Politics

Clowns With Kalashnikovs Clowns With Kalashnikovs

In his memoir, Régis Debray describes the evolution of his politics from his early days as a revolutionary to his later work advising the nominally socialist François...

May 10, 2007 / Books & the Arts / James Miller

MacArthur Park MacArthur Park

Advocates pushing for reform and immigrants clamoring for justice in the streets will not forget the recent violence in Los Angeles.

May 10, 2007 / The Editors

Studs Terkel, Listener Studs Terkel, Listener

In celebration of Studs Terkel's 95th birthday last year, the Nation's Deadline Poet paid tribute.

May 10, 2007 / Calvin Trillin

Laboring for Edwards Laboring for Edwards

John Edwards is meticulously laying the groundwork to become the candidate of organized labor, insisting prosperity can expand only if unionization expands.

May 10, 2007 / Marc Cooper

Morality Gets a Massage Morality Gets a Massage

Randall Tobias isn't the first abstinence czar to run afoul of the moral agenda he promoted. It's time Congress stopped this dangerous crusade.

May 10, 2007 / The Editors

The Scum Also Rises The Scum Also Rises

How else to explain why arrogant incompetents like Paul Wolfowitz rose to power in the Bush Administration?

May 9, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

Philadelphia Law Philadelphia Law

The City of Philadelphia seems poised to pay the price for being an overzealous host to the GOP.

May 8, 2007 / Deb Schwartz

Sweatshop Police Sweatshop Police

The government is about to declare virtual disarmament against the lawbreakers.

May 8, 2007 / Robert J.S. Ross

Spinning Hillary Centrist Spinning Hillary Centrist

How can Hillary Clinton maintain her populist credentials when Mark Penn, her chief pollster and campaign strategist, also represents the interests of some of America's largest cor...

May 7, 2007 / Feature / Ari Berman

America’s Idiotic Political Debates America’s Idiotic Political Debates

All France was transfixed as presidential candidates conducted a passionate, freewheeling debate this week. Why are American debates so intentionally stupid?

May 4, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas von Hoffman

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