The Left

The Real David Brock The Real David Brock

When incurable liberals like Todd Gitlin and Eric Alterman begin using the name Whittaker Chambers as a term of approbation, we are entitled to say that there has been what the Ger...

May 9, 2002 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

Paul Wellstone, Fighter Paul Wellstone, Fighter

The Senate's most progressive member is in the fight of his life.

May 9, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols

Progressive Blooms Progressive Blooms

As Molly Ivins put it in a recent column: "Across the length and breadth of this land of ours, from the mountain to the prairie, from every hill and dale comes the question, 'Wher...

Apr 18, 2002 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Thunderstruck on the Right Thunderstruck on the Right

My sister-in-law, a historian and researcher in alternative medicine, once told me of a doctoral dissertation she'd happened across in which the writer interviewed a number of com...

Mar 21, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Michael Tomasky

What Young Voters Want What Young Voters Want

They're looking for help with college and a reason to believe in government.

Jan 24, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Anna Greenberg

What’s Left? A New Life for Progressivism What’s Left? A New Life for Progressivism

NEW YORK--In the aftermath of September 11, pundits were quick to proclaim the American left a victim of the war on terrorism, for two reasons.

Nov 27, 2001 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Joel Rogers

A Better Third Way A Better Third Way

It's time for a liberal philosophy focusing on social justice and inequality.

Feb 15, 2001 / Feature / Richard D. Kahlenberg and Ruy Teixeira

SDS’s Other Wars SDS’s Other Wars

With over 100,000 members in college and university chapters, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was the largest and most significant of the 1960s New Left organizations in ...

Feb 15, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Jim Russell

Winning Politics Winning Politics

The elections of 2000--resulting in the election of George W. Bush to the presidency, a historic 50-50 split in the Senate and a reduced Republican margin in the House--have supp...

Feb 1, 2001 / Paul Wellstone

Spoil Bush’s Party Spoil Bush’s Party

Mandate or no, George W. Bush is forging ahead with Cabinet appointments, policy forums and talk of a "first 100 days." Bush and his team have assembled a Cabinet faster than any...

Jan 5, 2001 / The Editors

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