July 26, 2005
A new name won't give the Iraq war a new image with the American public, no matter how creative the White House tries to be.
Tuesday 2:50 PM
With corporate misdeeds on the rise, we need the strong oversight of the SEC. That's why we can't allow an industry advocate like Chris Cox to run it.
Tuesday 11:24 AM
July 25, 2005
Juan Cole responds to pundits who dispute the link between terrorism and the war in Iraq.
Monday 5:26 PM
Iraq remains on the verge of a full-scale civil war. And the biggest threat to stability is White House arrogance.
Monday 11:47 AM
July 22, 2005
There is a growing chorus of voices for an exit strategy from Iraq that starts with withdrawal. That's not progressive; that's foolish.
Friday 1:19 PM
July 21, 2005
This act is generating major complaints from governors—and individuals aren't going to like the consequences either.
Thursday 5:54 PM
Want to know more about Supreme Court nominee John Roberts? You know you do. This guide from Moving Ideas is the place to start.
Thursday 11:04 AM
July 20, 2005
While John G. Roberts isn't the most ideological candidate Bush could find, he's sure not the best nominee either. A look at his record.
Wednesday 10:23 AM
July 19, 2005
Iraq's ministers just called on the world to help rebuild Iraq before it's too late. But it's not just a matter of money.
Tuesday 11:22 AM
July 18, 2005
This restaurant-inspired method for choosing a Supreme Court justice weeds out the worst of the worst.
Monday 11:29 AM
July 15, 2005
Distinct but inseparable from the political track in Iraq, our troops must shift from counterinsurgency to constabulary mode.
Friday 11:33 AM
It's been 40 years since the struggle for equal rights at the polls. Do we need to fight this battle again?
Friday 10:05 AM
July 14, 2005
On August 15th, a major deadline will pass in Baghdad. What happens that day may just determine Iraq's future.
Thursday 12:04 PM
Rep. Henry Waxman's new study of 4parents.gov found that—surprise!—the website contains information that's just plain wrong. The question now is whether or when there will be change.
Thursday 10:58 AM
July 12, 2005
Minority Leader Harry Reid had a great opportunity to get ahead of the Bush administration on terror, but instead, he played to our fear.
Tuesday 2:20 PM
Pressure is building on the White House to fire Karl Rove (whom his boss calls "Turd Blossom"). Could Rove's arrogance and ruthless political tactics actually be catching up with him?
Tuesday 11:03 AM
July 11, 2005
A group of progressive leaders argue that it's not alarmist to worry about the new Supreme Court justice's role in abortion rights. In fact, we should be worrying
more—about contraception, family and medical leave, affirmative action....
Monday 4:05 PM
This weekend's leaked memo on U.S. plans for withdrawal shows that the president is not serious about completing the mission.
Monday 12:44 PM
David Corn explains why the content of Matt Cooper's e-mails could place Rove in political—if not legal—hot water. Resignation, anyone?
Monday 12:18 PM
July 08, 2005
With Washington sacrificing women's health and freedom for retrograde right-wing policies, the states are stepping up.
Friday 10:33 AM
July 07, 2005
Terrorist attacks seek to influence the actions and politics of the survivors. So what is behind today's bombings? What should progressives do?
Thursday 11:42 AM
July 06, 2005
Both the left and the right are framing the Supreme Court vacancy as the opening shot in what will be an all-out culture war—and a good time to ask for donations.
Wednesday 4:23 PM
With the man who fingered Karl Rove as the source for the Plame leak blogging, HuffingtonPost is ground zero for all matters involving the leaky White House.
Wednesday 10:21 AM
July 05, 2005
Progressives have an opportunity to fill the yawning gap between Bush's Iraq strategy and reality. But they have to lead, not protest.
Tuesday 9:38 AM
July 01, 2005
After Dems blocked an effort to halt corporate tax dodging, David Sirota asks: Do Democrats really wonder why America thinks they stand for nothing?
Friday 5:48 PM
O'Connor's departure launches the showdown. Liberal bloggers warn against a nominee strategy that hinges on scare tactics.
