Politics

The War on Infrastructure The War on Infrastructure

Describing the recent bridge failure and steam-pipe explosion as "cowardly attacks on our way of life," Bush today opened a new front in his permanent war on everything.

Aug 6, 2007 / Barbara Ehrenreich

At YearlyKos, Netroots Come of Age At YearlyKos, Netroots Come of Age

Hillary filibustered them, Obama wooed them, Edwards took them seriously. Now that the Democratic establishment is paying heed, can the netroots remain true to their egalitarian ro...

Aug 6, 2007 / Feature / Ari Melber

Al Franken’s Rising Fortunes Al Franken’s Rising Fortunes

It's early in the game, but his bid to unseat Minnesota Republican Senator Norm Coleman is gaining strength.

Aug 3, 2007 / Feature / Jon Wiener

The Stuff of Heartbreak The Stuff of Heartbreak

When an ardently progressive magazine sponsors a cruise through the fragile waters off the coast of Alaska, the environmental, economic and human realities are ripe for contemplati...

Aug 2, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Doug Henwood

Whatever These People Are On, I Want Some Whatever These People Are On, I Want Some

Who knew what kind of people would be drawn to hop a cruise ship plying the glacial waters off the coast of Alaska to talk about--politics?

Jul 31, 2007 / Feature / Annabelle Gurwitch

President Rudy President Rudy

How much worse a president would Rudy Giuliani be than George W. Bush? Author Kevin Baker counts the ways.

Jul 30, 2007 / Feature / Jon Wiener

The Missing Class The Missing Class

Sociologist Katherine Newman talks about the "near poor," that vast pool of workers who are neither officially destitute nor comfortably working-class.

Jul 26, 2007 / Feature / Eyal Press

A Grassroots Social Forum A Grassroots Social Forum

For 10,000 grassroots organizers at the first US Social Forum in Atlanta, the orations were secular and the pulpit was political.

Jul 26, 2007 / Feature / Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

Dangerous Privilege Dangerous Privilege

We need a law to define and limit the President's claim of executive privilege, and should set a process for Congress to overcome it.

Jul 26, 2007 / Aziz Huq

Impeachable Offenses Impeachable Offenses

The burgeoning movement to impeach Bush and Cheney is a rational response at a time when 80 percent of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction.

Jul 26, 2007 / John Nichols

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