Community Organizers Discuss Obama’s Role as an Activist. Community Organizers Discuss Obama’s Role as an Activist.
Five community organizers from across the country assess the impact of Obama's history as an organizer.
Aug 13, 2008 / Feature / The Nation
Obama’s Voter-registration Drive Obama’s Voter-registration Drive
Obama's voter-registration drive could be the change America's been waiting for.
Aug 13, 2008 / Feature / Chris Hayes
Growing Demographic Groups Could Provide Obama Victory Growing Demographic Groups Could Provide Obama Victory
No matter who wins in November, demographic trends indicate that the era of backlash politics is over.
Aug 13, 2008 / Feature / Chris Bowers
What Obama Needs for Progressive Reform What Obama Needs for Progressive Reform
Here's how progressives can ensure Obama's success.
Aug 13, 2008 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Robert L. Borosage
The War We Don’t Know The War We Don’t Know
Up until now, the war between Russia and Georgia was framed as a simple tale of David versus Goliath. In fact, it is far more complex than this, morally and historically.
Illusions of Victory Illusions of Victory
The United States did not reinvent war after 9/11. It only thought it did.
Aug 12, 2008 / Feature / Andrew J. Bacevich
Dispatch From Georgia Dispatch From Georgia
As Russian troops occupy city after city in Georgia, the feeling here that the government has overestimated how much support it will receive from the West.
Aug 11, 2008 / Feature / Margarita Akhvlediani
Brad, Angelina and the Baby Bump Bonanza Brad, Angelina and the Baby Bump Bonanza
As print journalism faces extinction, tabloids obsess over celebrity pregnancy and childbirth. What's wrong with this picture?
Aug 11, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Meredith Blake
The Tragedy of Ehud Olmert The Tragedy of Ehud Olmert
The fall of Ehud Olmert is a tragedy for Israel and the world--squandering a genuine opportunity for a breakthrough in Israeli-Palestinian and Israeli-Arab relations.
Aug 11, 2008 / Feature / Hillel Schenker