Laura Flanders

Laura Flanders, host of RadioNation on Air America, is the author of Blue Grit: Making Impossible, Improbable and Inspirational Political Change in America, out in paperback with a forward by Naomi Klein (Penguin).

Currently

  • Talking to Nader

    March 7, 2008

    The independent candidate discusses Obama, healthcare, and why the heck he's running.

  • Raise the Bar

    February 14, 2008

    Grassroots Democrats, parched for their party's attention, should play hardball with candidates on Iraq.

  • Grassroots Reseeded: Suites vs. Streets

    January 24, 2008

    This could be the year that Democrats finally let the people play a role in politics.

2007

  • Bottom-Up Power

    April 9, 2007

    In Montana, grassroots campaigns elected politicians and influenced policy. The same can happen across the country.

  • Obama's Ruined Homeland

    January 31, 2007

    In Kenya's Yala Swamp, where Senator Barack Obama traces his African roots, an Oklahoma-based company has wrecked a rich and delicate ecosystem.

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» Campaign 08

McCain: "I admire Sen. Obama and his accomplishments." | GOP nominee tells his backers to back off. They respond by booing.
John Nichols
Posted at 10:31 PM EST

» The Beat

Troopergate Conclusion: Palin Abused Her Office | "I find that Governor Palin abused her power," writes investigator in a report released Friday night by GOP dominated Alaska Legislative Council.
John Nichols
Posted at 10:07 PM EST

» The Dreyfuss Report

Thirty Years' War in Afghanistan | It might be unwinnable -- or it just might take several decades. A sober look at that other war.
Robert Dreyfuss

» Editor's Cut

The Woman Greenspan, Rubin & Summers Silenced | How Brooksley Born might have helped us avert this financial meltdown
Katrina vanden Heuvel

» The Notion

Is the Second Superpower of the Cold War Going Down? | The Soviets were bankrupted by an Afghan War that wouldn’t end. Now, is it our turn?
Tom Engelhardt

» Capitolism

Expert Failure | How the elites failed us.
Christopher Hayes

» Act Now!

S. Dakota Goes After Choice (Again) | Meet the Rev. Steve Hickey. He believes that S. Dakota has been chosen by God to upend Roe v. Wade.
Peter Rothberg

» And Another Thing

Are You the Very Model of a Modern Vice-President? | Sarah's not the only one with a special skill.
Katha Pollitt