Political Figures

Ready to Rumble Ready to Rumble

Nancy Pelosi, a Democratic leader who knows how to fight and what to fight for.

Nov 14, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols

Ralph, Don’t Run Ralph, Don’t Run

Let's take back the Democratic Party and do all we can to beat Bush in 2004.

Nov 14, 2002 / Feature / Ronnie Dugger

How US Dealers Arm the World How US Dealers Arm the World

America remains a global shopping center for terrorists and others.

Nov 14, 2002 / Feature / Jake Bergman and Julia Reynolds

Gray Day in California Gray Day in California

The Republican wave that swept the country seemed to crash and recede right at the California border, but only barely.

Nov 7, 2002 / Marc Cooper

Paul Wellstone Paul Wellstone

Patti Smith scanned the thousands of antiwar demonstrators who filled Washington the day after the death of Paul Wellstone and reflected on the enormous loss of the Minnesota s...

Oct 31, 2002 / The Editors

Paul Wellstone Remembered Paul Wellstone Remembered

See also "An Appreciation" by John Nichols.

Oct 29, 2002 / Various Contributors

Paul Wellstone, 1944-2002 Paul Wellstone, 1944-2002

For grassroots economic and social justice activists, there was never any doubt about the identity of their representative in Washington.

Oct 25, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols

Change the Leadership Change the Leadership

The party of tired blood badly needs a "regime change" of its own. For the greater good of the Democrats, Gephardt and Daschle should go.

Oct 24, 2002 / William Greider

Plenty of Nothing in New York Plenty of Nothing in New York

Governor Pataki's effective Gary Cooper imitation leaves Democrats in despair.

Oct 24, 2002 / Feature / Jack Newfield

Mr. Bush, Heed Carter and Learn Mr. Bush, Heed Carter and Learn

Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize for a career of successfully waging peace, beginning with the launching of a historic Mideast peace effort that President Bush is bent on s...

Oct 17, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer

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