Hillary's Mystery Money Men
Russ Baker & Adam Federman : Lobbies/PACs
The men behind the money that made Bush now want to claim the Clinton campaign. Is someone cooking the books at Hillary Inc.?
2005
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The Myth of Small-Donor Clout
Nick Nyhart : Campaign Finance
Contrary to popular opinion, large donors dominated fund-raising even more than usual in the 2004 election cycle.
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Something Rotten in Ohio
Voting irregularities in the 2004 election demonstrate the urgency of election reform.
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Pomp and Improper Circumstance
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush
Bush will never be absolved of his immoral war.
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Turning Up the Heat on Bush
Robert L. Borosage : Democratic Party
Activists are pushing hard from below.
2004
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Being Left
Kathryn Schulz : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left
Reflections on love and politics.
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Looking Back, Looking Forward
Various Contributors : Democratic Party
A forum with Noam Chomsky, Mary Robinson, Mary Gordon, Eric Foner, Van Jones and many others.
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New Hampshire Recount, Act One
Old-fashioned paper ballots are the best guarantee of the democratic process.
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Recount New Hampshire
How accurate are those optical scanning machines?
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Progressives: Get Ready to Fight
Robert L. Borosage & Katrina vanden Heuvel : Democratic Party
Applying the lessons of 2004.
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He Won. Live With It, for Now.
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush Administration
In no time at all, Bush will be the lamest of ducks.
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Fears of a World Divided
Maria Margaronis : Great Britain
If most of Europe's people are depressed, some of their leaders are privately relieved.
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The UN Deserves an Apology
Robert Scheer : United Nations
"I want to cast my vote in favor of the United Nations."
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Single-Payer: Good for Business
Morton Mintz : Health Care Policy
But corporate America isn't buying.
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The Rehnquist Election
This election is a referendum on William Rehnquist's Supreme Court.
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Eminem Aims at Bush
Sam Graham-Felsen : George W. Bush
"Mosh" could be one of the most overtly political pop music videos ever produced.
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Nader's Flawed Calculus
Nader backers support Kerry more than Bush, Nation Institute poll shows.
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Mary Cheney, Mary Cheney
Katha Pollitt : Gay & Lesbian Issues & Activism
The Mary Cheney gaffe is like the "Dean scream"--a blip, a nothing, a wisp that the GOP wind machine wants to whip into a tornado of outrage.
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Art Makes a Difference
Alisa Solomon : Arts, Culture, & Entertainment
The Bush era has seen an explosion of sharply political creativity.
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Straight Down the Middle
Not being "middle class," the poor have been invisible in this campaign.
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Under the Veil, Who's for Kerry?
Many Arab-American voters loathe Bush, but they have little love for his rival.
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A Long Four Years in Midland
Bush's hometown is still behind him, but not with the enthusiasm of 2000.
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The Issue Left Behind
Linda Perlstein : Education Policy & Reform
Why the candidates won't talk about education.
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The 9/11 Secret in the CIA's Back Pocket
Robert Scheer : Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
The agency is withholding a damning report that points at senior officials.
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The L Word
Richard Kim : Gay & Lesbian Issues & Activism
Mary Cheney has devoted her entire career to providing cover for lesbian-hating organizations.
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James Baker's Double Life
Naomi Klein : Iraqi Reconstruction/ Occupation
Bush's special envoy has a private interest in Iraqi debt, documents reveal.
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Voting for the First Time
Carolyn Crane : Peace Activism
A conversation with Utah Phillips about Election 2004.
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'Radical to the Root'
A talk with David Cobb, the Green Party's presidential candidate.
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Rocking the Youth Vote--From 1972 to 2004
John Lennon spoke out then, as Bruce Springsteen speaks out now.
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Potemkin Government
Jonathan Schell : US Foreign Policy
Misrepresentation of programs, including weapon systems, is an old story.
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Springsteen for Change
The 2004 election does not merely pit red states against blue states; it places the cultural community against the Bush establishment.
