Grassroots Reseeded: Suites vs. Streets
Laura Flanders : This could be the year that Democrats finally let the people play a role in politics.
Christopher Hayes on Nevada caucuses, Calvin Trillin on Rudy Giuliani, Mark Mazower on Europe
Articles
-
-
Dems Get New Tools, New Talent
Matt Stoller : Democratic campaigns are refining the art of reaching more people.
-
They Like Mike
Micah L. Sifry : Is America ready for a nonideological problem solver with liberal views on gun control, gay rights and abortion?
-
Progressive Democratic Challengers
John Nichols : With the Congressional race under way, the essential question is: will the Democrats be more progressive post-Bush?
Letters
-
Letters
Our Readers & Eric Alterman : Eric Alterman and Alan Dershowitz exchange views on who speaks for American Jews; readers debate endorsements and praise Stuart Klawans's review of There Will Be Blood.
Editorials & Comment
-
The Panic of 2008
: A humane and sensible stimulus package would put money in the hands of those who need it.
-
Viva la Restauración
Christopher Hayes : Latinos supported Hillary Clinton in the chaotic Nevada caucuses, but how much do her policies support them?
-
Noted.
: Arguing Indiana's voter ID law; counting Bush's Iraq lies; remembering Chile's truth-teller, Patricia Verdugo.
-
Subprime Obama
Max Fraser : He should stiffen his meager bailout plan and call for a moratorium on foreclosures and serious government intervention.
-
Black Women Talk Barack
Amy Alexander : It's like one big family squabble among feminists, activists and post-civil-rights-era voters.
Reviews
-
book
A Test of Poetry
James Longenbach : More than any other American poet, George Oppen begs us to consider the elusive relationship between aesthetic and political responsibilities.
-
book
Weather Reports
Maurice Isserman : The radical individualism of the New Left was hardly un-American: A batch of new memoirs show the Weatherman followed a distinctly American tradition.
-
book
Rambling Man
Mark Mazower : A modern-day Rip Van Winkle challenges the view that Europeans are too wrapped up in their past to move on.
Columns
-
DEADLINE POET
One Possible Explanation for Surveys Showing That Rudy Giuliani May Not Win His Own State
Calvin Trillin : O Captain, not my Captain.
-
THE LIBERAL MEDIA
Wall Street to Daily Papers: 'Drop Dead'
Eric Alterman : How can newspapers survive financial meltdown if they surrender to a culture of defeat?
-
BENEATH THE RADAR
Some Things Even Obama Can't Transcend
Gary Younge : Before we can talk sensibly about transcending difference, we must first transform the conditions that give these differences meaning.
Web
-
MoveOn Weighs Dem Endorsements
Ari Melber : The netroots powerhouse is surveying its members on whom to support. It's a test of the candidates and of the progressive movement.
-
Memo: Where Do the Democrats Stand on Iraq?
Tom Hayden : A deep look into how the candidates propose to bring the troops home and deal with the continuing military dilemma.
-
TruthDig
Obama, Clinton and the War
Robert Scheer : Ted Kennedy's endorsement of Barack Obama sheds some needed light on Hillary's hawkishness and the real differences between the candidates.
-
Justified Violence: Breaking the Gaza Wall
Allan Nairn : The breaking of the Gaza-Egypt wall is clearly a good thing, and a rare example of the moral--and also wise--use of violence in politics.
-
South Carolina, What Could Have Been?
Stephen Colbert : Inspired by The Nation's intrepid reporting, Stephen Colbert asks what would have been if he'd stayed on the South Carolina ballot.
-
Bush's War of All Against All
Allan Nairn : A leader who waged war with impunity shouldn't be surprised to someday be called to account for his actions.
-
A Torch Passed
Amy Alexander : With a veritable Mount Rushmore of Kennedy faces arrayed behind him, Barack Obama received powerful symbolic and political support from the icons of the liberal establishment.
-
Endorsing Obama
Tom Hayden : The movement he's inspired holds the promise of a new cycle of activism, reform and fresh thinking. So I will support him through the inevitable storms ahead.
-
Right to Strike Imperiled in Cananea
David Bacon : If the Mexican government and Grupo Mexico succeed in smashing a miners' strike, the reverberations will be felt even across the US border.
-
Letter From Vietnam
Dustin Roasa : As Vietnam becomes a player in world trade, its human rights record and treatment of dissidents come under increased scrutiny. The world must do more.
-
Nevada and South Carolina: Youth Voting Results
In Nevada, the turnout for progressive candidates surpassed that for GOP candidates by a 3:1 margin...
-
Fellow Travelers
Young People For's fellows work for change from the bottom up. Get the lowdown on this generation's budding grassroots leaders.
-
Fiction
Fairy Tales
Gary Phillips : At her mentor's funeral, Cynthia Kang revisits ghosts of the past, receives a cryptic message, and watches the detectives watching her.
Cover by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
Get the Full Experience!
RSS