A People’s Democratic Platform A People’s Democratic Platform
Howard Dean, George McGovern, Walter Cronkite, Ellen Chesler, Margaret Cho, George Lakoff, Bakari Kitwana, John Brademas, Arthur Miller, John Sayles, Chuck Close, Andrew Jay Schwar...
Jul 15, 2004 / Feature / The Nation
How Kerry Can Win How Kerry Can Win
John Kerry can win, given George W. Bush's incompetence, and White House strategists realize that.
Jul 15, 2004 / Feature / Kevin Phillips
Lead Balloons Lead Balloons
I'm riding an elevator in downtown Boston. There is a sign warning of travel restrictions during the last week of July. A woman gets on. We both stare ahead as per elevator etiqu...
Jul 15, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
For the Day Ralph Nader Shuffles Off This Mortal Coil For the Day Ralph Nader Shuffles Off This Mortal Coil
In canned obits that papers keep, The second graf relates The fact that Nader gave us Bush, Through votes in several states.
Jul 15, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Election Postponed to Preserve Democracy Election Postponed to Preserve Democracy
TRANSCRIPT OF THE OCTOBER 28, 2004, SPEECH, FROM THE OVAL OFFICE, BY GEORGE W. BUSH My Fellow Citizens,
Jul 15, 2004 / Jeff Gillenkirk
Kerry: No W. (& No Bill) Kerry: No W. (& No Bill)
A friend of mine in Los Angeles reports listening to a radio station that caters to middle-class African-Americans and hearing repeatedly from hosts and callers that there's litt...
Jul 15, 2004 / David Corn
Election Matters Election Matters
Rosa DeLauro, the savvy Connecticut Congresswoman whom Democratic leaders and the Kerry for President campaign put in charge of drafting the party's 2004 platform, says, "It refl...
Jul 15, 2004 / John Nichols
Freedom’s Trail Freedom’s Trail
As Democrats prepare for their convention in Boston, they should ponder the city's catalytic role in American history.
Jul 15, 2004 / The Editors
The Shape of Things The Shape of Things
This essay, from the July 17, 1948, issue of The Nation, is a special selection from The Nation Digital Archive. If you want to read everything The Nation has ever published on the...
Jul 13, 2004 / The Editors