No Relief in Sight No Relief in Sight
The economy's long downturn has left us with a nation of broken roads, shuttered clinics and scrapped school programs. Why are we gutting our basic infrastructure when we need it t...
Aug 12, 2010 / The Editors
Afghan Women Have Already Been Abandoned Afghan Women Have Already Been Abandoned
I know Bibi Aisha, the woman on the Time cover. But the logic of those who use her image to argue for the war escapes me. The question her story raises is, What Happens if We Stay?
Aug 12, 2010 / Ann Jones
Kabuki Democracy Kabuki Democracy
Why a progressive presidency is impossible, for now.
Aug 12, 2010 / Feature / Eric Alterman
Building a Movement by Offering Solutions Building a Movement by Offering Solutions
The left's hope lies in reviving the tradition of speaking in credible, urgent, moral ways about policies to aid the great majority.
Aug 12, 2010 / Feature / Michael Kazin
Disdain Will Reign if You Nip Off to Spain Disdain Will Reign if You Nip Off to Spain
With apologies to Lerner and Loewe.
Aug 12, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Corpo-Obama-Geithner-Petraeus State The Corpo-Obama-Geithner-Petraeus State
The role of the left should not be to uphold or defend a government increasingly at odds with the interests of the people, but to change it, drastically and from the ground up.
Aug 12, 2010 / Feature / Barbara Ehrenreich
Ending the Permanent Campaign Ending the Permanent Campaign
When politics is driven by the need to turn out your base and policy is dominated by the desire to cater to that base, our baser instincts come to the fore.
Aug 12, 2010 / Feature / Norman Ornstein
Obama, The Right and Race Obama, The Right and Race
Missing from Alterman's historical analysis is the Republicans' canny exploitation of racial resentment.
Aug 12, 2010 / Feature / Salim Muwakkil
Obama’s Healthcare Achievements Obama’s Healthcare Achievements
Let's give the president credit for pushing through the most far-reaching and economically redistributive social legislation since the New Deal.
Aug 12, 2010 / Feature / Theda Skocpol
There Will Be No Silver Bullet There Will Be No Silver Bullet
The forces stacked against progressive change must not prevent the left from continually fighting for new levels of democratization and social justice.
Aug 12, 2010 / Feature / Chris Bowers