By Mario Murillo First the good news: We’re two months away from President George W. Bush’s last full day in the White House. The countdown for the end of the nightmare has…
Category: Obama
Obama, Diamond, and Real Change
By Robert Weitzel On Election Day, Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! went to Malcolm X Boulevard in Harlem to interview voters. She asked 18-year-old Diamond, a first-time voter, why she voted for…
Obama: No War Crimes Charges Against the War Criminals
by Dennis Loo The news just keeps getting worse for those who have been expecting or hoping that Obama would make right that which has been so monstrously wrong. The following story…
Election Night in Harlem
By Malcolm Shore Sometimes, a wave of truth can be found within a sea of illusions. Case in point: When millions of Americans, together with the nation’s talking heads, describe…
What Now – The Difference Four Years Can Make
By Malcolm Shore Stunned. Sickened. Stricken with despair. These are a few words to describe the way tens of millions of Americans felt on November 3, 2004. Beneath all of those…
The Storms to Come: the Elections, a November Surprise, and the Aftermath
by Dennis Loo I have appended two news stories, the first from The Hill, "The Police prepare for unrest," and the other from the Washington Post, "On Al-Qaeda Websites, Joy Over U.S….
Dear Dave and Howard – On Your Obama Vote
by Dennis Loo Both Dave Lindorff and Howard Zinn have written new pieces about Obama and why they’re holding their noses and voting for him. Howard has been consistently and correctly…
Why Listen to Colin Powell, or Brokaw?
By Robert Parry Retired Gen. Colin Powell made what sounded like a heartfelt endorsement of Barack Obama – hailing the Democrat’s presidential qualities and criticizing the nasty tone of John McCain’s campaign….