New Nationalism

On Obama, Teddy Roosevelt, And The Not-So-Fierce Urgency Of Maybe Next Term

Arianna Huffington | Posted 02.16.2012

Arianna Huffington

During the campaign, Obama was fond of quoting Martin Luther King Jr.'s "the fierce urgency of now." But now, according to his 60 Minutes interview, we're supposed to wait for the fierce urgency of two or three more presidents?

TR's Speech 100 Years Ago: Inequality and Corporate Power

Chuck Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Chuck Collins

Roosevelt's speech speaks powerfully to us today because we confront, a hundred years after he spoke in Osawatomie, the same concentrated wealth and power that he so feared.