Articles

Getting Out Every Vote Getting Out Every Vote

How can progressives substantially increase the number of low-income voters in 2004--and why does it matter?

Apr 8, 2004 / Jeff Blum

Rice on the Stand–And Afterward Rice on the Stand–And Afterward

[FOR AN UPDATE ON THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S RELEASE OF THE CONTROVERSIAL PRESIDENTIAL DAILY BRIEFING OF AUGUST 6, 2001, SCROLL DOWN TEN PARAGRAPHS.]

Apr 8, 2004 / David Corn

L’Amérique, Mon Amour L’Amérique, Mon Amour

Along with the Bible and Moby-Dick, Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America has got to be one of the world's least-read classics.

Apr 8, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare

The Beat Bush Brigades The Beat Bush Brigades

Dozens of progressive groups are working on everything from TV ads to voter turnout.

Apr 8, 2004 / Feature / John Nichols

Dishonest, Moronic or Both? Dishonest, Moronic or Both?

Grover Norquist, the right's premier political organizer, once told me that the most significant difference between liberal journalists and conservative journalists is that t...

Apr 8, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Trouble With 527s The Trouble With 527s

What should be done about 527s--those new organizations used primarily by Democrats (so far) to skirt the McCain-Feingold legislation passed in 2002?

Apr 8, 2004 / David Corn

A New Populist on the Block A New Populist on the Block

South Dakota has a proud populist tradition. In the late 19th-century, the state's farmers faced plummeting wheat prices and mounting piles of debt at the hands of large Eastern ...

Apr 8, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Turning Point in Iraq Turning Point in Iraq

When asked why the United States should not invade Iraq and overthrow Saddam Hussein, a prescient critic said, "Once you've got Baghdad, it's not clear what you do with it.

Apr 8, 2004 / The Editors

Chronicle of a Disappearance Chronicle of a Disappearance

A rough but accurate gauge of national resilience: When dictators fall, how soon do filmmakers rise again? In the case of Argentina, the recovery was impressively quick.

Apr 8, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Prison Without Walls Prison Without Walls

Our nation's two-decade spree of building prisons and sentencing even nonviolent criminals to long spells inside them has produced a staggering number of incarcerated people in A...

Apr 8, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Egan

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