Red Scare

Exorcising America's Diplomatic Demons

Robert Scheer | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics


Robert Scheer

What we need is for Obama to pull a Nixon and attempt to cut a deal with Tehran as well as with competing forces in Afghanistan that meets their nationalist aspirations and our security interests.

Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg Documents Radio/TV Diva Gertrude Berg Popular from Great Depression Through McCarthy Era

Penelope Andrew | Posted 11.18.2009 | Entertainment


Penelope Andrew

Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg underscores a unique moment in our history when the Jewish experience crossed over into households composed of African Americans and Midwesterners, as they all listened to The Rise of the Goldbergs.

Learning From History On Health Care Reform

Sahil Kapur | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics


Sahil Kapur

The most transformative health care overhauls that succeeded in the last century employed the same strategy: build on what we've got and let the changes happen organically.

The Wingnut Revolution

Bob Cesca | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics


Bob Cesca

What the far-right appears to suggest is that ideas that are supported by 82% of Americans are criminal acts of tyranny, and an eventual tax increase of pennies on the dollar for the wealthiest 2% is worthy of opposition by revolutionary means.

Finally, Health Insurance 90 Years Late

Paul A. London | Posted 12.04.2008 | Business


Paul A. London

Americans do not understand how close the country came to having universal health insurance nine decades ago or why it failed.