Political Ideologies

Jack Gordon Jack Gordon

Jack Gordon, "the unabashedly liberal conscience of Florida's State Senate," was chosen majority leader at a time when his politics should have made him an anathema. His fight agai...

Jan 5, 2006 / Molly Ivins

The Case Against Alito The Case Against Alito

Samuel Alito would swing the Supreme Court to a right-wing authoritarianism that is out of step with the public and the Constitution.

Jan 5, 2006 / The Editors

A ‘Top Ten’ List of Bold Ideas A ‘Top Ten’ List of Bold Ideas

To take back the nation in the post-Bush era, start thinking now about some bold but plausible progressive reforms, from universal health insurance to free daycare and a shorter wo...

Jan 4, 2006 / Feature / Gar Alperovitz and Thad Williamson

Abramoff’s Sordid World Abramoff’s Sordid World

The unfolding Jack Abramoff corruption scandal exposes the hypocrisy of the GOP "revolution," which promised to restore morality to Washington but instead sank deepinto a cesspool ...

Jan 4, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

Rebels Rebels

With persistence and strong convictions, insurgents can change a political party. Galvanized by the war and disgusted with weak-spined party leaders, rank-and-file Democrats may at...

Dec 20, 2005 / Feature / William Greider

A Year of Sweet Victories A Year of Sweet Victories

Among the sweetest victories of 2005: Social Security reform has been blocked, pressure to withdraw from Iraq is growing and progressive activists are making progress on local, sta...

Dec 15, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Sam Graham-Felsen

Democracy for Sale Democracy for Sale

A trove of new documents detailing the corruption and influence-peddling by Jack Abramoff, Ralph Reed and Tom DeLay is sweeping the high-minded prophets of the Republican revolutio...

Dec 7, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer

Killing the Messenger Killing the Messenger

It's one thing for our State Department to plant phony stories in the media or jam broadcasts in Cuba. It's quite another for conservative policy analyst Frank Gaffney bolster's Ge...

Dec 1, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Anatomy of a Victory Anatomy of a Victory

George W. Bush's plan to privatize Social Security is dead, thanks to a remarkable mobilization by progressive groups. Much can be learned from the way The Campaign for America's F...

Dec 1, 2005 / The Editors

Can the Democrats Win the Ground War at Home? Can the Democrats Win the Ground War at Home?

Progressive groups that mobilized for the 2004 elections are now dismissed as failures. But though they were unable to defeat Bush, grassroots activists are creating waves across t...

Nov 30, 2005 / Feature / Chris Hayes

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