Rethinking the Veepstakes
John Nichols : Electoral Reform
The process of picking a Vice President needn't be the craven political exercise it is today. Do we even need one?
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Recount: A Nightmare Revisited
Adam Howard : Television
HBO's Recount will bring back bad memories, which is precisely why you should see it.
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Pakistan's Plight
Tariq Ali : US Foreign Policy
A multidimensional charade is taking place in Pakistan, and it is not an edifying sight.
2007
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The Great Debate of 2008
Jerry W. Sanders : US Foreign Policy
The time is right for a Great Debate on America's purpose and place in the world. But neither Republicans nor Democrats seem up to the task.
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Relearning the Art of Diplomacy
Anatol Lieven : US Foreign Policy
Most candidates have no idea what it involves.
2004
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Kerry's Trade Winds
Tom Hayden & Lori M. Wallach : Globalization
Smart politicians and policy-makers adjust to reality.
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What Do We Stand For?
Mark Green : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left
A blueprint for a progressive patriotism.
2001
2000
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Democratic Vistas
What will the next four years bring? With luck, total gridlock.
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Indecision 2000
Election 2000 provided a dispiriting snapshot of our stalemated political system.
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The 'Stealth Campaign'
Jonathan Schell : Journalists & Journalism
A foggy campaign has ended in a deep fog, as if the people, not having been offered a true choice, have simply decided not to choose.
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Middling Against the Ends
Patricia J. Williams : Voters & Voting
We are choosing the world's most powerful leader. It is not an opinion poll, it is not a popularity contest and it is unlikely ever to be the vehicle for launching a progressive revolution.
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Down to the Wire
As the election draws to a close, tens of millions of dollars' worth of last-minute political action is being spent on behalf of the two major candidates. Bush is pushing his sincerity. Gore is marketing his desire.
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The Election and Beyond
Despite its disapointments, Election 2000 might yet turn out to be the progressive moment--when we stopped backing up and started moving forward.
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Questions From the Floor
A new poll showing that a majority of Americans have high levels of concern about a range of issues that are being ignored in the current campaign.
1999
This week: The Nation's reporter in Georgia talks for the first time about being assaulted by Ossetian paramilitaries. Plus: Dave Zirin recaps the olympic highs and lows, Barbara Crossette considers the future for Pakistan and John Nichols and historian Adele Oltman preview the Democratic Convention in the context of Dr. Martin Luther King's dream. (13mb mp3)
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