A Conversation with Joe Trippi A Conversation with Joe Trippi
John Edwards's political consultant talks about web-driven organizing, why Hillary Clinton may be the next Howard Dean and how bloggers and mainstream media are covering the campai...
Jan 8, 2008 / Feature / Ari Melber
The Bush Legacy: Journey to the Dark Side The Bush Legacy: Journey to the Dark Side
We have not come to grips with how centrally the Bush Administration has planted torture, abuse, kidnapping, and illegal imprisonment at the heart of governmental practice, the new...
Jan 8, 2008 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Amid Silence, Terror War Escalates Amid Silence, Terror War Escalates
Bush's "war on terror" is escalating without discussion or dissent amid the most open and democratic of American processes--the presidential debates.
Jan 7, 2008 / Feature / Tom Hayden
New Hampshire’s Nuclear Primary New Hampshire’s Nuclear Primary
Edwards and Kucinich oppose nuclear power plants; Obama and Clinton are very much in favor: Will voters care?
Jan 7, 2008 / Feature / Harvey Wasserman
A New Diplomacy for Pakistan A New Diplomacy for Pakistan
As American policy-makers and pundits seek a Plan B for Pakistan, it's time to recognize the desperate need for a new diplomacy for the Muslim world.
Jan 5, 2008 / Feature / Christian Parenti
Benazir’s Bequest Benazir’s Bequest
In the shock, power grabs and crackdowns that followed Benazir Bhutto's assassination, it's easy to forget that the greatest casualty in Pakistan is the rule of law.
Jan 4, 2008 / Feature / Amy Wilentz
A Night at the Caucus A Night at the Caucus
An Iowa native attends his home-town caucus, and discovers deliberative democracy at its freewheeling finest. d
Jan 4, 2008 / Feature / Ari Berman
Kenya’s Rigged Election Kenya’s Rigged Election
A stolen presidential vote--and not tribal conflict--has plunged Kenya into chaos and violence.
Jan 3, 2008 / Feature / Tavia Nyong’o
Castro Helps Chavez Avert a Coup Castro Helps Chavez Avert a Coup
An excerpt from Fidel Castro: My Life, a spoken autobiography.
Jan 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / The Nation
The Democratic Foreign Policy Wars The Democratic Foreign Policy Wars
All the candidates reject Bush's disasters--but that won't be enough for the next administration.
Jan 3, 2008 / Feature / Ari Berman