Inside Kenya’s Overflowing Refugee Camps Inside Kenya’s Overflowing Refugee Camps
The famine in Somalia was not simply sparked by nature but by disastrous foreign interventions that are now impeding aid.
Aug 15, 2011 / Lauren Sutherland
A ‘Troublemaker’ Looks Back on an Era of Hope and Upheaval A ‘Troublemaker’ Looks Back on an Era of Hope and Upheaval
For half a century, Bill Zimmerman has labored for progressive causes as an organizer and political consultant. In a new memoir, he looks back on his career with an unwavering comm...
Aug 15, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Danny Goldberg
How Did Michele Bachmann Win the Iowa Straw Poll? How Did Michele Bachmann Win the Iowa Straw Poll?
Originally seen as a long-shot candidate, Bachmann's ability to successfully fuse the small government, anti-tax rhetoric of the Tea Party with the ideology of the religious right ...
Aug 15, 2011 / Democracy Now!
Boycott Campaign Contributions? That’s a Terrible Idea Boycott Campaign Contributions? That’s a Terrible Idea
The New York Times’s Joe Nocera might think otherwise, but a boycott of campaign contributions and fundraising is the last thing you want in a representative democracy.
Aug 15, 2011 / Jamelle Bouie
Rick Perry’s Neocon Friends Rick Perry’s Neocon Friends
Isn’t one war-crazed governor from Texas enough for this century?
Aug 15, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Challenging US Claims on Civilian Deaths in Drone Attacks Challenging US Claims on Civilian Deaths in Drone Attacks
Dennis Blair opposes drones, but stays mum on victims.
Aug 15, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
GOP Front-runners’ Hostility to Government Motivates Fiscal, Social Conservatives in Iowa GOP Front-runners’ Hostility to Government Motivates Fiscal, Social Conservatives in Iowa
At the Iowa straw poll, Michele Bachmann—and Ron Paul—offered up the tough talk on the deficit, and on religion, that voters wanted.
Aug 15, 2011 / Sarah Posner
A Handful of Rural Right-Wing Extremists Chase Tim Pawlenty Out of the Race A Handful of Rural Right-Wing Extremists Chase Tim Pawlenty Out of the Race
A small sample of far-right-wing Iowa Republicans favored Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann over Tim Pawlenty in the meaningless Iowa Straw Poll. So Pawlenty dropped out of the preside...
Aug 14, 2011 / Ben Adler
Bernie Sanders Talks Up Primary Challenge to Obama as ‘a Good Idea for Our Democracy and for the Democratic Party’ Bernie Sanders Talks Up Primary Challenge to Obama as ‘a Good Idea for Our Democracy and for the Democratic Party’
The Vermont independent is not running for president, but he says it’s time “that people start asking the president some hard questions about why he said one thing duri...
Aug 14, 2011 / John Nichols
Religious Right Propels Michele Bachmann, the ‘American Margaret Thatcher,’ Over the Top in Iowa Religious Right Propels Michele Bachmann, the ‘American Margaret Thatcher,’ Over the Top in Iowa
For Iowa voters, Bachmann's Christian rhetoric, combined with staunch opposition to raising the debt ceiling, sealed the deal.
Aug 13, 2011 / Sarah Posner