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The Surgeon General Is Confirmed!

Linda Bergthold | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics


Linda Bergthold

Dr. Regina Benjamin has finally been confirmed for the post of Surgeon General. And the reasons for the delay have been varied, contradictory, and byzantine.

Jason Linkins

Rachel Maddow, Boing Boing Editor On McCain And Net Neutrality (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.26.2009 | Media


What the "Internet Freedom Act" would do is to allow Internet service providers to privilege their own content over competitors by slowing or blocking access to other Web content. It keeps alive the recent tradition of ironically named laws.

Yoga For Rachel Maddow

Tara Stiles | Posted 09.22.2009 | Home


Tara Stiles

Dear Rachel Maddow, Thank you for bringing us the news in a fun and entertaining way. Your smarts and sensibilities have lured me and many others ...

Slogging Towards Repeal

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics


Aubrey Sarvis

The nation's armed forces are stretched thin, very thin. Repeal of DADT is a national security issue, first and last.

WATCH: Pat Buchanan Literally Stuck In The 1950's

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 08.17.2009 | Comedy


Matthew Filipowicz

This past Thursday, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow had Pat on her show, where they had a long discussion about how Pat thinks the white man is the true victim of racism in America.

"Operation Iraqi Baseball": Rachel Maddow Spearheads Support For National Team (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Peter Drivas | Posted 08.16.2009 | Media


When Rachel Maddow reported a McClatchy story on Monday night about the Iraqi national baseball team, she didn't expect her brief mention of the team'...

Dear Media: Please Stop Reporting About Science

Jacob Dickerman | Posted 07.20.2009 | Media


Jacob Dickerman

There's nothing special about the moon. If it didn't exist, life on this planet would be largely the same,

"The Rachel Maddow Show" Only Cable News Program Nominated For TV Critics' Award

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 07.05.2009 | Media


MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show" is the only cable news show nominated for the Television Critics' Association Awards. In the category "Outstanding A...

Celebrities Hit Auction Block for Human Rights

Jeffrey Buchanan | Posted 06.05.2009 | Entertainment


Jeffrey Buchanan

The online auction will raise funds supporting the RFK Center's vital work around the globe.

Rachel Maddow Ratings Decline: March Lowest Month

Los Angeles Times | Yvonne Villarreal | Posted 05.23.2009 | Media


When MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show" debuted during the historic campaign of Barack Obama, the program's ratings soared and made its host a breakout ...

HuffPost's Ryan Grim Discusses The GOP Response On Rachel Maddow

Huff TV | Posted 06.10.2009 | Politics


Huff TV

Huffington Post senior congressional correspondent Ryan Grim appeared on MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show to discuss the GOP's response to Obama's budge...

The Media Business: It's the Perspective, Stupid

David Sirota | Posted 03.26.2009 | Media


David Sirota

You can create a pretty sizable audience in a cost-effective manner if your publication's perspective is what we can call The Rest of Us -- a perspective focusing on how public policy affects ordinary people.

Israel Waiting Until Obama's Inauguration To Let Reporters In: MSNBC Correspondent

Think Progress | Posted 02.09.2009 | World


Last night on The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC correspondent Richard Engel discussed Israel's refusal to let reporters into Gaza. "I've called everyday a...

Reflections on Graham Nash's Reflections Box Set

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.05.2009 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

Nash's trademark high harmony vocals and impressive writing talents fluidly traverse the box set's newly-mastered, 64 tracks with career highlights... and remixes galore.

Secret Service Issues New Policy: Bloggers to Go Shoeless

Rob Kall | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics


Rob Kall

The security organization took a preemptive position, requiring that all bloggers and journalists would be required to remove their shoes before entering secure zones.

When Left Is Right: How Rachel Maddow Became A Star

Newsweek | Julia Baird | Posted 12.23.2008 | Media


"Can you believe that sellout, Barack Obama?" says Rachel Maddow, looking around the room. "Let's hit him from the left!" It's 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 5, an...

Jason Linkins

Begich On "Maddow" Stresses Magnanimity, Change (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.21.2008 | Media


Victorious in his race to unseat Alaska's best known collector of illicit felony-booty Ted Stevens, Democratic Senator-elect Mark Begich made an appea...

Eric Holder Is Change I Can Believe In

Stacy Parker Aab | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics


Stacy Parker Aab

Like many Americans of all colors, I have a healthy respect, if not outright fear of law enforcement. One can't always expect fairness in the criminal justice system.

Tina Brown: Bush Library To Be "Halloween Shop Of Horrors," Presidency "A Chapter Of Hideous Accidents"

Huffington Post | Posted 12.19.2008 | Media


The Daily Beast founder and editor-in-chief Tina Brown appeared on "The Rachel Maddow Show" (guest-hosted by Alison Stewart, wife of executive produce...

Behind-the-Scenes Video: Arianna Guest Hosts Rachel Maddow's Show

Huffington Post | Staff | Posted 12.18.2008 | Media


Arianna is guest hosting "The Rachel Maddow Show" tonight and will be sending real time video from behind the scenes. Scroll to the bottom for a tour...

Slow Voting Process in St. Louis

Jeanine Molloff | Posted 12.05.2008 | Home


Jeanine Molloff

Long wait times to vote represent a covert 'poll tax.' Many people in low-income neighborhoods in Missouri are hourly wage earners who cannot afford to lose a day's wages.

No Counting Chickens Yet

Odile Weissenborn | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home


Odile Weissenborn

I met up recently with Ed Fancher, who published the Village Voice for 20. The Voice was very progressive during his tenure, so I assumed Fancher was another typical New Yorker for Obama. Think again.

Obama Airs Two Prime Time Ads in McCain's Home State

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 12.03.2008 | Home


Marlene H. Phillips

By Marlene H. Phillips and Dawn Teo For the first time in this presidential election, Barack Obama has aired not one but two prime time ads in my sta...

Amid New Media Landscape, Rachel Maddow Manages to Succeed in Old School Medium

Steve Miller | Posted 11.22.2008 | Home


Steve Miller

In an ever diminishing television world, Maddow has taken a large chunk out of the millennial generation and thrust them back in front of the tube. The combination of her intelligent approach and the most exciting presidential campaign in generations has produced a phenomenom.

Rachel Maddow Ratings Double, Regularly Top Larry King's In The Demo

New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 11.21.2008 | Media


Rachel Maddow, a woman who does not own a television set, has done something that is virtually unheard of: she has doubled the audience for a cable ne...