Esther Kaplan

Esther Kaplan is investigative editor at The Nation Institute, and author of With God on Their Side: George Bush and the Christian Right.

Currently

  • Vigilantes: Free to Roam?

    September 2, 2009

    Our investigation into the shootings of African-Americans in the days after Hurricane Katrina seems to have gotten the feds' attention; but in New Orleans, the wheels of justice have rusted.

  • Can Labor Revive the American Dream?

    January 7, 2009

    The business lobby declares war on the Employee Free Choice Act.

2008

  • Labor's Growing Pains

    May 29, 2008

    SEIU battles the California Nurses and dissidents within its own ranks.

  • Workers Memorial Day

    April 30, 2008

    This week marked Workers Memorial Day, when unions and advocacy organizations held memorials and protests to honor those who have died on the job.

2007

2006

  • For Pro-Life Bloggers, a New Hubris

    January 31, 2006

    Relishing Samuel Alito's impact on the Supreme Court, pro-life bloggers are already laying strategies to win hearts and minds in a transformed legal landscape.

2005

  • Just Say Não

    May 12, 2005

    Brazil turns down $40 million in defiance of Bush's AIDS policy.

2004

  • The Bush AIDS Machine

    December 2, 2004

    Bush did something Reagan never dreamed of: He made AIDS his own.

  • Follow the Money

    October 14, 2004

    The Christian right's comeback has been fueled by Bush Administration grants.

  • Time's Up

    July 29, 2004 Subscribe

  • Time's Up

    July 22, 2004

    Though Bush trumpets his commitment to the AIDS fight, the delegation he sent to Bangkok was rather anemic.

  • The Jewish Divide on Israel

    June 24, 2004

    A growing grassroots movement has challenged the artificial AIPAC consensus.

  • Onward Christian Soldiers

    June 17, 2004

    The religious right's sense of siege is fueling a resurgence.

2003

  • Letters

    November 25, 2003 Subscribe

  • Dying for AIDS Drugs

    October 16, 2003

    People with HIV describe a desperate scramble for lifesaving medications.

2002

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Blogs

» The Beat

Facing Bipartisan Criticism, RNC's Steele Asks If Race Is Factor | "Why? Is it because Michael Steele is the chairman, or is it because a black man is chairman?” he wonders. Maybe he could compare notes with Obama.
John Nichols

» Editor's Cut

New Web Column at The Washington Post | Every Tuesday, I'll be featuring progressive thinking about politics and challenging the Right in my new web column for The Washington Post. Read my first one here.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
31 Comments

» The Notion

When Snow Melts: Vancouver’s Olympic Crackdown | Anger is growing in Vancouver in advance of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Like Olympic clockwork, here comes the media crackdown.
Dave Zirin
44 Comments

» The Dreyfuss Report

The Mind-Boggling Stupidity of Michael Rubin | How an AEI apparatchik's love affair for Ahmed Chalabi blinds him to Chalabi's pro-Iran treachery.
Robert Dreyfuss
27 Comments

» Act Now!

Demand Question Time | Join the call for the President and Congress to implement regular Question Time sessions.
Peter Rothberg
56 Comments

» And Another Thing

How to Counterbalance Focus on the Family on Superbowl Sunday | Give to help low income girls and women.
Katha Pollitt
54 Comments

» Altercation

Slacker Friday | James O'Keefe and Alter-reviews.
Eric Alterman