service of Bush Democracy.
Monday 9:51 AM
Turns out wealthy Americans and Wall Street make out best under the "consumer-driven health care" touted by President Bush.
Monday 9:36 AM
What exactly does our imperial presidency, with all its power, rule over?
Friday, January 27, 2006
Friday 10:36 AM
After years of ignoring the social contract, this elite gathering may soon find the party is coming to an end.
Friday 10:04 AM
Hamas' victory in the Palestinian elections is a disaster built on short-sighted policies by the PLO, Israel and the U.S.
Friday 9:37 AM
To questions yesterday on NSA spying, Abramoff and Katrina, the president had no good answers.
Friday 9:36 AM
Where Dems should focus in 2006; student loan woes; turning the clock back on abortion: Readers react in this week's letters.
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Thursday 9:50 AM
George W. Bush's leadership on the economy has definitely broken records—just not the kind you'd want to brag about.
Thursday 9:36 AM
Democrats should stand against extremism and fight Judge Alito's confirmation to the Supreme Court.
Thursday 9:35 AM
The Bush administration will do anything to keep the far right in good graces—even deny contraception to rape victims.
Thursday 9:23 AM
The White House is making preparations to attack Iran. But even limited strikes would be strategic folly.
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Wednesday 10:53 AM
Secretary Rice's diplomatic revival must build a sustainable economic pathway for China, India and the U.S.
Wednesday 10:52 AM
On student loans, the president gets schooled by a student from Kansas State.
Wednesday 9:48 AM
Last week, the federal agency supposed to protect consumers gave the pharmaceutical industry a big wet kiss.
Wednesday 9:35 AM
Whether you detest or adore him, the president of Venezuela is a rising force in Latin America.
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Tuesday 10:08 AM
The Medicare drug program delivers the performance of a used moped for the price of a brand-new Porsche.
Tuesday 9:58 AM
First conceived by Samuel Alito, the White House is using "signing statements" to marginalize Congress.
Tuesday 9:53 AM
A pragmatic center that scorns Osama-and-Dick-style political extremism is taking shape in the Middle East.
Tuesday 9:38 AM
Democrats should use an Alito filibuster to talk about the Bush administration's assaults on our democracy.
Monday, January 23, 2006
Monday 9:59 AM
Friday's election results make it nearly impossible to stop Iraq from descending into full-blown civil war.
Monday 9:49 AM
Washington's shift from sustainable development to energy and Al Qaeda will be counterproductive.
Monday 9:46 AM
Steven Spielberg's latest is about the moral complications of counterterrorism: a dilemma America must face.
Monday 9:39 AM
An increase in illegal abortions isn't a theoretical outcome of Roe someday being overturned. It's already happening.
Friday, January 20, 2006
Friday 10:28 AM
The lobbying reform proposals pushed by both parties ignore the elephant in the room: campaign finance.
Friday 10:27 AM
Cheney wants another war, Hillary wants sanctions, but the winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize calls for diplomacy.
Friday 9:54 AM
Letting Alito slide; the dying wage; reforming Capitol Hill: Readers react in this week's letters.
Friday 9:32 AM
If liberals want to win in 2006, the focus must be on fair economic policies, framed to put conservatives on the defensive.
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Thursday 10:39 AM
The Bush administration uses fuzzy math to calculate the ongoing costs of our misadventure in Iraq.
Thursday 10:25 AM
Public pressure should be brought on the current crop of moral dunces panting to do business in China.
Thursday 10:12 AM
The current Medicare fiasco offers a lesson about policymaking in an age of market consensus.
Thursday 9:02 AM
A new report chastises the United States not only for its detention policies—but also its tolerance of abusive allies in the "war on terror."
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Wednesday 10:45 AM
George W. Bush is playing defense on the war in Iraq—accusing critics of giving "aid to the enemy."
Wednesday 10:24 AM
The real problem in Washington is much bigger than politicians selling their votes for a fancy dinner or vacation.
Wednesday 10:22 AM
If Democrats want to regain their economic credibility, they should look to their roots.
Wednesday 9:42 AM
It's time for enviros to understand that the enormity of global warming means everything else is secondary.
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Tuesday 10:54 AM
When there is an economic service that citizens value highly and that only government can provide, it should.
Tuesday 10:49 AM
Barack Obama has spent his first year in the Senate learning the ropes. What is next for the junior senator from Illinois?