Friday 11:20 AM
June 29, 2005
Sen. Barbara Boxer talks about opposing female judicial nominees, what the public doesn't understand about the nomination process, and who she'd pick to replace Rehnquist.
Wednesday 2:10 PM
Staying the course in Iraq is a fool's errand. It's time to put together a viable peace process for Iraq so we can deal with the real problems facing the world.
Wednesday 12:13 PM
In Washington, the first amendment is in full play this summer. So far, the score is tied.
Wednesday 11:10 AM
June 28, 2005
You saw the Unocal move. Now it looks like Iran is taking advantage of it, putting the ball squarely in Bush's court.
Tuesday 11:26 AM
June 27, 2005
A new study of rural America's stance on the Bush Social Security plan delivers surprising insights into who might fly as a candidate in 2008.
Monday 4:43 PM
The Unocal bid represents a strategic game that Bush cannot win.
Monday 12:46 PM
June 24, 2005
The White House is feeling the heat over Iraq and Guantanamo, so Karl Rove starts blabbing about 9/11, liberals and our chronic wimpiness. He must never have expected a 9/11 widow to come to our defense.
Friday 11:21 AM
June 22, 2005
Yesterday, right-wing ideologues introduced yet another bill to keep young women from getting birth control and making responsible choices about sex.
Wednesday 3:33 PM
Given the housing bubble threat and Democratic silence on the issue, it only makes sense to ask the obvious question: Are progressives about to be blindsided by the next Great Depression?
Wednesday 12:04 PM
June 21, 2005
What North Dakota Sen. Byron Dorgan revealed yesterday on the Senate floor will offend anyone who values a free press.
Tuesday 11:32 AM
June 20, 2005
The curious case of the Internet PBS myth that refused to die—and how you can take action to make sure the truth gets out.
Monday 10:47 AM
June 17, 2005
It's Friday. It's good to laugh. That's why we're pointing you to
Former Patients of Dr. Frist Urged to Get 2nd Opinion and other blog posts about Terri Schiavo.
Friday 3:26 PM
Yesterday's hearing on the Downing Street Memo only achieved half of its potential.
Friday 12:34 PM
June 16, 2005
Could Bush's choice to head the SEC come back to haunt him?
Thursday 10:36 AM
June 15, 2005
Harvard's most recent survey of the housing market is just what their clients asked for...and misleading for the rest of us.
Wednesday 9:45 AM
June 14, 2005
Waging a war against reproductive freedom apparently means having to resort to utter fabrication.
Tuesday 10:03 AM
June 13, 2005
David Sanger's NYT article on the new Cabinet Office memos was a bit too eager to pronounce Bush innocent.
Monday 12:58 PM
June 10, 2005
Outside of the campus bubble, activism relies on the Web to send its message.
Friday 11:50 AM
June 09, 2005
A new website keeps tabs on what Pope Benedict is doing—and not doing—during this crucial time in his papacy.
Thursday 10:36 AM
June 08, 2005
Two weeks before Jeb Bush announced his candidacy for governor, the Bush administration offered to overpay a Florida developer three times the value of his Everglades swampland.
Wednesday 5:23 PM
June 07, 2005
Connecticut could make history by passing the strongest, toughest and fairest campaign finance reform law in the nation. But activists need help.
Tuesday 2:23 PM
Focusing on trade and interest rates won't lead to a way out of our present economic dystopia. American prosperity will come from rebuilding America. Sustainably.
Tuesday 11:41 AM
June 06, 2005
Congress is back in session and there's momentum building behind the Downing Street Memo.
Monday 2:41 PM
June 03, 2005
If you've got five minutes a day, you can grow democracy, starting right at home. That's the inspiration driving Democracy Cell Project.
Friday 9:56 AM
June 02, 2005
Oliver Willis of the blog
Like Kryptonite to Stupid says the progressive movement risks irrelevance if it continues to ignore national security issues.
Thursday 4:02 PM
Jan Schakowsky tells the crowd that things have gotten so bad in Washington, D.C., they're good...at least for progressives hungry for change. John Edwards offers a progressive agenda that is crystal clear.
