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Bradley's Long Shot (Presidential Election 2000, The Left, Politics)

How do you beat a sitting vice president in a presidential nomination contest? There's no established game plan, because no one's ever done it.

David Corn
Bill Bradley: Can He Get Into the Game? (Presidential Election 2000, The Left, Politics)

On April 30, 1992, Bill Bradley strode to the podium of the US Senate. The previous night, riots had erupted in Los Angeles following a not-guilty verdict in the first Rodney King trial.

David Corn
Left-Right Bedfellows (Regions and Countries, Conservatives and the American Right, The Left, Politics)

"We are the evil empire.

Benjamin Schwarz
Port Huron Piffle (The Left, Politics)

Tom Hayden's editorial essay ["The Liberals' Folly," May 24] was an offense to reason and an offense to principle. Why don't I begin with the principle?

Christopher Hitchens
The Liberals' Folly (Regions and Countries, The Left, Politics)

Liberals in the Democratic Party should withdraw their support for the Kosovo war. So should the Democratic Party.

Tom Hayden

Blogs

Why a Democratic Majority Is Not Demographic Inevitability (Part Three: The Fungibility of Fears)
Rick Perlstein

Past predictions of progressive ascendancy have foundered on new mass fears no one could have predicted—or new mass fears conservative political entrepreneurs deliberately worked to stoke.

March 25, 2013
Right and Left in Democratic Politics: The Long View
Rick Perlstein

The party has always harbored conservatives and sell-outs to big business and pro-austerity boosters. The point is not to deny them, but to beat them.

March 18, 2013
Can the Rising Progressive Tide Lift All Ships?
Katrina vanden Heuvel

As the Republican party comes to terms with its own obsolescence, the forward-thinking coalition that elected Barack Obama must tackle economic inequality.

January 29, 2013
Why I Am A Liberal
Rick Perlstein

It is liberals who have been at the forefront of struggles for freedom and liberty.

January 7, 2013
Why Tom Harkin and a Handful of Other Progressives Opposed the Deal
John Nichols

The proposed budget solution “does not generate the revenue necessary for the country to meet its needs.”

January 2, 2013
A Year to Begin the World Over Again
John Nichols

It is time for progressives to renew the faith of Thomas Paine that we can yet “form the noblest purest constitution on the face of the earth.”

January 1, 2013
This Week: After Newtown. Plus: 2012's Progressive Honor Roll
Katrina vanden Heuvel

Coverage of Newtown, the great Walmart walkout and 2012's most valuable progressives.

December 22, 2012
The Secret of Bernie Sanders's Success
John Nichols

As he takes the lead in the fight to defend Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, the senator has much to teach progressives about how to do politics right.

December 5, 2012
Governor Cuomo's Choice
Katrina vanden Heuvel

Obstruction has ruled in Albany for too long. The governor must push for a Democratic majority in the New York State Senate.

November 27, 2012
The Budget Deal We Deserve
Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Congressional Progressive Caucus is standing up to austerity hawks, promoting a “Deal For All” that protects social spending and invests in real growth. 

November 19, 2012