Tuesday 10:28 AM
Darwin didn't realize 150 years ago that life and the environment evolved together. Now we're learning the hard way.
Tuesday 9:08 AM
In last week's hearings, the Democrats lost the opportunity to show the public that Samuel Alito's not just conservative, he's radical.
Monday, January 16, 2006
Monday 10:37 AM
In the clap-happy kumbayah that color celebrations of what King stood for, the government and the media must not forget what he stood against.
Monday 9:08 AM
Martin Luther King Jr. would tell today's Congress to value American workers by providing a living wage.
Monday 8:09 AM
On progress and setbacks—think Alito—for racial equality in America today.
Friday, January 13, 2006
Friday 10:56 AM
Iran's leader is making incendiary remarks and provoking a showdown with the West—which may be exactly what he wants.
Friday 10:23 AM
Dems should argue the GOP scandals show the Republican Party's fealty to industry over individuals.
Friday 10:03 AM
New reporting from The New York Times' James Risen puts to rest the only challenge to the Downing Street memos.
Friday 9:46 AM
The Dems' economic problems; searching for answers in Sago; religion and government collide.
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Thursday 12:07 PM
When Bush visits today, he'll find a city in desperate need for more funding and fighting a pitched battle over how to rebuild.
Thursday 10:19 AM
When it lied about Saddam's WMDs, the U.S. lost the credibility it now needs to deal with Iran's nuclear ambitions.
Thursday 10:14 AM
Congress' most recent budget cuts put the biggest burden on those who can least afford it—college students.
Thursday 9:30 AM
This scandal is as Republican as privatized Social Security.
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Wednesday 10:33 AM
It's time to end the arbitrary and ineffective program that rounds up Muslim and Arab immigrants in the United States.
Wednesday 9:59 AM
Programs for disadvantaged kids can almost guarantee a better life. But we've got to start early.
Wednesday 9:53 AM
Britain's number two calls on the developed world to globalize not only capitalism, but social justice as well.
Wednesday 9:25 AM
Why the Supreme Court is right and the Family Research Council is wrong about religious freedom.
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Tuesday 10:05 AM
Separating spin from reality in the confirmation hearings.
Tuesday 10:04 AM
Because Sharon's exit offers hope for a return to diplomacy, Bush will be sad to see him go.
Tuesday 9:38 AM
Even 230 years after the publication of his revolutionary pamphlet, Thomas Paine's words still speak to the challenges of the American experience.
Tuesday 9:14 AM
We should be alarmed by the willingness of our most powerful media companies to yield to White House pressure.
Monday, January 9, 2006
Monday 10:21 AM
The senator's anti-torture bill fails in the details—and may increase the practice of rendition.
Monday 9:44 AM
Liberals should use Alito's confirmation hearings to show the public exactly what an ultraconservative Supreme Court will mean for them.
Monday 9:29 AM
The opening salvos in this war over executive authority will be the questions the Judiciary Committee puts to Alito.
Monday 9:26 AM
Climate change seems unable to take its rightful place on the world stage: as the single biggest challenge facing the planet.
Friday, January 6, 2006
Friday 11:07 AM
To prevent future tragedies, corporate executives must believe there are consequences to ignoring worker safety.
Friday 10:49 AM
If you've been thinking that the Dems' economic policy is indistinguishable from the GOP's, you're right.
Friday 9:52 AM
When we see activity like illegal citizen surveillance in other countries, we usually call them police states.
Friday 9:04 AM
How to measure prosperity; DeLay's Russian cohorts; untangling immigration: Readers react in this week's letters.
Thursday, January 5, 2006
Thursday 12:32 PM
When the subject was Bill Clinton, newspapers weren't shy about calling for impeachment.
Thursday 10:47 AM
The NSA eavesdropping revelation is more than just an diminishment of civil liberties. It's a threat to the separation of powers.
Thursday 10:00 AM
Democrats could profit politically from the disastrous Medicare drug benefit—by fixing it.
Thursday 9:52 AM
Congress just helped Bush sneak through appointees who will further weaken oversight of federal elections in America.
Wednesday, January 4, 2006
Wednesday 9:48 AM
Immigration is shaping up to be a wedge issue in 2006—so where are progressives?
Wednesday 9:42 AM
Jack Abramoff's plea is just the beginning. DeLay's dealings with Russia should be one of the biggest stories of the year.
