Dean’s New Southern Strategy Dean’s New Southern Strategy
Historically, the Confederate flag is a symbol of the Democratic Party.
Nov 18, 2003 / Jesse Jackson Jr.
Waving the Flag Waving the Flag
All right, so maybe Howard Dean could have thought of a better way of reaching out to white Southern men than saying he wanted "to be the candidate for guys with Confederate fl...
Nov 13, 2003 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Rocking the Hip-Hop Vote Rocking the Hip-Hop Vote
Russell Simmons was never a young voter. The 46-year-old hip-hop tycoon cast his first vote in a presidential election seven years ago, he says, at the age of 39.
Nov 13, 2003 / Kristin V. Jones
The Candidates on Iraq The Candidates on Iraq
What would you do now in Iraq? is the question confronting the Democratic presidential candidates.
Nov 13, 2003 / David Corn
Dean With a Small ‘d’ Dean With a Small ‘d’
CLARIFICATION: In last week's editorial "Dean With a Small 'd,'" we mentioned Dick Gephardt's refusal to sign a campaign-reform pledge. The pledge, which strengthens public financi...
Nov 13, 2003 / The Editors
The Democrat-Green Death Struggle The Democrat-Green Death Struggle
In 2000, George W. Bush won 48 percent of the national vote, against a combined total of 52 percent for Al Gore and Ralph Nader.
Nov 6, 2003 / Feature / Micah L. Sifry
Ralph Redux? Ralph Redux?
Not only Democrats but many Greens oppose a Nader run in 2004.
Nov 6, 2003 / Feature / Micah L. Sifry
Also Turned Away Also Turned Away
Forty-four states in the United States today bar people with mental illnesses from voting.
Nov 6, 2003 / Feature / Michael Chandler and Jamie York
The Last Disenfranchised Class The Last Disenfranchised Class
Nearly 5 million Americans can't vote because of felony convictions.
Nov 6, 2003 / Feature / Rebecca Perl
Why We Still Need a Third Party Why We Still Need a Third Party
To gauge the level of hatred entertained by liberals for the Bush Administration, take a look at the bestseller lists.
Nov 6, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn