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
Laura Flanders : This could be the year that Democrats finally let the people play a role in politics.
Matt Stoller : Democratic campaigns are refining the art of reaching more people.
Micah L. Sifry : Is America ready for a nonideological problem solver with liberal views on gun control, gay rights and abortion?
John Nichols : With the Congressional race under way, the essential question is: will the Democrats be more progressive post-Bush?
Our Readers & Eric Alterman
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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.
: A humane and sensible stimulus package would put money in the hands of those who need it.
Christopher Hayes
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Latinos supported Hillary Clinton in the chaotic Nevada caucuses, but how much do her policies support them?
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Arguing Indiana's voter ID law; counting Bush's Iraq lies; remembering Chile's truth-teller, Patricia Verdugo.
Max Fraser : He should stiffen his meager bailout plan and call for a moratorium on foreclosures and serious government intervention.
Amy Alexander : It's like one big family squabble among feminists, activists and post-civil-rights-era voters.
James Longenbach : More than any other American poet, George Oppen begs us to consider the elusive relationship between aesthetic and political responsibilities.
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.
Mark Mazower
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A modern-day Rip Van Winkle challenges the view that Europeans are too wrapped up in their past to move on.
Calvin Trillin
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O Captain, not my Captain.
Eric Alterman : How can newspapers survive financial meltdown if they surrender to a culture of defeat?
Gary Younge : Before we can talk sensibly about transcending difference, we must first transform the conditions that give these differences meaning.
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.
Tom Hayden : A deep look into how the candidates propose to bring the troops home and deal with the continuing military dilemma.
Robert Scheer : Ted Kennedy's endorsement of Barack Obama sheds some needed light on Hillary's hawkishness and the real differences between the candidates.
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.
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.
Allan Nairn : A leader who waged war with impunity shouldn't be surprised to someday be called to account for his actions.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In Nevada, the turnout for progressive candidates surpassed that for GOP candidates by a 3:1 margin...
Young People For's fellows work for change from the bottom up. Get the lowdown on this generation's budding grassroots leaders.
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