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The Buck Stops in the Voting Booth
The Bush White House deceived Kerry and the rest of Congress.
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Signs of Our Times
Under the Radar magazine commodifies dissent--in a good way.
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A World Neglected
Sherle R. Schwenninger : US Foreign Policy
The foreign policy debate we should be having.
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Dumb and Dumber (and Dumber Still)
CBS's slip-up was such big news because it fit the right-wing script designed to shield the Bush Administration from accountability.
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The Dangers of a 'What the Heck' Vote
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush Administration
Don't say you weren't warned.
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Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
An anti-Bush backlash is growing among ranchers, hunters and property owners.
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Where Rather Was Right
Victor Navasky : Media Analysis
What Rather got right relates to yet another presidential narrative.
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Election Matters
The hypothetical is the only thing Kerry and his advisers can offer.
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Bush's Useful Idiot
What in God's name will convince Nader's remaining supporters to abandon his lemminglike march?
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Supporting the Troops, Doubting the War
Iraq is changing lives and political sentiments in a small Midwest town.
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If Only Kerry Were From the Bronx
With some street smarts, he might call those Republican bums out.
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Why Bush Left Texas
Evidence suggests that Bush left his National Guard unit for reasons pertaining to his inability to continue piloting a fighter jet.
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Bush, Kerry & Vietnam
The flag and uniform Bush has wrapped himself in should be ripped off.
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Arizona: Turning Blue for Kerry?
Marc Cooper : Democratic Party
Democrats hope demographic changes will translate into a win in November.
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The Girlie Vote
Katha Pollitt : Feminism & Women
Since when are women--51 percent of the population--a special interest?
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Infotainment at the RNC
John Sayles : Republican Party
The Democratic and Republican conventions can be fairly judged only as extended advertisements for the parties that staged them.
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2004: GOP Convention's Looney Tunes
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush
Good sizzle can always sell a lousy steak.
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When Red Meets Blue
A bipartisan dialogue in this election year? In New York City? During the Republican convention?!
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Now Hear This!
Hillary Frey : Student Movements
A once-sleepy population of artists and their fans has emerged as a loud and active proponent of political change.
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Political Alternatives
An outlaw assembly of non-established politics would definitely make for better television.
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Rust & Rage in the Heartland
Dale Maharidge : Conservatives & The American Right
Three years after 9/11.
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Populist Politics Meet Popular Culture
MoveOn is striving to move beyond the Washington consultant-driven ad model.
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Kerry Made a Bush League Error on Iraq
Robert Scheer : Iraqi Reconstruction/ Occupation
His refusal to recant his war vote plays into the President's hands.
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Closing the 'Religion Gap'
Bringing more churchgoers into the fold poses a complex challenge for Democrats.
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Sharp Tongues for Sharpton
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw : Democratic Party
Why did the pundits declare the Reverend's rousing DNC address to be "off-message"?
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Kerry's Past Is the Key to His Future
The paranoia that young Kerry warned against is now a staple of the Bush re-election campaign, and Kerry must meet it head-on.
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How They Could Steal the Election This Time
Ronnie Dugger : Voters & Voting
Electronic counts, unaudited touch-screen ballots, enhance opportunities for fraud.
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Searching for Spin
Ari Berman : Conservatives & The American Right
Trying to get inside the GOP's Boston war room.
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Ditch the Distraction in Chief
Naomi Klein : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left
Anybody but Bush. And then let's get back to work.
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Let's Not Devalue Ourselves
Katha Pollitt : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left
It is a mistake to give the right a monopoly on values by agreeing with them in a half-baked, yes-but, wishy-washy way.
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A Social Occasion
Jennifer C. Berkshire : Activism & Organizing
Social forums in the US face a monumental challenge in that our social movements, by contrast, are small and struggling.
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Victory in 2004--and Beyond
Katrina vanden Heuvel & Robert L. Borosage : Democratic Party
Election 2004 can help toll the end of the conservative era that has defined US politics for the past quarter-century.