Thursday 9:27 AM
June 01, 2005
Hey, kids. Like video games? Then you might like the Army, too! That's the thought behind a new recruitment tactic aimed at teenage boys. But if you're sick of heavy-handed recruitment tactics, today there's a way to take action.
Wednesday 10:35 AM
May 31, 2005
ExxonMobil just abandoned the oil optimist camp and 12 major British corporations have asked for lower carbon emissions.
Tuesday 11:02 AM
May 30, 2005
A glance at this database of the names and photos of American soldiers who've died in Iraq brings the war home.
Monday 11:49 AM
May 27, 2005
Why offering no plan is a plan.
Friday 10:51 AM
May 26, 2005
A movement is afoot to demand congressional inquiry into whether George W. Bush should be impeached over Iraq.
Thursday 6:03 PM
Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey's amendment requiring Bush to pull the troops out of Iraq just garnered 128 votes, including five Republicans. That's huge.
Thursday 2:37 PM
Priscilla Owen, who's been criticized by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales—of all people—for her extremism, just got confirmed by the Senate. There's a downside to every compromise.
Thursday 9:28 AM
May 25, 2005
Listen to Niall Ferguson and Robert Dreyfuss and you'd be tempted to think of a different kind of political strategy for Iraq.
Wednesday 9:30 AM
May 24, 2005
The liberal blogosphere weighs in on the judicial nominee compromise. MyDD sees a partial victory. Russ Feingold and TalkLeft see defeat.
Tuesday 11:24 AM
May 23, 2005
The EPA reversed its plan to allow sewage to be mixed with treated water. I'll drink to that.
Monday 4:22 PM
These two items on climate change and deficits caught my eye.
Monday 12:24 PM
May 20, 2005
Maryland lawmakers just gave the nation a lesson in the essential role of government as a protector of citizens from the unbridled forces of capitalism. Unfortunately, the forces of capitalism won this time.
Friday 11:20 AM
May 18, 2005
A bill about to hit the House—proposed by the EPA, no less—would allow undertreated sewage to be discharged right into your water source. Is it time to stock up on bottled water?
Wednesday 5:11 PM
May 17, 2005
A group of liberal foreign policy wonks wants to give the United States a makeover: from the bull in the china shop to "global good neighbor."
Tuesday 6:34 PM
Pro-choice Republicans—and their non-Republican friends—could be a vital force in stopping the nuclear option from exploding.
Tuesday 10:45 AM
May 16, 2005
Bill Moyers on Republican muscle-flexing at CPB: "I always knew that Nixon would be back—again and again. I just didn't know that this time he would ask to be the chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting."
Monday 11:19 AM
May 13, 2005
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's shoe-shopping expedition just turned into a spontaneous rally about Social Security privatization.
Friday 5:04 PM
The
Washington Post finally reports on the earthshaking Downing Street Memo...12 days after it was released.
Friday 9:46 AM
May 12, 2005
The investigation into Bolton's actions may not stop his confirmation, but could it bring down the president?
Thursday 5:55 PM
More evidence today that Bush administration officials looks the other way as other countries do their dirty work for them in the name of the "war on terror."
Thursday 11:26 AM
A government website about teens and sex has corrected a few of its errors, but it's still got a long way to go before it can be considered an unbiased, fact-based resource.
Thursday 10:58 AM
May 11, 2005
Looks like the big asbestos bill hitting the Senate today will help asbestos producers and big manufacturing companies far more than actual victims of asbestos contamination.
Wednesday 9:42 AM
May 10, 2005
A report released today shows how easy it is to provide America with better security. Will it happen? Not on Bush's watch.
Tuesday 2:50 PM
Mention "gangs" and you're certain to rally support from our mostly white Congress for any measure that creates harsher penalties for teenagers who commit crimes. It doesn't matter how much research is presented showing the futility of such penalties in deterring crime.
Tuesday 11:34 AM
May 09, 2005
Eighty-eight members of Congress have signed a letter asking the president to confirm or deny the Downing Street Memo.
Monday 11:26 AM
On May 9, 1960, the FDA approved the oral contraceptive pill—and ushered in a new era for women's ability to control their reproductive lives. Now religious extremists are trying to kill the pill.
