Obama's First Policy Retreat?
On the campaign trail, Obama proposed a windfall profits tax on Big Oil. That promise has disappeared from his web site.  —By Nick Baumann

Follow the Money Deep Underground
New Mexico Dispatch: For Navajo activist Elouise Brown, there's no such thing as "clean coal." —By Shadi Rahimi

Greater Georgelandia II
In his final days, your President is working hard to keep Georgelandia going strong, long after he's gone, with last-minute rule changing and midnight regulating. —By Mark Fiore

Making Sense of the Taliban
An on-the-ground look at who the Taliban—a slippery movement that morphs from district to district—really are.  —By Anand Gopal

The Curious Retention of Robert Gates
Keeping Gates on as SecDef may give Obama political cover, but will it help him deliver on his promise to reform the Pentagon?  —By David Corn

Songs for the Mahdi Army
An Iraqi militia tour of Baghdad.
 —By Nir Rosen

Is Iran Policy Still Up for Grabs?
A familiar coalition of hawks and neocons expects Obama's proposed talks with Iran to fail—and they're already proposing an escalating set of measures instead.  —By Robert Dreyfuss

O Say Can You Buy?
Why going "Made in the USA" for a week left me hungry, broke, and half-naked. —By Nicole McClelland

The MoJo Interview: Joss Whedon
The geek god behind Dollhouse, Buffy, and Firefly talks about "womb envy" and why feminists are hot.  —By Sheerly Avni

The Free Market Clapper
Turn capitalism on or off however you choose. Just Clap On when times are good and government is the problem. Clap Off when you've got problems and the glorious state can provide. —By Mark Fiore

Why Somali Pirates Are Good For Obama
Will piracy in the Gulf of Aden help the incoming administration make nice with Iran?  —By Bruce Falconer

Empire of Depression
If original thinking doesn't find a home somewhere within Obama's forming administration soon, it will be an omen of an even more troubled future to come.  —By Steve Fraser

How's That Bailout Going?
Henry Paulson's bank-rescue program was always a turkey of a deal.  —By Nomi Prins

What About the Dirty Jobs?
Why green-collar gurus should stop condescending to the brown-collar crowd.
 —By Chris Lehmann

Larry Summers Revisited
Forget the comments about women in science—the most controversial thing about Obama's new economic point man is his 1990s fight against crucial financial regulations.
 —By David Corn

The MoJo Interview: Frank Rich
The New York Times columnist will miss George W. Bush even less than he misses Andrew Lloyd Webber.  —By Kiera Butler

Drill, Garner, Drill
How former Iraq administrator Jay Garner is destabilizing the very country he was hired to fix.  —By Anthony Fenton

MoJo Video: The Ex-Gitmo Detainee Next Door
If freed by a federal court, 17 Uighurs imprisoned at Gitmo may find new homes in northern Virginia. What will the neighbors think?  —By Stephanie Mencimer

Will Bill Clinton Disclose His Overseas Donors?
If Hillary heads State, Bill needs to come clean about the foreign officials and corporations funding his foundation and presidential library. —By David Corn

Who Rules the Pentagon?
Taking on the Pentagon may be the hardest task President-elect Obama faces.  —By Frida Berrigan

Who Will Obama Stimulate?
The President-elect supports a "big stimulus package." But will it bail out the growing ranks of the poor and unemployed? —By James Ridgeway

Change the Pentagon Doesn't Believe In
President-elect Obama wants to slash wasteful military spending. To Pentagon bureaucrats, defense contractors, and congressional porkers, this means war. —By Bruce Falconer

Big Green Brother
When Wal-Mart tells its workers to live and breathe sustainability, is it (a) creepy, (b) innovative, (c) greenwashing, (d) all of the above?  —By Katharine Mieszkowski

Why is Mitch McConnell Being Nice to Obama?
Addressing the Federalist Society, the top Senate Republican went light on the red meat—except when it came to judges.  —By Stephanie Mencimer

The GOP's Internet Insurgents
Republican techies are rising up against a party that can't reboot.
 —By Jonathan Stein

How Ford Lost Focus
For a decade, Bill Ford Jr. talked up fuel economy while his company peddled gas-guzzling SUVs and monster trucks. Is it too late for the automaker to shift gears to alternative fuels? —By Fara Warner

Obama's First Drama: Hillary Clinton
Amidst all the fuss, here's a question: Would Clinton run the State Department as poorly as her own campaign?  —By David Corn

Holder's DC Legacy: Not Much
If Democrats are looking for a crusader to clean house at the Justice Department, Obama's AG pick Eric Holder might not be their man. —By Stephanie Mencimer

The Adventures of a K Street Commando
How an Israeli operative tried to reelect George Bush, teach the Kurds new tricks, and make a few million in the process.  —By Laura Rozen

Obama's Agents of Change
Barack Obama's transition team includes corporate lawyers and lobbyists, but it also features academics and policy advocates who have devoted years to advancing the public interest.  —By David Corn

New York's Budget Battle: A Case Study for Obama?
Facing a deepening fiscal crisis, New York Governor David Paterson has proposed deep budget cuts. Dems, watch and learn.  —By James Ridgeway

Louisiana Court to BBI Spies: Testify or Else
A recent court ruling could shed further light on Beckett Brown International's spy ops on environmental groups.  —By James Ridgeway

The Seven Deadly Deficits
What the Bush years really cost us, and how President Obama can get the economy back on track. —By Joseph E. Stiglitz

Cleaning House
Where do defeated members of Congress go? First stop, a basement purgatory on Capitol Hill.  —By Jonathan Stein

Treasury's Blank Check
Congress is seeking answers on Henry Paulson's bailout "bait-and-switch." —By Nick Baumann

The Summum of All Fears
Can a fringe religious sect that believes in mummifying pets and their owners force a landmark Supreme Court decision on free speech? —By Stephanie Mencimer

Grappling With Gitmo
Barack Obama has said he wants to shut down Guantanamo. That's the easy part. What matters is what he does next.  —By Bruce Falconer

Are the Dems Plotting to Hush Rush?
Right-wingers are claiming Democrats intend to knock Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity off the airwaves by reviving the Fairness Doctrine. Here's why that's hot air. —By Stephanie Mencimer

The Case of the Missing Emails
Why a federal court rejected White House efforts to derail a lawsuit over internal emails.  —By Nick Baumann