Moving Democrats Toward a Progressive Future Moving Democrats Toward a Progressive Future
Democratic National Conventions have come a long way since the last time the party's delegates met in Denver. In 1908, when the party met in this western city, African-Americans s...
Aug 24, 2008 / John Nichols
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
Biden’s Kitchen-Table Populism Biden’s Kitchen-Table Populism
Barack Obama stumbled at one point in his introduction of his vice presidential pick, telling the crowd in Springfield that he had come to "introduce you to the next President…t...
Aug 23, 2008 / John Nichols
On Iraq, Biden Is Worse than McCain On Iraq, Biden Is Worse than McCain
Barack Obama may be doing the one thing that might have seemed impossible: he's picking a running mate whose ideas about Iraq are even worse than, and stupider than, John McCain's...
Aug 23, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
A People’s Convention? A People’s Convention?
After a historical and exhilarating primary season, with unprecedented voter turnout and grassroots activism, some great venues at the Democratic Convention in Denver next week wi...
Aug 22, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Curb Your Enthusiasm Curb Your Enthusiasm
There's a lot less than meets the eye in the rumored US-Iraq accord. On the surface, it would seem that the US and Iraqi negotiators have sought to cut the baby in half, splittin...
Aug 22, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Scheunemann, Iraq and Georgia Scheunemann, Iraq and Georgia
If there's any comic relief in the war between Russia and Georgia, it's this statement from Randy Scheunemann, John McCain's top foreign policy adviser: "In the twenty-first centu...
Aug 21, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Stephanie Tubbs Jones: Champion of Electoral Justice Stephanie Tubbs Jones: Champion of Electoral Justice
Stephanie Tubbs Jones came on my radar in 1990 when, as a relatively young and little-known Cuyahoga County Judge, she mounted a progressive challenge to a conservative Republican...
Aug 21, 2008 / John Nichols
Patience Needed in Pakistan Patience Needed in Pakistan
Things are iffy in Pakistan, with the new civilian coalition getting shakier and the future of Pakistan uncertain after the resignation of Pervez Musharraf, the military president...
Aug 20, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
A Fateful Crossroads for America A Fateful Crossroads for America
As I wrote last week, the Georgian-Russian conflict has led to a humanitarian tragedy in the region that demands a careful and calibrated response--not a reaction that heightens ...
Aug 19, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel