Van Jones Explains 9/11 Petition In One Of His First Post-White House Interviews (VIDEO)
Van Jones, President Obama's former "Green Jobs Czar," spoke to Tavis Smiley in one of his first public interviews since his resignation last year. J...
Van Jones, President Obama's former "Green Jobs Czar," spoke to Tavis Smiley in one of his first public interviews since his resignation last year. J...
Salon | Laura Miller | Posted 02.24.2010 | Politics
WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Iowa Democrat Tom Harkin, told Salon Wednesday night that a ...
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 02.25.2010 | Politics
It was understood that concerns about Emanuel's abrasive personality and general political outlook could be ignored if he helped Obama succeed in the White House. Emanuel, however, has not helped Obama succeed in the White House.
Media Matters Action Network | Posted 02.24.2010 | Politics
Speaking on the House floor last night, Rep. Broun (R-GA) labeled President Obama's economic agenda "voodoo economics." His reasoning: "you have to b...
Tony Blankley | Posted 02.24.2010 | Politics
We had better hope our government isn't broken -- or we are likely to have more to worry about than 10 percent unemployment.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.23.2010 | Politics
The White House is publicly treating Thursday's bipartisan health care summit as just another step in the process of passing comprehensive reform legi...
Daphne Eviatar | Posted 02.24.2010 | Politics
If White House officials were instructing the 'torture memo' authors to create legal justifications for a program those officials knew was likely illegal, then we have evidence of a high-level criminal conspiracy.
Politico | Posted 02.23.2010 | Politics
Emanuel's main job is serving as President Barack Obama's not-so-mild-mannered point man on the renewed, possibly quixotic final push for health care ...
Elisa Massimino | Posted 02.22.2010 | Home
Human Rights activists from more than 25 countries gathered in Washington last week for a meeting designed to mobilize greater support for those strug...
Rahim Kanani | Posted 02.22.2010 | Politics
Logic dictates that the higher you rise, the higher it is find friends you can trust. As Barack Obama rose to the most coveted office in the US, Valerie Jarrett became evermore important.
Ellen R. Shaffer | Posted 02.22.2010 | Politics
The White House health care reform bill is a modest policy proposal based on the senate bill. It frames a bold political gamble that the summit on Thursday will cut through the rabble-rousing rancor.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.22.2010 | Politics
President Obama officially released his own health care reform proposal on Monday in a last-ditch effort to unite the Democratic Party around some sor...
Steve Clemons | Posted 02.21.2010 | Media
Let's set aside for another post the fact that Milbank's column seems to channel Rahm directly. I wondered if there was a foundation in their relationship for this kind of adoration. Well, maybe.
Megan Smolenyak | Posted 02.26.2010 | Home
Not long ago, I wrote about Michelle Obama's family in Henry County, Virginia and shared this document in which her Jumper ancestors indicated that th...
Megan Smolenyak | Posted 02.23.2010 | Home
President Obama's election was no doubt historic, but in a sense, the presence of Michelle Obama in the White House is even more remarkable. She, dau...
The Washington Post | Stephen Lowman | Posted 02.19.2010 | Books
In this era of blog wildfires, one fast-moving flame can be quenched before it scorches the facts: First Lady Michelle Obama did not stock the White H...
New York Times | DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and ROBERT PEAR | Posted 02.18.2010 | Politics
WASHINGTON -- President Obama will put forward comprehensive health care legislation intended to bridge differences between Senate and House Democrats...
Jim Wallis | Posted 02.18.2010 | Politics
I believe our nation is in deep trouble. Sometimes things get so bad that you really don't know what to say or do. When that happens, it's a good time to fast and pray.
Chris Weigant | Posted 02.17.2010 | Politics
Because I wanted as wide an audience as possible, I wrote this article the way I did. Because I know in advance that I'm "being observed," I changed my presentation. The same is true in politics.
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 02.17.2010 | Politics
Obama's loss of control over the political agenda threatens to make his presidency irrelevant.
Susan Stiffelman | Posted 02.17.2010 | Living
It really does take a village to raise a child. We are, at heart, tribal creatures, meant to bring our kids up in the midst of aunties and poppas and neighboring kids who wander in and out of our "hut."
AP | Posted 02.17.2010 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden says "Washington right now is broken" and the country is in "deep trouble" unless it attacks ballooning fe...
Posted 02.17.2010 | Politics
Evan Bayh is not a centrist, he's a corporatist, according to Bill Maher. Maher appeared on "Anderson Cooper 360" Tuesday night to comment on the sta...
Huff TV | Posted 02.15.2010 | Politics
HuffPost's Senior Congressional Correspondent Ryan Grim appeared on MSNBC Monday to talk about Democratic candidates willing to turn against President...
OpenLeft | Chris Bowers | Posted 02.15.2010 | Politics
On February 8th, Republican House leader John Boehner sent a letter to the White House, demanding that the White House post online any health care pro...
Posted 02.24.2010 | Politics