President Barack Obama told labor leaders that Fox News had convinced voters he was a Muslim, according to a new book that will be released Tuesday. ...
Posted 03.19.2012
In a recent interview with Peggy Noonan of The Wall Street Journal, House Speaker John Boehner claimed that President Barack Obama "lost courage" last...
Jason Stanford | Posted 04.28.2012
What happened to the Republican Party that used to have a lease on the White House because it owned optimism?
Cliff Schecter | Posted 05.25.2011
Whether most journalists have been willing to see it or not, John McCain is not a statesman, nor has he ever been. He's a petulant bomb thrower. He's Simon Cowell in a suit.
The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011
This post features links to the best independent, progressive reporting about health care by members of The Media Consortium.
Mother Jones | David Corn | Posted 05.25.2011
It wasn't until the end of President Barack Obama's first full press conference in three months that a problem became clear....
Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011
How many times is the Obama administration going to roll over for Glenn Beck?
The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011
President Barack Obama's economic team was slow to recognize the severity of the jobs crisis, and now seems unable to get Congress to actually do something about it.
The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011
by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger On July 4th, Americans are supposed to celebrate their independence. We may no longer have to worry about a ...
The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011
By Zach Carter, Media Consortium Blogger Progressives have waited a year for President Barack Obama to roll up his sleeves and fight for serious finan...
Michael Winship | Posted 05.25.2011
Tragic events continuing out of Haiti make all the bad news for progressives this week wither in comparison. Nonetheless, over these last few days, fo...
Posted 05.25.2011
By David Corn, A Special From Mother Jones As Part Of Their Copenhagen Climate Conference Coverage When President Barack Obama was in Oslo last wee...
Posted 05.25.2011
Barack Obama needs to be wiling to earn the hate of some bankers in order to pass financial reform. That was the sentiment of Mother Jones journalist ...
Scott Shrake | Posted 05.25.2011
The mix of Beltway media personalities and Hollywood types was jarring but fun.
Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.25.2011
As some liberals make the case against a Special Prosecutor, the lawyers who fought for the release of the torture memos push back and explain why prosecutions are the only response.
Mother Jones | Posted 05.25.2011
The other day I ran into a Democratic member of the House of Representatives, and this person noted that he fancied the idea of appointing a special p...
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011
Chris Matthews revisited the decision to go to war with Iraq Tuesday night on "Hardball," hosting neocon hawk Frank Gaffney and Mother Jones' David Co...
Stephen C. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011
These economic notes are consistent with the conviction that Barack should steer clear of advisers who were taken in by, or complicit in, the rape of regulation of the last decade.
The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011
Special Debate Edition In the much-anticipated final presidential debate of the 2008 campaign season, the man who landed the greatest number of punch...
The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011
McCain not only pointed his finger angrily at his opponent, but chose to refer to a black man in a way that omitted any reference to his humanity. Even if that was not his intention, it was not a particularly deft move.
Verena von Pfetten | Posted 11.17.2011
Greetings from Denver! Your friendly HuffPost Living Editor is here to keep you posted on all the happenings at this fine Oasis of ours, including visitor commentary and VIP interviews with David Carr, Laurie David, and Don Hazen.
Gabriel Beltrone | Posted 05.25.2011
Intrigued by David Corn's suspicion that the McCain campaign was screening reporters, we decided to dig into our archive of calls and see if there was in fact a pattern of cherry-picking favoritism.
Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011
The involuntary resignation of HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson this week provides an opportunity to underscore and distinguish the three major failings of the Bush administration.
Posted 03.20.2012