A few days ago, the New York Times sketched out who would likely be in an Obama cabinet.read more

"On average, 46 percent think that U.S. relations with the world would get better with Obama," says a recent British Broadcasting Corporation survey. "However, only 20 percent think that relations would get better under McCain."read more

Tell me who you walk with,” goes the old adage, “and I’ll tell you who you are.” So let’s look at who is walking with Obama.read more

It seems that Barack Obama and John McCain are arguing over which war to fight. McCain says: Keep the troops in Iraq until we “win.” Obama says: Withdraw some (not all) troops from Iraq and send them to fight and “win” in Afghanistan.

As someone who has fought in a war (World War II) and since then has protested against war, I must ask: Have our political leaders gone mad? Have they learned nothing from recent history? Have they not learned that no one “wins” in a war, but that hundreds of thousands of human beings die, most of them civilians, many of them children?read more

Here’s who he shouldn’t rely on: Paul Volcker, Robert Rubin, and Lawrence Summers.read more

Chief among these: favoring nuclear power and obscuring the fact that the United States was an empire long before Bush Jr.read more

On this Labor Day, unions are thinking about Election Day.

They’re looking for a candidate who will enforce their rights, expand their legal protections and not buckle under pressure.

They’re betting on Sen. Barack Obama. But even if he wins, their job will not be over.read more

Why is Russ Feingold, the only bold opponent of Bush Administration shredding of the Constitution in the Senate, beginning with his lone vote against the Patriot Act, on nobody's short list?read more

Barack Obama does pose a dire threat to the coherence of Black politics, but not for Matt Bai's reasons.read more

Sen. Barack Obama should travel to Latin America.
His much-publicized trip to Afghanistan, Iraq, the Middle East and Europe made him look presidential.
But by not going to Latin America, he is giving short shrift to this crucial region.read more

If those are his convictions, or for that matter what he feels he must do opportunistically to get elected, why should we vote for him?read more

I am one of millions of Americans with disabilities who rely on the assistance of others to navigate through each day. I hire people to help me get out of bed and into my wheelchair and to perform activities of daily living. My workers are paid through a state program that is essentially funded by Medicaid.read more