Cluster Bombs Kill Kids Cluster Bombs Kill Kids
More than 100 governments, including virtually all major NATO allies, will gather in Dublin, Ireland to negotiate a global treaty banning cluster bombs on May 19. One important co...
May 9, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Newt Gingrich to GOP–Wake Up or Perish Newt Gingrich to GOP–Wake Up or Perish
In early 2007, The Nation published an extraordinary speech by Bill Moyers. In "A New Story for America," America's media conscience wrote of how "voters have provided a a respit...
May 8, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama’s Party Obama’s Party
Stoller makes the case. Micah Sifry replies here with his own thoughts. (Whoops! Accidentally posted this originally as a blank post with just the title "Obama". This occasione...
May 8, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Dept of Small Victories Dept of Small Victories
Yesterday, I blogged about a Pakistani couple that had been detained by Immigrations and Custom Enforcement for apparently no good reason. Today comes word they've been released...
May 8, 2008 / Chris Hayes
One in Four Republicans Reject McCain One in Four Republicans Reject McCain
Much has been made of the fact that a substantial portion of North Carolina and Indiana Democratic primary voters who cast ballots on Tuesday for Hillary Clinton told exit pollste...
May 8, 2008 / John Nichols
She Was a White American She Was a White American
Isaac Chotiner at TNR catches this line from Clinton, talking about her base: "I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on," she said in an interview with USA TODA...
May 8, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Clinton Backer McGovern: Time for Hillary to Quit Clinton Backer McGovern: Time for Hillary to Quit
When I interviewed George McGovern last summer about the Democratic presidential field last year, the liberal icon expressed the most enthusiasm about the candidacy of Illinois Se...
May 7, 2008 / John Nichols
Our Broken Immigration System Our Broken Immigration System
Why is the US government detaining an elderly Pakistani couple on immigration violations when they were planning to leave the country anyway?
May 7, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Split Result Helps Obama, But Leaves Race Undone Split Result Helps Obama, But Leaves Race Undone
The race for the Democratic presidential nomination did not end Tuesday night. A split result -- North Carolina solidly for Barack Obama, Indiana narrowly for Hillary Clinton -- ...
May 7, 2008 / John Nichols
Young Voters Hold the Key Young Voters Hold the Key
With an unprecedented number of youth voters participating in the Democratic primary this season, Anna MartÃnez--the Democratic National Committee's Deputy Political Director for...
May 7, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel