Obama From the Agora Obama From the Agora
Assessing Barack Obama's mythic destiny: will he become more Athenian than Spartan?
Jul 30, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Tom Hayden
1984: The Left, The Democrats and the Future 1984: The Left, The Democrats and the Future
Democrats seek the center--and lose their moorings.
Jul 29, 2008 / Feature / Alexander Cockburn and Andrew Kopkind
Woman in the House Woman in the House
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi talks about politics, sexism, impeachment, Obama, and her own personal VP pick.
Jul 29, 2008 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Colombia’s Heart of Darkness in NYC–and DC Colombia’s Heart of Darkness in NYC–and DC
Colombia paramilitary leaders extradited to face stiff US drug charges will dodge accountability for their atrocities. Rights watchers say their victims now have little chance fo...
Jul 29, 2008 / Feature / Bill Weinberg
Among the Missing Among the Missing
This Week: Congresswoman Kang takes a powder, her chief of staff Chet Kimbrough is on the mend and two plotting lovers get vamped on.
Jul 29, 2008 / Feature / Gary Phillips
Extreme Water Emergencies Extreme Water Emergencies
Floods, drought, pollution, wildfires: summer's extreme water conditions afflicting the United States this summer are a call to action. Why are we helpless?
Jul 28, 2008 / Feature / Elizabeth de la Vega
Women’s Advocate Is UN’s New Human Rights Chief Women’s Advocate Is UN’s New Human Rights Chief
Despite the Bush Administration's scramble to scuttle her nomination because she is--gasp!--a feminist, a South African judge is named high commissioner for human rights.
Jul 27, 2008 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
Obama’s Berlin Visit Obama’s Berlin Visit
A nation whose citizens have been largely turned off to politics held Barack Obama in a fervent embrace, viewing America once again as a place of new possibilities.
Jul 26, 2008 / Feature / Norman Birnbaum
Obama in Israel: One Tough Audience Obama in Israel: One Tough Audience
The media was enthused, but ordinary Israelis, cynical about their own political leaders, gave Obama a muted reception. The refrain here is "No, they can't," not "Yes, he can."
Jul 24, 2008 / Feature / Hillel Schenker
Dispatch from Minnesota: Al Franken v. Norm Coleman Dispatch from Minnesota: Al Franken v. Norm Coleman
By campaigning in the tradition of his hero, Paul Wellstone, Al Franken may have triumphed over the biggest threat to his candidacy--voter skepticism.
Jul 22, 2008 / Feature / Alexander Zaitchik