Progressive Upsets Compromising Congressman Progressive Upsets Compromising Congressman
After the years of fighting from the outside to change politics and policy as the co-founder and first executive director of the National Network to End Domestic Violence and then...
Feb 13, 2008 / John Nichols
Help Stop US Torture Help Stop US Torture
Michael Mukasey may not be sure if waterboarding is torture but most of the rest of the world has no problem seeing this brutal practice for what it is. Tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb...
Feb 12, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Sherrod Brown on How to Win in Ohio Sherrod Brown on How to Win in Ohio
In 2006, Sherrod Brown ran on an anti-war populist economic message and won in towns across Ohio long written-off by Democrats. On March 4, the Democratic primary will be held i...
Feb 12, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Edwards Primary The Edwards Primary
Barack Obama had planned to veer off the "Potomac Primary" campaign trail after his last rally in Baltimore tonight and fly to Chapel Hill for a private meeting with John Edwards....
Feb 11, 2008 / John Nichols
A Campaign to Stop Stoning A Campaign to Stop Stoning
Iranian judges apparently didn't get the memo about the moratorium onstoning issued in 2002 by Ayatollah Shahroudi, head of the judiciary.According to Amnesty International, nin...
Feb 11, 2008 / Katha Pollitt
As Maine Goes… As Maine Goes…
Barack Obama won the Maine caucuses by a wide margin Sunday night, securing 59 percent of the vote to just 40 percent for Hillary Clinton. That's 15 more delegates for Obama, nin...
Feb 11, 2008 / John Nichols
The Shame of St. Louis The Shame of St. Louis
Over the past seven years, as Michael Reynolds wrote in a Nation cover story last June, George W. Bush's faith-based Administration has transformed the small-time abstinence-only ...
Feb 8, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Edwards Primary: A Key Win For Obama Edwards Primary: A Key Win For Obama
David Obey really did want to vote for John Edwards for president. In fact, aside from the former candidate himself, there could be few better barometers than the chairman of the...
Feb 8, 2008 / John Nichols
Avoiding a Convention Train Wreck Avoiding a Convention Train Wreck
One thing that's clear after last night, we've got a tough and potentially ugly delegate fight ahead of us for the Democratic nomination. Not only might the unaccountable and und...
Feb 6, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Hillary’s Latino Appeal Hillary’s Latino Appeal
The 2008 race for the Democratic presidential nomination will produce the first African-American president or the first woman president. On Super Tuesday, according to exit polls...
Feb 6, 2008 / John Nichols