The Trouble With Democrats
William Greider
If Democrats don't stand up to the banking lobby, it's unlikely that necessary and real credit reform will take place.
William Greider
If Democrats don't stand up to the banking lobby, it's unlikely that necessary and real credit reform will take place.

Melissa Harris-Lacewell & James Perry : New Orleans
Democrats found their voice in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. They owe New Orleans a real recovery.
Christopher Hayes
Why do the Blue Dog Democrats get so much attention? They're more unified and cohesive than any other House faction. And then there's America's love affair with fiscal conservatism.
The Editors : Politics
Why has Howard Dean become a virtual stranger to the Democratic Party he helped revive?
Eric Alterman : House
Cutting Charlie Rangel loose would prove just how serious Obama is about transforming Washington's toxic culture of self-enrichment.

Ari Berman : Howard Dean
Howard Dean's fifty-state strategy remade the Democratic Party. What comes next?
Obama's appeal helped the Democrats secure wide gains in the House and Senate.
Christopher Lisotta : Presidential Election 2008
Energized by Obama's candidacy, expatriate Americans are voting in record numbers this year.
John Nichols : Electoral Politics
Democratic candidates are gaining in key Senate races and could tip the balance in the next Congress.
Brave New Films : Joseph Lieberman
After his repeated attacks at Democrats and support for Republicans it's time for Lieberman to switch sides already.
Gary Younge : Electoral Politics
Does Obama's candidacy represent a progressive paradigm shift--or is he just another mainstream Democrat?
Senator Edward M. Kennedy, diagnosed today with a malignant brain tumor, is sidelined at the moment his party is poised to realize the causes and ideals he has promoted for so long.
John Nichols : Economic Policy
As Clinton rewrites the history of her support for NAFTA, Obama needs to prove he understands what's wrong with global trade pacts.
Rep. Maurice Hinchey
With the nation's economy in a slump, it's time for a twenty-first-century New Deal.
Holding Democratic primaries in Florida and Michigan a second time would send the message that Americans do not need to accept illegitimate elections.
As a crucial primary looms, Democrats in Texas have gotten the Party started again, as the state continues its remarkable shift from red to blue.
The DNC chair has energized aging, ailing or previously nonexistent state parties.
