The Pincer Strategy The Pincer Strategy
Growing concern over Bush's abuses of executive power could be the force that unites Democrats, Republicans and libertarians in a broad, nonpartisan effort to defend the Constituti...
Jun 8, 2006 / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
UN to US: End the Abuse UN to US: End the Abuse
UN Deputy Secretary Mark Malloch Brown's measured reprimand of the Bush Administration was not an attack. It was a call for real US leadership instead of the bullying tactics of Jo...
Jun 8, 2006 / Feature / Ian Williams
Bold Ballot Initiatives Bold Ballot Initiatives
Progressive organizations are learning to use ballot propositions to promote bold, innovative policy on the minimum wage, renewable energy, stem cell research and voting reform.
Jun 8, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Sam Graham-Felsen
Fighting for a Fair Vote Fighting for a Fair Vote
Voting debacles in Florida and Ohio have inspired a new crop of Democratic candidates to run for Secretary of State, transforming an oft-neglected post into a platform for activism...
Jun 8, 2006 / John Nichols
On the Move On the Move
It's time for conviction, not caution, as Democratic voters show they would support a party that promised the country a course correction--an exit from Iraq and an end to corruptio...
Jun 8, 2006 / The Editors
La Lucha Continua: Solidarity Across Time La Lucha Continua: Solidarity Across Time
Solidarity, if it is to mean much, must exist not merely in a white-hot moment. It must extend across the arc of history, at least until damage wrought in a particularly dark time...
Jun 8, 2006 / John Nichols
The Death of Zarqawi The Death of Zarqawi
It's good news that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is dead. Any member of the civilized world ought to cheer the demise of a terrorist who killed civilians with bombi...
Jun 8, 2006 / David Corn
Is There a Gay in the House? Is There a Gay in the House?
I dutifully sat through 85 minutes of C-SPAN's live coverage of the Senate's debate on same-sex marriage before my TV mysteriously clicked over to the French Open on ESPN. They we...
Jun 7, 2006 / The Nation
Think Red Thoughts Think Red Thoughts
Apropos of my last post about Francine Busby's special election loss, National Journal's Hotline blog has a good summary of where some of the most competitive House races will be ...
Jun 7, 2006 / The Nation
No Majority for Discrimination No Majority for Discrimination
President Bush threw what was left of his influence on Capitol Hill behind the move by social conservatives to amend the Constitution to discriminate against gays and lesbians. Bu...
Jun 7, 2006 / John Nichols