Monday 10:23 AM
May 06, 2005
Big Brother is about to get bigger. Chertoff is about to become more powerful. And the GOP forced this odious legislation through Congress without any debate.
Friday 3:19 PM
New Zealand just announced that it will levy a carbon tax starting in 2007. It's a good start, but it won't be a good case study for the United States.
Friday 11:56 AM
We know the 2004 election was riddled with problems. The long lines, outdated equipment, intimidation of voters and partisan election officials all merit outrage. But let's direct our ire to Capitol Hill for making no progress in fixing a broken system.
Friday 10:47 AM
May 05, 2005
There's a debate afoot among the Dems about democracy in the Middle East. Most of it is nonsense.
Thursday 12:17 PM
A one-man effort to quell an alleged liberal bias in PBS programming misses the point. If CPB Chairman Kenneth Tomlinson was really concerned about the quality of public broadcasting, he'd actually involve the public in the debate.
Thursday 10:17 AM
May 04, 2005
Do you (heart) Social Security? Today you can reaffirm why you love it by participating in an online chat with Rock The Vote and the AARP about why Social Security is important for Americans of all ages.
Wednesday 9:54 AM
May 03, 2005
Because Congress is out of session this week, your senator should be at home—making it a perfect time for you to let him or her know just how you feel about the president's judicial nominees.
Tuesday 5:31 PM
In Kansas, the state board of education has scheduled a Scopes-style evolution debate for this week. In 2005, that's rather like debating whether the world is, in fact, round.
Tuesday 10:33 AM
May 02, 2005
Bush wants to build new nuclear plants and deregulate the power sector. Imagine Enron with nukes. It's time to envision a different energy future, and it starts with distributed generation.
Monday 6:08 PM
Does the president's brother really think a 13-year-old is too immature to make a decision about her own health, but mature enough to be a parent?
Monday 12:25 PM
April 29, 2005
The on-again, off-again battle to clean the airwaves of indecency is back on—and it's moving to cable.
Friday 11:15 AM
April 28, 2005
Why do prisons continue to fill up while crime goes down?
Thursday 12:45 PM
For its symbolic value, the news today couldn't have been choreographed better: Iraq's transitional government assumes power. Saddam Hussein has a birthday. And it's been one year since "60 Minutes II" aired the Abu Ghraib photos.
Thursday 10:09 AM
April 27, 2005
If you haven't read Elizabeth Kolbert's "The Climate Of Man" you really should.
Wednesday 3:35 PM
April 26, 2005
From the rally at the Capitol to the results of a new national poll, all signs are pointing to what a
Weekly Standard columnist wrote recently: The president and his Republican colleagues need a Social Security exit strategy.
Tuesday 2:30 PM
The nuclear lobby is pressing its short-sighted and greedy case in Washington.
Tuesday 11:42 AM
April 25, 2005
In an ideal world, every teenager would feel safe talking to her parents if she became pregnant. But we live in a world where some parents are abusive. Which is why Congress shouldn't punish adults who help teens in these situations.
Monday 2:54 PM
Joe Trippi and Simon Rosenberg are eyeing the great middle of America. But centrism won't win the center.
Monday 12:08 PM
At an event in Washington last week, Seymour Hersh announced, "We have war crimes on a major scale [in Iraq]." Answering Hersh's alarm, over the weekend, Human Rights Watch released a report calling for an investigation of Rumsfeld and Tenet.
Monday 11:39 AM
April 22, 2005
The Economist is celebrating Earth Day by putting a value on the ecosystem. Now that's something to shout about.
Friday 11:48 AM
Just how big a strategic blunder
is the attack on judicial nominations known as "Justice Sunday"—organized by Frist, Perkins and Dobson? The telecast taking place this coming Sunday seeks to brand Democrats as acting "against people of faith" on judicial nominations. In fact, Frist and Co.'s Sunday circus is uniting people of all faiths against right-wing zealotry.
Friday 10:32 AM
April 21, 2005
Despite more lenient grading standards than in past years, a Drum Major Institute Report found that more than 90 percent of Republicans consistently voted against the interests of working families in 2004.
