The Fed Under Fire (VIDEO)
As details emerge of how the Fed secretly doled out more than a trillion dollars during the financial crisis, a rare bipartisan movement in Congress demands that the Fed be held accountable.
As details emerge of how the Fed secretly doled out more than a trillion dollars during the financial crisis, a rare bipartisan movement in Congress demands that the Fed be held accountable.
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics
The effort to increase the transparency of the Federal Reserve's operations has picked up surprising momentum over the last month, and has now surged ...
Chris Weigant | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics
While Barack Obama is making all the news headlines today for (finally!) doing some cheerleading for his recovery package (as it wends its way through...
Chris Weigant | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics
Love her or hate her, you have to admit that John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin for the Republican ticket this year was without any doubt the boldest political tactic of the year.
Chris Weigant | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics
Last week the Senate Armed Services Committee released a report which basically called Bush and his entire National Security Council war criminals.
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics
The loopholes which allow such corporate excess were not exactly handed down to Moses on tablets -- each and every loophole was approved by Congress.
Mike Sheehan | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics
Rep. Kucinich (D-OH) -- whom we around here affectionately refer to as the "Peace Gnome" -- is urging the L.A. City Council to free a captive elephant languishing in a county zoo.
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics
[Today's Hallowe'en column is in two ghastly parts -- one frightful, fingernail-chewing tale for each side of the corpse-ridden and zombified politica...
Elizabeth Holtzman | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics
The American people still have a chance to witness the Constitution in action as it appropriately limits the powers of this president, preventing further abuses by him or by his successors.
Stan Goff | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics
The Democratic Party leadership is more interested in winning elections than they are in doing their sworn duty to uphold the Constitution.
AP | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a former Democratic presidential contender, said Monday he wants the House to consider a resolution to impeac...
Tom D'Antoni | Posted 06.09.2008 | Home
Kucinich deserves our thanks and gratitude for standing on the floor of Congress Monday and reading the thirty-five Articles of Impeachment of George W. Bush.
Washington Post | Paul Kane | Posted 03.01.2008 | Politics
Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-Ohio) is back out on the campaign trail, where he always seems to be, hustling for votes in Tuesday's crucial Democratic pr...
Deborah Emin | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics
Several months ago I wrote an article that appeared on the Huffington Post called "Why Not Dennis?" and received an email from his campaign staff to t...
James Freedman | Posted 02.04.2008 | Home
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) was still running for president two weeks ago, despite polling in the single-digits and being excluded from debates...
Rick Jacobs | Posted 01.16.2008 | Politics
A statewide poll that shows one candidate way ahead may not accurately predict the delegate count, which is the only count that elects the nominee. And it also means this race may go on well past February 5th.
Blake Fleetwood | Posted 01.15.2008 | Politics
Wow! I am speechless at the banning of Kucinich from NBC Debate tonite by the Nevada Supreme Court a few minutes ago. An outrage and a real loss for ...
Blake Fleetwood | Posted 01.15.2008 | Politics
I studied the positions of the candidates at the New York Time's Election Guide 2008. Then I took the test at http://www.dehp.net/candidate/. ...
San Diego Union Tribune | Posted 01.15.2008 | Politics
NBC News said it will appeal a judge's ruling rather than include Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich in a candidates' debate Tuesday in...
Deborah Emin | Posted 01.05.2008 | Politics
"The consequences of this action is we see infomercials rather than a debate," said Etheridge when I asked her about Dennis Kucinich being shut out of New Hampshire.
Beverly Davis | Posted 01.02.2008 | Home
Des Moines--Barack Obama has already begun shoring up support among the lower-tier candidates who lack the money or poll numbers to be serious contend...
Merrill Goozner | Posted 01.02.2008 | Media
This is a multiple-choice question pulled from the MCAT to get into the DeVry School of Newspaper Editing: You're the page one editor of the world's...
Cleveland Plain Dealer | Posted 12.29.2007 | Politics
A new Pizza Hut ad (see YouTube video above) that uses slices of presidential debate commentary to tout a cut-rate pizza deal has angered backers of C...
Jennifer Bogut | Posted 12.25.2007 | Home
The candidates are all in festive moods this holiday season, judging from the emails pouring into my inbox. From tacky money grabs to trotting out the family, candidates used a variety of methods to woo voters.
YouTube tabbytabby | Huffington Post | Posted 12.10.2007 | Entertainment
Sean Penn delivered a speech at San Francisco State University, the text of which is here. Towards the end of the speech the president of the College ...
Long before $150,000-gate, Sarah Palin seemed to...
The Obamas dropped by the Vatican on Friday, with daughters...
Yesterday evening, Greg Sargent reported on The Plum Line that one of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's key reasons...
I never actually heard the words made famous by a certain man on a certain TV show. Instead I got a lot...
Jim Hansen is director of the NASA Goddard Institute for...
Don't write off Saint Sarah all you political pundits,...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The former fiance of Gov. Sarah Palin's...
Hermione herself, Emma Watson, charmed David Letterman and...
Think Progress flags David Brooks telling...
While we of course do not claim to know anyone's thoughts, we nominate these...
The Daily Show's John Oliver is unhappy with mainstream journalism, and even drearier...
For this week's installment of their "Lunch with the FT" feature the...
Al Franken's been anointed as Minnesota's junior senator, but how did the...
SYDNEY — Residents of a rural Australian town hoping to protect the earth and their wallets...
"What's for dinner?" A lot of us ask that question right...
Harry Hanbury | Posted 07.10.2009 | Business