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A People's Democratic Platform
Howard Dean, George McGovern, Walter Cronkite, Ellen Chesler, Margaret Cho, George Lakoff, Bakari Kitwana, John Brademas, Arthur Miller, John Sayles, Chuck Close, Andrew Jay Schwartzman, Doris "Granny D" Haddock, Jamin Raskin, Nell Minow, Lani Guinier, Studs Terkel, Sherrod Brown, Eric Schlosser, James K. Galbraith, Gary Indiana, Jeremy Bernstein, David Bonior
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Electorate Is Wising Up to the Iraq Blunder
Robert Scheer : Iraqi Reconstruction/ Occupation
So, you really can't fool all the people all the time.
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Rockin' for the Free World
MoveOn.org joins forces with Lollapalooza to make change in November.
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Who Let the Punks Out?
The young and the angry mosh the vote for the November election.
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Mission Unaccomplished
Bush remains a man on a mission--a dangerous one--to recast the world according to his limited views.
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Letter From Ground Zero
If truth must be an exile from the mainstream of politics, let it thrive on the margins.
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Getting Out Every Vote
Jeff Blum : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left
Three lessons for progressive organizing.
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Political Fictions
D4D has put together a calendar of high-profile readings, concerts and auctions designed to mobilize young voters in key swing states.
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'Deanie Babies' Grow Up
Anya Kamenetz : Student Movements
There may be an overlooked Dean legacy brewing.
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The Goldwater Parallel
Frances FitzGerald : Democratic Party
The Democrats can make a persuasive case that Bush is outside the mainstream.
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The Worst Form of Exploitation
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush Administration
A hypocritical Bush uses 9/11 images but resists an accounting of the truth.
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Beware the Bushwomen
Laura Flanders : Republican Party
Cast as moderate and benign, the White House's women are anything but.
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Florida...Again?
Marc Cooper : Democratic Party
Florida remains the most evenly divided state in a deeply polarized America.
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And the Winner Is.... Schwarzenegger, Again
The biggest winner in Tuesday's polling was arguably Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Get This Party Started
Hillary Frey : Student Movements
Music for America hopes to stir things up by shining a spotlight on issues of specific interest to younger people.
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Nader Is Crashing the Party Yet Again
Does he have no sense of accountability or shame?
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An Idea Factory for the Democrats
Robert Dreyfuss : Public Policy Groups
The Center for American Progress was conceived as the Democratic answer to the Heritage Foundation...
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Progressives Should Vote Edwards
John Edwards offers a real program of democratic renewal.
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Letter From South Carolina
Bruce Shapiro : South Carolina
The greatest threat to hopes of defeating Bush remains Democratic business as usual.
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Kerry's Army
Could Vietnam veterans and their families tip a presidential race?
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Dean's Fifty-State Strategy
Iowa and New Hampshire are important, but it takes 2,162 delegates to win.
2003
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Blue States, Latino Voters
Joe Velasquez & Steve Cobble : Latinos
It's time to target the electoral map differently.
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GOP Takes Lowest Road
Robert Scheer : Republican Party
A new ad questioning the patriotism of Democratic candidates is shameless.
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Ralph Redux?
Not only Democrats but many Greens oppose a Nader run in 2004.
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Needed: A Rural Strategy
Democrats can win the farm and small-town vote--if they pay serious attention.
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Who's Afraid of Dennis Kucinich?
The press seems to think Kucinich isn't serious precisely because he's serious.
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Republicans Relaunch the Antigay Culture Wars
Doug Ireland : Gay & Lesbian Issues & Activism
The GOP embrace of homophobia is more than simply a sop to the far right.
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Endangered Species of the American South
What the Democrats must do to survive.
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Al Gore Moves On
Ibrahim Ahmad, Ari Berman & Sasha F. Chavkin : Al Gore
A speech at NYU offers a stinging condemnation of Bush's leadership on the war.
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Meet The Nation: Howard Dean
Seen as the antiwar candidate, he shies away from being called a liberal.
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Racing Into 2004
John Nichols : Democratic Party
The campaigning has never been this intense this early.
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