Thursday 9:46 AM
April 20, 2005
Benedict XVI cannot afford the luxury of fighting detached doctrinal battles while the College of Cardinals plans for his successor.
Wednesday 3:30 PM
The forces of moderation and reason prevailed yesterday in a tussle over the confirmation of Bush's controversial nominee to the United Nations. Newspaper stories this morning just don't convey the gravity of the allegations about Bolton that preceded yesterday's surprise rebellion.
Wednesday 10:09 AM
April 19, 2005
What if—instead of merely hoping the new pope doesn't do too much damage—liberal Catholics called on him to take some pragmatic but profound actions?
Tuesday 4:14 PM
Our politicians are playing a nuclear-armed game of Russian roulette.
Tuesday 11:32 AM
April 18, 2005
That's not just a hippie bumper sticker. We went to war
allegedly to fight terrorism—which in turn has increased the worldwide threat of terrorism, says a new report.
Monday 4:18 PM
Call it irony or call it stupidity: The House could actually pass the least earth-friendly energy bill ever on Earth Day.
Monday 1:03 PM
What do Tom DeLay, Rep. Bob Ney, Christian activist Ralph Reed and conservative guru Grover Norquist all have in common? Sleazy lobbyist extraordinaire Jack Abramoff. A new website maps the unscrupulous back-room deals between Abramoff and members of Congress.
Monday 9:31 AM
April 15, 2005
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy announced declines in both teen pregnancy and child poverty—but how much should we be celebrating?
Friday 3:20 PM
Are the outlines of a progressive tax reform plan emerging?
Friday 11:51 AM
Even if you don't support the war, your tax dollars certainly do.
Friday 8:56 AM
April 14, 2005
Rep. Jim McDermott gets biblical in this passionate denunciation of the bankruptcy bill that passed the House today.
Thursday 6:11 PM
John Edwards critiques the bankruptcy bill the House is set to pass today—a version of which he once supported.
Thursday 1:26 PM
April 13, 2005
Why do Dems continue to make John Kerry's fatal national security mistake?
Wednesday 3:25 PM
FAIR's annual report describes the behind-the-scenes power plays involving PR and advertising firms that infect American journalism.
Wednesday 12:16 PM
Today, the House of Representatives will cast a vote reflecting the kind of nation they want America to be: a meritocracy or an aristocracy?
Wednesday 11:29 AM
April 12, 2005
Josh Marshall explains why attacks on the House majority leader also implicate a wider culture of corruption.
Tuesday 4:31 PM
Debt cancellation is on the agenda at the upcoming IAF/World Bank meetings, with a good possibility for real results. It's time to take action.
Tuesday 12:31 PM
Bolton's rogue behavior was the single biggest obstacle to the six-party talks with North Korea.
Tuesday 11:41 AM
Economics, strategy and nationalism have now converged over the Taiwan Strait.
Tuesday 9:20 AM
April 11, 2005
What happens when control over your reproductive choices becomes a function of money? A new report looks at how low-income women suffer when they don't have the funds to terminate their pregnancies.
Monday 3:31 PM
Corporations are making record profits, but you can barely pay your health care premiums. Ah, the American way.
Monday 10:45 AM
April 08, 2005
The EPA's science advisers just dissed the president's dirty air plans.
Friday 1:57 PM
Announcing the launch of TomPaine.com's newest blog.
Friday 12:00 PM
...but the Bush administration sure is loose with the truth when it comes to privatized Social Security benefits.
Friday 11:37 AM
April 07, 2005
Do you remember what happens when supply cannot match demand?
Thursday 5:24 PM
Ethically, that is. It's a simple question. Requiring a one-word answer. And the Project for an Accountable Congress wants you to ask your congressman today.
Thursday 4:31 PM
April 05, 2005
The line forms here for moral indignation, but for birth-control pills, you'd better go elsewhere.
Tuesday 2:46 PM
April 01, 2005
We're still smarting over the disgraceful Senate vote to pass the bankruptcy bill. So weren't we pleased to see a simple list documenting the financial factors influencing the senators' votes.
Friday 1:36 PM
