Coretta Scott King: Death Penalty Abolitionist Coretta Scott King: Death Penalty Abolitionist
Coretta Scott King, the widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., who has died at the age of 78, should be remembered for many brave and selfless deeds. Chief amon...
Jan 31, 2006 / John Nichols
What Bush Needs to Talk About What Bush Needs to Talk About
State of the Union addresses rarely add anything of value to the national discourse. Rather, they are campaign speeches dressed up as major statements of public policy. Until the...
Jan 31, 2006 / John Nichols
Nader v Gore At Sundance Nader v Gore At Sundance
Check out the spirited dispatch about the last days of the Sundance Film Festival in today's New York Times. I think our electoral system might take a lesson from how the Festival...
Jan 30, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Screen Actors Homophobic! Screen Actors Homophobic!
I'm surprised the shrews at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation haven't come out with a press release denouncing the Screen Actors Guild as anti-gay since at last night...
Jan 30, 2006 / Richard Kim
Protest Bush’s SOTU Protest Bush’s SOTU
For those not tuning out the president's State of the Union speech this Tuesday night in favor of, say, the Knicks/Lakers game, there are myriad protests, panels and parties plan...
Jan 30, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
Liberal Bloggers–Tim Kaine Isn’t the Problem Liberal Bloggers–Tim Kaine Isn’t the Problem
Why are so many liberal bloggers up in arms about Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine being picked to give the Democrat's reply to Bush's State of the Union? There's been fury in the ...
Jan 29, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
New Day for Bolivia New Day for Bolivia
The inauguration of Evo Morales as Bolivia's first indigenous president opens a new era for Bolivia and a turning point for political, diplomactic and trade issues in the Americas....
Jan 27, 2006 / Feature / Tom Hayden
Checks, Balances and the Duty to Filibuster Checks, Balances and the Duty to Filibuster
No one runs for the U.S. Senate on the slogan: "Elect me and I will maintain the status quo." No one runs for the U.S. Senate promising to go along to get along. Yet, when push ...
Jan 27, 2006 / John Nichols
Sweet Victory: Campus Victory Roundup Sweet Victory: Campus Victory Roundup
Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. In the past few months, there's been a flurry of progressive activism on America'scollege campuses. The following victories reflect a mix of broa...
Jan 26, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
NYU–No More Ivory Tower NYU–No More Ivory Tower
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Jan 26, 2006 / Scott Sherman and Our Readers