Twelve Steps to Cutting Poverty in Half Twelve Steps to Cutting Poverty in Half
Last Wednesday, at the Center for American Progress (CAP) in Washington, the CAP Task Force on Poverty released the results of fourteen months of work in its report, From Poverty...
Apr 28, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Yeltsin–Father of Democracy? Yeltsin–Father of Democracy?
Boris Yeltsin, who died on April 23, was a towering figure in Russian political history. But was he, as so many US obituaries and editorials have described him, the "Father of Rus...
Apr 27, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
McCain, Kissinger and America as a Client State McCain, Kissinger and America as a Client State
On his way to formally announcing his latest bid for the White House, John McCain stopped to consult with the most high-profile supporter of his campaign to become the oldest firs...
Apr 26, 2007 / John Nichols
Shut It Down Shut It Down
This morning hundreds of human rights advocates nationwide began a three day fast to bring attention to the victims of the violence of the School of the Americas and to put pressu...
Apr 25, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Talking with Democracy Now Talking with Democracy Now
Here are links to a transcript of my conversation with Amy Goodman on the April 24 edition of Democracy Now. We discussed the legacy of Boris Yeltsin, the tragic death of David Ha...
Apr 25, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bill Moyers and the Fight for American Journalism Bill Moyers and the Fight for American Journalism
Bill Moyers is not the first American to ask with regard to the media coverage of the run-up to the invasion of Iraq: "How did the mainstream press get it so wrong?" The man who ...
Apr 25, 2007 / John Nichols
Equal Pay and Freda K. Equal Pay and Freda K.
Today is Equal Pay Day, and on Capitol Hill the American Association of University Women (AAUW) is testifying about its groundbreaking research on the pay gap between men and wome...
Apr 24, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Impeaching Cheney: Step One Impeaching Cheney: Step One
That Vice President Dick Cheney is the ripest target for impeachment in the Bush White House is beyond debate. Cheney was far more aggressive that President Bush in peddling mani...
Apr 23, 2007 / John Nichols
Running with Issues Running with Issues
The irrepressibly witty Maureen Dowd had a field day with John Edwards' haircuts in a recent column. First she dropped enough expensive brand names (Zegna, Christophe, Marc Jacobs...
Apr 23, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Race Worth Watching for France’s Presidency A Race Worth Watching for France’s Presidency
French voters have set up a race worth watching for one of the highest-profile presidencies on the planet. A pair of relatively young and dynamic candidates, conservative Nicolas ...
Apr 22, 2007 / John Nichols