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
