By Jayne Lyn Stahl
Osama bin Laden has been keeping up with George W. Bush’s approval ratings. In a new audiotape released today, the former freedom fighter commented that 75% of the American people are ready …

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
If leading Democratic senators have their way, agents and officials with the Central Intelligence Agency will be immunized against prosecution for any criminal activity arising from taking commands, and/or employing “alternative methods” …

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
Sarah Palin is not a happy camper, or so she told Politico. The Alaska governor thinks that the press is giving Caroline Kennedy preferential treatment. She is interested in seeing how Kennedy …

by Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon
Now in their 17th year, the P.U.-litzer Prizes recognize some of the nation’s stinkiest media performances. As the judges for these annual awards, we do our …

Shahid Buttar | Huffington Post
In the wake of Barack Obama’s election to the presidency, many progressives have bemoaned the seeming betrayal of his electoral mandate by the political moderation apparent in the President-Elect’s early appointments. …

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
Some in the Arab world are reportedly fearful of having Hillary Clinton as our next Secretary of State. There is concern that the New York senator is hawkish, and that her pro-Israeli …

Subject to Debate
by Katha Pollitt | The Nation
Something else remarkable happened on election day: voters rejected all
three anti-abortion measures on the ballot. In socially conservative
South Dakota, voters said no to an abortion ban with narrow …

Institute for Policy Studies Post-Election Analysis
On November 13, 2008, the Institute for Policy Studies provided post-election analysis by some of the nation�s leading progressives: Steve Cobble, John Cavanagh, and Bill Fletcher, Jr., moderated by …