How Democrats Could Turn Texas Into the Blue Star State
Bob Moser : Texas
It's their most surprising red-state revival--and Barack Obama's happy dilemma.
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Colbert vs. the Fire-Breathing Liberal
The Colbert Report
Progressive Congressman Robert Wexler discusses his new book and what liberalism means for America.
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RadioNation With Laura Flanders
Radio Nation
Tom Engelhardt on oil, Iraq and empire; Ava Lowery on anti-war activism; Mike Connery on the power of young voters.
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The Working-Class Vote in Ohio
Brett Story & VideoNation : Bill Clinton
What issues matter to Ohio's blue-collar voters? JoAnn Wypijewski reports from the campaign trail.
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Obama vs. Clinton--What Now?
Katrina vanden Heuvel : Campaigns & Elections
Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel debates Pat Buchanan on the cost of war, and why The Nation supports Barack Obama.
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Superdelegates 101
Ari Berman & VideoNation : Campaigns & Elections
The Nation's Political Correspondent breaks down who these "superdelegates" really are, and what they could mean to the Clinton/Obama race.
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The Choice
Christopher Hayes & VideoNation : Campaigns & Elections
On the eve of Super Tuesday, The Nation's DC editor explains why he thinks Barack Obama is the better choice to build a real progressive majority.
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Chalmers Johnson: America's Going Bankrupt
Chalmers Johnson : U.S. Economy
From Tom Dispatch: The current economic crisis is caused by policies that tax the richest Americans at strikingly low levels and spend huge sums on defense projects that have no bearing on national security.
2007
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About Citizen Kang
Political fact marries political fiction in Citizen Kang, an online serialized novel that unfolds in weekly installments on The Nation.com throughout Campaign 08.
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Wide Stance
Meet California Congresswoman Cynthia Kang, a woman of considerable political ambition, and some secrets. Episode 1 of an ongoing online political mystery.
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Campaign in the City: Boston Mayor Tom Menino
"Because Washington has no urban agenda, the cities in this country are doing poorly. Unemployment is up. Faith in the economy has gone down. Crime has gone up."
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Campaign in the City: Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy
"Our cities across this country are proud. They have a great history. But like a boxer, they've taken one knee, and they have to bring themselves back."
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Campaign in the City: Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon
VideoNation & MayorTV : Urban Issues
"I want to see one of the candidates come up with a comprehensive plan to eliminate the tide of drugs coming into our country. I mean, we have wars here in our city."
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Campaign in the City: Miami Mayor Manny Diaz
"The media and pollsters don't focus on urban issues. They focus on the war, abortion, gay rights -- things that, quite frankly, for those of us in the trenches, are not exactly the hot button issues."
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Campaign in the City: Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin
"Water is my top 10 priorities. Or top 20"
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Campaign in the City: Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper
"The Rocky mountains are a place where people come together and put aside partisan issues to solve problems. Being able to talk about those pragmatic solutions is going to be of great benefit to the entire country."
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Campaign in the City: Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak
"I hope when the presidential candidates talk about cities, they stop thinking about us as basketcases, and think instead of the potential of cities to turn this country around."
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Campaign in the City: Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown
VideoNation & MayorTV : Urban Issues
"While presidential candidates are raising substantial amounts of money in cities, they are spending it in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina ... It disproportionately puts the focus on [rural] areas of the country where the majority of our citizenry do not live."
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Campaign in the City: Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson
VideoNation & MayorTV : Urban Issues
"Republicans and Democrats alike, among mayors in this country, have been very, very upset and concerned about the disregard for cities by this administration."
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Campaign in the City: Mayors on the Issues
VideoNation & MayorTV : Urban Issues
Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown in the fourth in a series of conversations on the issues at stake for America's cities in Campaign 08.
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Campaign in the City: LA Mayor Anthony Villaraigosa
VideoNation & MayorTV : Urban Issues
"The federal government talks a good game about homeland security. And yet cities, like Los Angeles, are constantly struggling to get the resources we need to provide that security."
