Electronic Pen

Jeremy Scahill Two years after the Nisour Square massacre, Blackwater remains in Iraq, armed and dangerous.

• Flushing Blackwater

Sebastian Jones The racist, antigay, pro-gun, antichoice, Christian nationalist march on Washington that conservatives don't want you to see.

• Max Blumenthal: The Unauthorized 9/12 Teabagger Tour
• The Daily Show: Jon Stewart Slams Beck, Tea Party Protesters

Greg Kaufmann As the economy continues to hemorrhage jobs, Congressman Keith Ellison of Minnesota is introducing legislation to increase eligibility for free school lunches.

Robert Scheer A president has only so much capital to expend, and Barack Obama is dangerously overdrawn.

• Katrina vanden Heuvel: Obama Shows His Progressive Spine
• Leslie Savan: Take the Obama Conspiracy-Theory Challenge

Tess Elliott Though Ken Salazar has vowed to clean up the mess at the Interior Department, his selection for director of the National Park Service, Jon Jarvis, only compounds it.

Dave Zirin & Sherry Wolf The salacious sports media and the puritanical zealots that run international track and field have joined forces to hit a new low.

John Nichols Things have not gone well this past year, despite what Barack "reluctant shareholder" Obama wants to suggest with an anniversary-marking visit to Wall Street.

Gary Younge It takes considerable skill to convince people that something that is clearly good for them--like universal healthcare--is not.

• Leslie Savan: Take the Obama Conspiracy-Theory Challenge
• Chris Hayes: Joe Wilson, You Lie!