Politics

On the Porch in the Seventh Ward On the Porch in the Seventh Ward

As the New Orleans Jazz Fest unfolded, a down-home celebration, bright with beads, sequins and feathers, took place in the city's poorest neighborhoods.

May 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Billy Sothern

Hillary Inc. Hillary Inc.

Clinton vows to defend Americans against the privileged and powerful, but her ties to big business compromise her populist promises.

May 17, 2007 / Feature / Ari Berman

New Energy for America New Energy for America

Under Bush, the right has failed to address energy independence. Can Democrats rise to the challenge?

May 17, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Robert L. Borosage

Nutter Wins in Philadelphia Nutter Wins in Philadelphia

A favored Democrat's mayoral primary win divides a city between those who support his hardball anticrime tactics and minorities who see them as a blueprint for racial profiling.

May 17, 2007 / Feature / Patrick Mulvaney

Dems Sell Out on Trade Dems Sell Out on Trade

The so-called bipartisan compromise on trade is a bad deal for all who seek to reform corporate-led globalization.

May 16, 2007 / The Editors

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

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