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Noted.
The Drum Major Institute talks politics with big-city mayors; what do we say when we talk about torture?
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Noted.
Kevin Rudd's victory in Australia, Hillary's planted questions and remembering Alfred Knobler.
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Noted.
How Chevron fuels the Myanmar military, Blackwater's legal woes and questions for Michael Mukasey.
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Homos, Hypocrites and Haters
Timothy Patrick McCarthy : Sex & Sexuality
The shaming and resignation of Senator Larry Craig proves that if you're going to be a hypocrite in American politics, it pays to be a straight hypocrite.
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The Way Down South
Bob Moser : Political Analysis
The South is more purple than red, and Democrats don't need to sell their souls to win it back.
2006
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Too Late for Empire
Thirty years after Watergate, we again face a constitutional crisis at home and a misconceived war abroad. The United States will remain a helpless giant until we finally learn that power in the nuclear, postimperial age is diplomatic, not military.
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We Don't Believe in Politics
Camila Domonoske : Emerging Writers
If teenagers can't figure out how to participate meaningfully in politics, they will have lost their voice, impact and power.
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MySpace, MyPolitics
Ari Melber : Internet & New Media
The massive immigrant rights protests drew participants via technology-driven organizing, from text messaging to social networks like MySpace. Is this the shape of political campaigns to come?
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The Gospel of Scooter
A political nightmare, with a scriptural spin, tells the true story of two nefarious lords and their faithful servant.
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A Short History of the Pads of Brillo
Patricia J. Williams : African-Americans
Martians visiting planet Earth are mystified by the racist ruckus over Representative Cynthia McKinney's hair.
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With God on Our Side?
The right-wing hijacking of religion's public role in our political discourse is as undeniable as it is inappropriate, and represents one of liberalism's most serious problems.
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Bloggers at the Gate
Ari Melber : Internet & New Media
Jerome Armstrong and Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, a k a MyDD and Daily Kos, propose to revive the Democratic Party with a technology-driven "bloodless coup."
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The Gasbag Gap
Eric Alterman : Journalists & Journalism
Why expect political balance on talk TV when the networks are wedded to the belief that all the action is on the right?
2005
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Minority/Majority
David Sirota : Democratic Party
The Democratic Leadership Council purports to speak for Democrats, yet still employs former Christian Coalition official Marshall Wittmann to parrot dishonest right-wing talking points about the war. Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi joins Representative Jack Murtha to demand withdrawal from Iraq.
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Don't Criticize Me
Karl Rove and his Singing Slimemeisters riff You Go To My Head.
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'The Hammer' Gets Hit
Tom DeLay's indictment on criminal conspiracy charges comes at a moment of acute public awareness of the culture of corruption the GOP has created. What happens next is up to the Democrats.
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Timid Democrats, Muscular Unions
A dozen Democrats are feeling timid about opposing Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr., while a score of unions and grassroots organizations are showing muscle against CAFTA.
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Preaching Justice, Slaying Demons
As the Christian right gathered in Nashville for Justice Sunday II, they demonized their enemies and offered lukewarm praise for John G. Roberts.
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Bush's Blind Spot on Iran
Robert Scheer : US Foreign Policy
Threatening Iran only strengthens the hand of hard-line nationalists and religious fundamentalists in Tehran.
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Our Godless Constitution
The faith of our Founding Fathers definitely wasn't Christianity.
2004
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Our Moral Values
George Lakoff : Democratic Party
If we communicate our values clearly, most people will recognize them as more deeply American than those put forth by conservatives.
2003
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Inverted Totalitarianism
How the Bush regime is effecting the transformation to a fascist-like state.
This week: Can Barack Obama be a "People's President," or is his move to the center for good? Betsy Reed, Doug Henwood, Jo-Ann Mort, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Gary Younge debate. (13mb mp3)
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