From Organizer to Elected Official From Organizer to Elected Official
It's not that big a leap from the public service work done by community organizers and the pragmatic work of coalition-building done by elected officials.
Sep 8, 2008 / Feature / Peter Dreier
Maddow Exposes Big McCain Campaign Lies Maddow Exposes Big McCain Campaign Lies
Rachel Maddow offers a timely fact-check of the McCain campaign's recent spate of lies about Barack Obama.
Sep 8, 2008 / MSNBC
Radio Nation with Laura Flanders Radio Nation with Laura Flanders
The highs and lows of both conventions, Jesse Jackson's first public comments since July and a debate on the role of progressives in the weeks to come.
Sep 8, 2008 / Radio Nation
GOP Mocks Public Service GOP Mocks Public Service
Mocking community organizers, the GOP attacks a tradition of collective self-help that's made America a more humane country.
Sep 5, 2008 / Feature / Peter Dreier and John Atlas
Jon Stewart Hits Karl Rove, Bill O’Reilly, Dick Morris On Sarah Jon Stewart Hits Karl Rove, Bill O’Reilly, Dick Morris On Sarah
Jon Stewart exposes the shameless GOP double-speak in the wake of the Palin selection.
Sep 4, 2008 / The Daily Show
Sarah Palin’s Shotgun Politics Sarah Palin’s Shotgun Politics
The vile politics of the party of abstinence stepped up to suffocate Bristol Palin in its embrace.
Sep 4, 2008 / Column / Gary Younge
New Orleans: The City That Won’t Be Ignored New Orleans: The City That Won’t Be Ignored
Hurricane Gustav should have been political rat poison for the GOP; instead, it became an argument for drilling.
Sep 4, 2008 / Column / Naomi Klein
The Times, They Have A-Changed The Times, They Have A-Changed
Nothing short of a divine thunderbolt will get Obama's message through to the brain-dead media establishment.
Sep 4, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman
Revisiting New Orleans Revisiting New Orleans
It took Gustav to make Hurricane Katrina a campaign issue.
Sep 4, 2008 / Michael Tisserand
Tale of Two Conventions Tale of Two Conventions
Populist politics in Denver; an elaborate fraud in St. Paul.
Sep 4, 2008 / The Editors