Wednesday 9:31 AM
Democrats and moderate Republicans should challenge Bush's nominee at every turn.
Wednesday 9:27 AM
In the future, oil and gas will be replaced by renewables. But for now, energy imperialism is the driver of global politics.
Tuesday, January 3, 2006
Tuesday 10:36 AM
If we measured average Americans' prosperity, the White House would be singing a different economic tune.
Tuesday 8:56 AM
Why do we reward good teachers by moving them away from the students who need the most help?
Tuesday 8:47 AM
Reports that the Bush administration may strike Iranian nuclear facilities promise only further destabilization in Iraq.
Tuesday 8:46 AM
The president's defense of his wiretapping has unveiled a hidden state.
Thursday, December 22, 2005
Thursday 11:27 AM
The victory of the Shiite religious bloc means the big winner in the Iraqi elections is Iran. Next stop: civil war.
Thursday 11:26 AM
Republicans are once again trying to brand Democrats as caring more about politics than defending America.
Thursday 10:42 AM
The White House seems to believe Congress has signed off on an "anything goes" approach to counterterrorism.
Thursday 9:38 AM
Has outrage over runaway CEO pay reached a critical moment?
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Wednesday 10:23 AM
What Democrats can learn from the successful gay marriage campaigns in the U.K. and Canada.
Wednesday 9:32 AM
GOP leaders in the House and Senate rushed out a budget agreement that's stingy enough to put the Grinch to shame.
Wednesday 9:29 AM
By any measure, the Pentagon's $5 million contract to purchase positive news coverage in Iraq is a failure.
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Tuesday 11:33 AM
Is President Bush guilty of the crime for which Richard Nixon was impeached?
Tuesday 10:39 AM
A leader of the Iraqi opposition denounces Al Qaeda and calls for negotiations with the U.S. Will Bush listen?
Tuesday 10:06 AM
Today, the EPA unveils regulations that will shield the power industry from air pollution cleanup—again.
Tuesday 9:54 AM
The 46 senators who blocked the renewal of the PATRIOT Act last week are rebels with a just cause.
Monday, December 19, 2005
Monday 10:53 AM
Bush is backed into a corner as a tsunami of evidence shows he lied to America.
Monday 9:27 AM
Congress should ask why the president ignored laws that protect Americans from government eavesdropping.
Monday 9:18 AM
The party that comes out strongest for affordable health care could win in the 2006 midterm elections.
Monday 9:13 AM
Democrats need to reimagine the contract between government, businesses and workers.
Friday, December 16, 2005
Friday 9:16 AM
At long last, American officials are preparing to negotiate with the Sunni resistance.
Friday 9:15 AM
The Bush administration's intransigence on climate change has inspired a mutiny of mayors.
Friday 9:14 AM
Torture and morality; the Muslim Brotherhood; and the unfairness of fair trade: Readers react in this week's letters.
Friday 8:48 AM
The Bush administration's hostility toward freedom of information dates back to the days when Rumsfeld and Cheney worked for Gerald Ford.
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Thursday 10:24 AM
Whatever the outcome of Iraq's elections, we have a pretty good idea of what the future holds.
Thursday 10:20 AM
The radical right is still feverishly fighting a battle that was settled 40 years ago.
Thursday 9:31 AM
Congress is about to pass a bill that cuts off the only real route out of the Guantanamo mess.
Thursday 9:27 AM
She's backing Bush on the war and sponsoring a limitation of free speech even Scalia won't touch.
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Wednesday 11:17 AM
At Montreal's global warming talks, the world learned that it's not the climate, but the change, that worries Bush.
Wednesday 11:02 AM
There's no point in passing a bill that is stuffed with pet projects and offers only limited reforms.
Wednesday 10:15 AM
Don't call a marginal interest vital. Don't obscure political objectives with military honor. Don't piss off your allies...
Wednesday 9:33 AM
Ending farm subsidies will increase exports from the developing world—but that won't help the world's poor.
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Tuesday 11:27 AM
Torture helped Bush implement a policy of unchecked aggression. Torture may help McCain end it.
Tuesday 10:43 AM
The question we should be focusing on is not how much to tax, but what to tax.
Tuesday 9:43 AM
Democrats need to devise a unified political strategy on Iraq before Republicans box them in.
Tuesday 9:19 AM
From Seattle to New Orleans, events are making clear the vital role of public investment.
Monday, December 12, 2005
Monday 10:16 AM
Last week, an Islamist group did well in Egypt's national elections. Now it's time for the Bush administration to walk its democratic talk.
Monday 10:10 AM
Will the Supreme Court nominee balance his personal beliefs with respect for the secular side of America's civic heritage?
Monday 9:30 AM
The key to ending the redistricting gridlock may lie in having more than one candidate win elections.
Monday 8:48 AM
We should pay close attention to what a free export market in U.S. propaganda does to our own democracy.
Friday, December 9, 2005
Friday 10:43 AM
While trying to please everyone, President Bush's immigration policy ends up disappointing all.
Friday 10:11 AM
Bush sold America his global war using an old Christian heresy. Not surprisingly, it's led to a new crusade.
Friday 10:10 AM
War propaganda; the GOP and Roe; hyping the wrong women/work issue: Readers react in this week's letters.
Friday 9:38 AM
Thanks to the slick maneuvering of the U.S. and other rich nations, the deck remains stacked against developing countries.
Thursday, December 8, 2005
Thursday 12:38 PM
The debate over Iraq hinges on the capability of "Iraqi forces." But the new constitution has no federal internal force.
Thursday 12:32 PM
Bush's propaganda doesn't just spread untruths to the public—he's come to believe it himself.
Thursday 10:58 AM
There's a fight in Congress between the upper middle class and the super-rich.
Thursday 10:25 AM
Dealing with China's coming superpower status is one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century.
Wednesday, December 7, 2005
Wednesday 10:06 AM
With an alternative to the Shiite religious bloc emerging, next week's elections in Iraq are the final chance to avoid full-scale civil war.
Wednesday 9:13 AM
If women are leaving the labor market, it's not because they want to.
Wednesday 9:12 AM
From the war to the economy, this holiday season bears the signs of a great nation in decline.
Wednesday 8:41 AM
Why everyone from chambers of commerce to police chiefs are embracing early education.
Tuesday, December 6, 2005
Tuesday 10:50 AM
The facts just don't support the everyone-does-it defense for Republican corruption.
Tuesday 10:37 AM
By underfunding wetlands restoration, President Bush has given New Orleans the kiss of death.
Tuesday 10:13 AM
The U.N.'s High Commission on Human Rights calls for those responsible for torture and ill treatment to be prosecuted.
Tuesday 9:50 AM
Why making abortion illegal would actually be the Republicans' worst nightmare.
Monday, December 5, 2005
Monday 10:20 AM
It's time to turn the battle against Wal-Mart into a fight against the system that created it.
Monday 10:01 AM
The Iraq news payola scandal reinforces how the United States is exporting hypocrisy—not democracy.
Monday 9:54 AM
Reagan was onto something when he closed the tax loopholes that punish regular folks for investing.
Monday 9:23 AM
The news about Texas redistricting was the latest sign the Justice Department has abused its mandate to serve the GOP.
Friday, December 2, 2005
Friday 10:52 AM
The Bush administration's distaste for reality is fueling its enemies in Iraq and in Congress.
Friday 9:19 AM
Sure, the Bush administration enforces clear air laws—when they don't trouble big polluters.
Friday 9:18 AM
The Social Security defeat shattered GOP unity long before DeLay's indictment and the public's turn against the Iraq War.
Friday 9:18 AM
China/U.S. relations; Bush's "joke" about taking out Al Jazeera; parental notification: Readers react in this week's letters.
Thursday, December 1, 2005
Thursday 10:01 AM
The United States is not the only reason the world is losing the battle against AIDS—but it's the biggest.
Thursday 9:49 AM
Bush just appointed a guy to be deputy director of USAID who believes Muslims will burn in hell.
Thursday 8:56 AM
As world leaders meet this week to discuss Kyoto, Tony Blair should call Bush's bluff on global warming and open the door for real progress.
Thursday 8:44 AM
We're at risk of rebuilding a Gulf Coast where poor communities with little economic power fight each other over jobs.
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Wednesday 11:07 AM
Why won't the American media probe whether the report that Bush threatened to bomb Al Jazeera is true?
Wednesday 11:03 AM
As the debate over Iraq heats up, two new reports look at U.S. involvement in the Persian Gulf after withdrawal.
Wednesday 11:02 AM
Last week's Scanlon deal has sounded a death knell for the Republican Revolution of 1994.
Wednesday 9:45 AM
Today's case before the Supreme Court would send minors seeking abortions for health reasons to the courts—not the doctor.
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Tuesday 10:07 AM
Diplomats in Montreal may be eyeing 2012, but real progress on climate change won't happen until Bush leaves office.
Tuesday 10:04 AM
The Cairo peace conference shows Iraq's factions are willing to do their part. Now it's time for the Bush administration to act.
Tuesday 9:29 AM
How the Dems' fear of bashing capitalism allows the GOP to dominate the globalization debate.
Tuesday 9:24 AM
Congress has a plan to deal with those pesky courts that can't always be relied on to do the bidding of politicians.
Monday, November 28, 2005
Monday 12:18 PM
In the face of climate change and oil depletion, how do you prepare for a less spendthrift America?
Monday 10:15 AM
Will the current turmoil produce peaceful Islamists or radical nationalists—or something in between?
Monday 9:55 AM
The mess we created in Iraq, Woodward's curious admission and Murtha's mind: Readers react in this week's letters.
Monday 9:46 AM
The world can't long endure a global economy based on U.S. consumption and Chinese exports.
Thursday, November 24, 2005
Thursday 11:28 AM
Wishing for more and thinking it possible, if not probable -- those are reasons to give thanks in America.
Thursday 11:27 AM
Words of hope from the leader of the peace movement.
Thursday 8:03 AM
How the media stokes the hot coals of unthankfulness—dismissing what we already have as woefully insufficient.
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Wednesday 10:44 AM
The Cairo Summit builds a bridge between Iraqi politics, U.S. public opinion and calls for withdrawal.
Wednesday 10:43 AM
Jack Murtha is not making things up. But the same can't be said for the folks running the war.
Wednesday 10:14 AM
Bush said his tax cuts would create working-class jobs. But the wealthy were the only ones invited to the feast.
Wednesday 10:13 AM
Something good happened last week in D.C.: Obama and a bipartisan crew of colleagues unveiled eco-friendly bills on energy.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Tuesday 10:14 AM
The "Out Now!" slogan serves to pressure a change in course in Iraq—but it is too simplistic to adopt as a policy.
Tuesday 8:16 AM
Exiting Iraq may be a prerequisite for victory.
Tuesday 7:59 AM
Bring back the democracy experts we've sent to the Middle East. Our national government is dysfunctional.
Tuesday 7:53 AM
A reporter who covered Watergate says Bush has more power than Nixon's imperial presidency did in the early 1970s.
Monday, November 21, 2005
Monday 12:36 PM
The gentleman from Pennsylvania has galvanized the Dems. But it was the colonels who may undermine the hawks.
Monday 9:28 AM
The famed reporter's knack for making nice with powerful insiders is evidence anew that journalism must be reformed.
Monday 9:21 AM
Health care has been tied to employment for far too long.
Monday 9:17 AM
The former chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence explains how the administration manipulated Congress.
Friday, November 18, 2005
Friday 10:32 AM
The standard-bearer of public broadcasting riffs on Texas, George W. Bush and independent journalism.
Friday 10:29 AM
The revelation of Iranian-backed, government-run torture centers and death squads makes it clear that we replaced Saddam with something equally evil.
Friday 10:26 AM
Why Scooter Libby's "some other guy did it" defense won't work.
Friday 9:30 AM
More Wal-Mart debates, and how Bush might wag the dog: Readers react in this week's letters.
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Thursday 9:36 AM
We need more than biofuels to break our addiction.
Thursday 9:08 AM
How many of the Dems eyeing the 2008 nomination will follow John Edwards' example on Iraq?
Thursday 9:06 AM
Why Republican hypocrisy on moral issues matters.
Thursday 9:05 AM
This week, the Supreme Court stabbed yet another partisan knife into the American electoral system.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Wednesday 11:44 AM
This weekend, Iraqi leaders, their neighbors and the world's diplomats meet in Egypt to talk peace. It's fragile, but it's real.
Wednesday 11:04 AM
Will moderate Republicans on the Hill have the courage to stand up to their far-right colleagues?
Wednesday 10:11 AM
With his advisers and his agenda against the wall, Bush may just use a new war to distract his detractors. Here's how.
Wednesday 10:00 AM
The 1985 memo shows that for Judge Alito, opposition to abortion isn't personal —it's constitutional.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Tuesday 10:45 AM
The bombing in Amman defies the Bush administration's claims that the war on terror is being
