The Real McCain The Real McCain
Worried about the McCain/Palin bump in the polls? Looking for a way to put that nervous energy to useful effect? Our friends at Brave New Films have been busy documenting the GOP ...
Sep 9, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Power Vote Power Vote
Whichever party takes control of the White House and Congress in November, citizens who seek a more just, fair and peaceful world will need to challenge an inside-the-beltway esta...
Sep 2, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Take Back Labor Day Take Back Labor Day
There's something a little perverse about the anti-worker Republican Party commencing its quadrennial confab in St. Paul, Minnesota on Labor Day. Fortunately for all Minnesotans,...
Aug 29, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Leave No Soldier Behind Leave No Soldier Behind
Despite polls showing that the majority of Americans are sick and tired of war in Iraq, see the invasion as a mistake, and want the troops to return home, the Democrats have manag...
Aug 27, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
They Got the Memo They Got the Memo
There's a dizzying array of panels, plenaries, protests and parties this week in Denver as 4,000 delegates, 15,000 members of the media and thousands of additional political touri...
Aug 26, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Denver: The Unofficial Guide Denver: The Unofficial Guide
This post will be continously updated during DNC week. While the Democrats, the Obama campaign and the attendant corporate sponsors pull out all the stops for this week's histori...
Aug 24, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
From Fannie Lou Hamer to Barack Obama From Fannie Lou Hamer to Barack Obama
The Nation is proud to be sponsoring the Denver Public Library's "I Am the Library" project. Here's the project's compelling new video created by the ultra-talented Audrey Spren...
Aug 11, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Edwards Lied! Who Cares? Edwards Lied! Who Cares?
Yes, it's a disappointing surprise, especially to fans of his wife Elizabeth, that John Edwards has admitted that the National Enquirer got it right when it reported he'd been hav...
Aug 8, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Counter Terror With Justice Counter Terror With Justice
On June 12, the Supreme Court issued the landmark ruling Boumediene v. Bush, which affirmed that detainees at Guantanamo Bay are entitled to the Constitutional right of habeas cor...
Aug 4, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Take Back the Tap Take Back the Tap
This video by Elizabeth Klein of the University of Cincinnati was the recent winner of the I *Heart* Tap Water Student Video Contest. The contest is a part of Food & Water Watc...
Aug 1, 2008 / Peter Rothberg