Get Out on March 19 Get Out on March 19
It's time to start making plans for what are expected to be a nationwide series of antiwar protests from March 18 to March 20 to mark the second anniversary of the invasion of Ira...
Mar 1, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
She Has the Power She Has the Power
Gloria Totten is the savvy executive director of Progressive Majority--and she's bullish about Howard Dean's ascendance: he will speak "with a clear voice," pursue a "movement-bui...
Feb 28, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Dems Forget First Amendment Dems Forget First Amendment
What is the issue on which Congressional Democrats are least likely to take a bold--and appropriate--stand? War and peace? No. More than 126 House Democrats voted against the use...
Feb 28, 2005 / John Nichols
Making It Even Harder to Make Ends Meet Making It Even Harder to Make Ends Meet
Your credit card issuers are hoping that the sixth time will be the charm for a bill they've been pushing since the Clinton years: "The Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act" (now S.256 ...
Feb 25, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Facing South Facing South
Ex-Nation intern Chris Kromm and the Institute for Southern Studies--a "think tank/act tank" founded by civil rights veterans, which publishes the award-winning Southern Exposure ...
Feb 23, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Hunter Thompson’s Political Genius Hunter Thompson’s Political Genius
He taught me how to look at politics—and how to do politics.
Feb 22, 2005 / John Nichols
Visit Your Rep During President’s Week Visit Your Rep During President’s Week
During the week of President's Day, Senators and Representatives go home on recess. 20/20 Vision and the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) are taking advantage of t...
Feb 22, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
No Stems, No Seeds No Stems, No Seeds
In secretly taped conversations in 1998 and 1999, President Bush admitted to deliberately "stoned-walling" the press about his past drug use during the 2000 election. Quote: "I ...
Feb 22, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Anti-Imperialist GW The Anti-Imperialist GW
America has become a profoundly--and tragically--ahistoric country. As such, the 273rd anniversary of the birth of George Washington will pass this Tuesday with little note. Washi...
Feb 20, 2005 / John Nichols
Church Folks for a Better America Church Folks for a Better America
George Hunsinger gives the lie to the Right's caricature of progressives as anti-religious zealots. As a minister, the McCord professor of theology at Princeton Theological Semina...
Feb 18, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel