FDR Mania FDR Mania
If you want to catch something of the fears and hopes of Americans right now, go to News.Google.com and try searching for a few words. For instance, put in "FDR" -- the ...
Dec 1, 2008 / TomDispatch
Rethinking the Canadian Exit Strategy Rethinking the Canadian Exit Strategy
For years, disenchanted US progressives figured they could always move to Canada. But Canadians, stuck with a conservative government, may now be eyeing America.
Dec 1, 2008 / Feature / Will Di Novi
World AIDS Day World AIDS Day
Despite the dramatic costs that the AIDS virus is still exacting, many people have the mistaken impression that the epidemic has been virtually conquered in the US and is now just...
Dec 1, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Iraq Pact Challenges Antiwar Movement Iraq Pact Challenges Antiwar Movement
The US-Iraq Security Pact signals the war is ending--though not soon enough--and challenges peace activists to broaden their agenda against new quagmires.
Dec 1, 2008 / Feature / Tom Hayden
Robert Gates: Wrong Man for the Job Robert Gates: Wrong Man for the Job
Barack Obama not only had the good judgment to oppose the war in Iraqbut , as he told us earlier this year, "I want to end the mindset thatgot us into war." So it is troubling th...
Dec 1, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama’s New Team at State, Defense, NSC Obama’s New Team at State, Defense, NSC
The Wall Street Journal, evidently keen readers of this blog, devoted an editorial on Friday to my criticism of Barack Obama's foreign policy team. Its November 28 editorial, enti...
Dec 1, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Imagining a New New Deal Imagining a New New Deal
Howard Zinn, Frances Moore Lappe, Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Eric Schlosser and...FDR himself weigh in on the troubled economy.
Dec 1, 2008 / Radio Nation
Peace Prize Comes With Criticism Peace Prize Comes With Criticism
As Martti Ahtisaari receives the Nobel Peace Prize on December 10, it is clear that the hard work of peacemaking does not guarantee universal acclaim.
Dec 1, 2008 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
Why Obama’s Got “Complete Confidence” In Clinton Why Obama’s Got “Complete Confidence” In Clinton
So it will be Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The senator from New York, who lost the Democratic nomination to Barack Obama because she supported authorizing President Bush t...
Nov 30, 2008 / John Nichols
Beats, Rhymes and Votes Beats, Rhymes and Votes
Jamilah King Vote Hip-Hop contest winners rap and work for change.
Nov 29, 2008 / The Nation