The end of the Iraq War marks a victory for progressives, but tough work lies ahead.
Obama Administration
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Crash Diet
Obama still has time to redeem his food-production policy.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Republicans’ Governing Glossary
In this edition: the term for gutting government agencies by stalling on nominees
Posted inAmerica and the World
Obama Smacks Down Charges of Appeasement
“Ask Osama Bin Laden and the 22 out of 30 top Al Qaeda leaders who have been taken off the field whether I engage in appeasement.”
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Rip It Up and Start Again
Republicans block Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chair nominee.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Elizabeth Warren: Bailout Queen
Karl Rove’s latest ad has to set an all-time record for hypocrisy and factual inversion. The ad actually manages to blame Elizabeth Warren for the bank bailouts. As anyone who hasn’t spent the past three years in a cave must know, Warren has been the nation’s single most effective, relentless, and brave critic of the […]
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
B Is for Betrayal
At a time when women’s reproductive rights are under attack on many fronts, the last thing we need is for the Obama administration to join in.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Starving Homophobia
Is it right to deny foreign aid to countries that discriminate against gays and lesbians?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Obama Rejects Trickle Down Economics
Obama decried income inequality fostered by misguided economics during a rousing speech Tuesday.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Will Latinos Help Re-Elect Obama?
In the past, Democrats could bank on being the lesser of two evils—but not anymore.
