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April 24th: Remembering the Armenian Dead

Christopher Atamian | Posted 04.24.2012

Christopher Atamian

Turkey can delay, it can hem and haw and try to dissimulate, but the reality is that Armenians -- and their Greek and Assyrian counterparts -- have truth on their side; and as we have seen before in the course of human history, truth has a strange way of winning out, eventually.

WATCH: Current TV Host Rages Against Bill O'Reilly

Posted 04.18.2012

Current TV's Cenk Uygur attacked Bill O'Reilly on Tuesday night for saying that organizations on the far left "try to hurt families." Uygur discuss...

WATCH: Cenk Uygur's Current TV Show Debuts

Posted 02.05.2012

Cenk Uygur returned to the cable news airwaves on Monday with a simple message: "we are here to punch the establishment in the mouth." That straigh...

Weekly Audit: Government Shutdown Averted, But At What Cost?

The Media Consortium | Posted 06.12.2011

The Media Consortium

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Congressional leaders and President Barack Obama reached an eleventh hour budget deal on Friday night,...

Weekly Pulse: Florida Governor Wants to Drug Test All State Employees

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.30.2011

The Media Consortium

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Florida Republican Governor Rick Scott plans to force public workers and welfare recipients to undergo...

Final Score: Compassion 1, Bullying 0‏

Alan Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

Alan Grayson

For the first time this week, Republicans got that funny feeling that you get when you exercise a muscle that you didn't even know you had. That funny feeling the Republicans experienced was . . . a pang of conscience.

Ten Things You Can Do to Help Progressive Journalism

ZP Heller | Posted 05.25.2011

ZP Heller

What's wrong with this picture? Air America vanishes into the ether, while Glenn Beck indoctrinates 2.7 million daily viewers with his histrionic brand of right-wing lunacy.

Web Ad for Bobby Jindal Uses Celebrity Voices (and Mine) Without Permission

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

Cenk Uygur

How do I know? I'm one of the voices they used, which is quite curious because I am neither a celebrity nor anywhere near a Bobby Jindal fan.

Sam Stein

Progressive Hosts Vie For MSNBC's 10PM Slot

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

With MSNBC announcing that it was looking to fill its 10PM time slot with original broadcasting, two prominent self-avowed liberals are positioning th...

In Defense of Ben Lyons

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

Cenk Uygur

The whole entertainment industry is built around sucking up to celebrities. You think Ben Lyons is uniquely responsible for this? Have you watched any entertainment "news" in your life?

Give Someone a Compliment Today

Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.17.2011

Cenk Uygur

My close friends have already vomited and will not read my next three columns in protest. But I believe in joy.

Virginia + Pennsylvania = Good Night Sleep

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

Cenk Uygur

We might know who our next president is by 8:05 PM EST on Tuesday night. This has been such a long time coming for those of us who have been fighting the Bush administration for all of these years.

Why We're Carrying the Brave New PAC Ad About McCain's Health

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

Cenk Uygur

Starting Monday, The Young Turks will be carrying the ad that Brave New PAC and Democracy for America have put together on John McCain's health record...

Why the Right's Messaging is Working

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 05.25.2011

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

Why is the young brilliant upstart Obama only ahead by single digits. At least part of the reason is this: John McCain knows how to control his message.

Talk-Radio Host Accuses Colbert Of Stealing His Joke

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

A talk-radio host is claiming Stephen Colbert stole his joke. Cenk Uygur of Air America's morning show "The Young Turks" insisted on his program Wedn...