Campaigns and Elections

Election Matters Election Matters

The peeling-gilt Aladdin Theatre, in a working-class neighborhood across the river from downtown Portland, generally draws rock acts a little too funky or faded to fill the cit...

May 6, 2004 / David Sarasohn

Vanishing Votes Vanishing Votes

On October 29, 2002, George W. Bush signed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA). Hidden behind its apple-pie-and-motherhood name lies a nasty civil rights time bomb.

Apr 29, 2004 / Greg Palast

Kerry: Fill in the Blanks Kerry: Fill in the Blanks

It is time--past time--for John Kerry to tell Americans what he is about.

Apr 29, 2004 / Robert L. Borosage

Post-Feminism, R.I.P. Post-Feminism, R.I.P.

By the most conservative estimates, the March for Women's Lives in Washington on April 25 was the biggest pro-choice demo ever--and it may have been the biggest march of any ki...

Apr 29, 2004 / The Editors

Mission Unaccomplished

Mission Unaccomplished Mission Unaccomplished

Mission Unaccomplished

Apr 29, 2004 / The Editors

Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero

Halfway through Tim Russert's hourlong interview with Demo- cratic presidential nominee Senator John Kerry on April 18, there was an exchange that revealed in microcosm some of...

Apr 22, 2004 / Jonathan Schell

Election Matters Election Matters

When George W. Bush asked Congress for the authority to attack Iraq, New York Congressman Amo Houghton voted no.

Apr 15, 2004 / John Nichols

Getting Out Every Vote Getting Out Every Vote

How can progressives substantially increase the number of low-income voters in 2004--and why does it matter?

Apr 8, 2004 / Jeff Blum

The Beat Bush Brigades The Beat Bush Brigades

Dozens of progressive groups are working on everything from TV ads to voter turnout.

Apr 8, 2004 / Feature / John Nichols

The Trouble With 527s The Trouble With 527s

What should be done about 527s--those new organizations used primarily by Democrats (so far) to skirt the McCain-Feingold legislation passed in 2002?

Apr 8, 2004 / David Corn

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