Goodbye Howard Zinn Goodbye Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn, the Boston University historian and political activist who was an early opponent of US involvement in Vietnam and the author of the seminal A People's History of the U...
Jan 27, 2010 / Peter Rothberg
Michael Jackson: Freak Like Me Michael Jackson: Freak Like Me
Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, is dead of a heart attack at the age of 50. Without his extravagant eccentricities and ambiguous, obsessive relationships to race, gender, mortali...
Jun 26, 2009 / Richard Kim
On Elizabeth Edwards On Elizabeth Edwards
Elizabeth was smart, tough and unafraid of political engagement. Hers was a story that resonated with women across partisan differences.
May 11, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry
John Gofman’s Nuclear Courage John Gofman’s Nuclear Courage
Remembering an eminent scientist who fought tirelessly to protect human health from the hazards of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy.
Sep 14, 2007 / Feature / Joseph J. Mangano
Yeltsin’s (Real) Legacy Yeltsin’s (Real) Legacy
Don't believe the glowing obituaries: Boris Yeltsin's legacy was to de-democratize Russia.
May 2, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Dorothy Healey Dorothy Healey
An appreciation of one of the last members of the left's "greatest generation," known for her physical courage, warmth and intelligence, who spent a lifetime arguing eloq...
Aug 24, 2006 / Mike Davis
Galbraith Remembered Galbraith Remembered
At a memorial service for John Kenneth Galbraith at Harvard University's Memorial Church, economist and biographer Richard Parker eulogized an extraordinary man.
Jun 1, 2006 / Feature / Richard Parker
Reverend William Sloane Coffin, Jr: 1924-2006 Reverend William Sloane Coffin, Jr: 1924-2006
"Clearly the trick in life is to die young as late as possible," wrote Reverend William Sloane Coffin in his last book, Credo. Bill Coffin, as his friends knew him, was o...
Apr 13, 2006 / Adam Howard
A Subversive Southerner Passes A Subversive Southerner Passes
On Monday, March 6, when Anne Braden died, the South lost one of its most dedicated, courageous and feisty fighters for racial justice, civil liberties and economic rights. I met ...
Mar 12, 2006 / Adam Howard
Arthur Miller: 1915–2005 Arthur Miller: 1915–2005
The politics of a progressive playwright.
May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Tony Kushner