Election Matters Election Matters
In his 1988 song "Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards," British troubadour Billy Bragg promised, "The Revolution is just a T-shirt away." It's taken a while, but the 2004 electio...
Oct 7, 2004 / John Nichols
The Forgotten Issue The Forgotten Issue
In The Nation's October 9, 2000, special report on the Supreme Court, Tom Wicker wrote, "No issue is more vital...repeat, no issue is more important than the makeup of the next S...
Oct 7, 2004 / The Editors
Re-Stealing the Election? Re-Stealing the Election?
A landslide of letters overwhelmed our mailbox in response to Ronnie Dugger's August 16/23
Oct 7, 2004 / Our Readers and Ronnie Dugger
VP DEBATE: Cheney’s Cyber Slip VP DEBATE: Cheney’s Cyber Slip
Does Dick Cheney know where he steered voters watching the vice presidential debate last night? In response to a series of attacks from John Edwards on Cheney's corrupt tenure as ...
Oct 6, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Cheney KO’ed…by GOP Cheney KO’ed…by GOP
To hear Vice President Cheney tell it in Tuesday night's debate, Democrats like John Edwards and John Kerry are the only Americans foolish enough or unpatriotic enough to complain...
Oct 6, 2004 / John Nichols
Saving the Middle Class Saving the Middle Class
In Orlando, Florida just hours after the first presidential debate, a reinvigorated John Kerry told a crowd at Freedom High School that he had a message for every "middle-class Am...
Oct 6, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
VP DEBATE: A No-Impact Collision VP DEBATE: A No-Impact Collision
Vice presidential picks haven't mattered in the past. And vice presidential debates haven't mattered. Neither will this one. Dick Cheney and John Edwards ea...
Oct 6, 2004 / David Corn
What ‘Democracy’ Looks Like What ‘Democracy’ Looks Like
How free and fair is an election run by warlords?
Oct 5, 2004 / Feature / Christian Parenti
The Buck Stops in the Voting Booth The Buck Stops in the Voting Booth
It is difficult for members of the US Senate, where even the best are uncommonly proud, to admit that they are not always in the know. Perhaps that explains why Sen.
Oct 5, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Ten Questions for Dick Cheney Ten Questions for Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney, who spent most of his administration's first term in a secure undisclosed location, has been campaigning this fall in the Potemkin Villages of Republican reaction. As...
Oct 3, 2004 / John Nichols