The Better Angels of Our Nature The Better Angels of Our Nature
At the close of his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln spoke to those who would divide the United States. "We are not enemies, but friends," said the 16th president. "We mu...
Nov 2, 2008 / John Nichols
Studs Terkel: Missed Studs Terkel: Missed
Oral historian, rabble-rouser and grand old man of the American left, Studs Terkel died Friday at 96. From Robert LaFollette to Barack Obama he never pulled his punches through th...
Nov 2, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Studs Terkel: Vigilant Optimist Studs Terkel: Vigilant Optimist
Studs Terkel always stood for the radical idea of the long memory. Telling the stories of our times, he remained to the end a vigilant optimist about civil rights and social progre...
Nov 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Shapiro
Nation to New Yorkers: Vote Change Like You Mean It. Nation to New Yorkers: Vote Change Like You Mean It.
This item was originally posted on October 13. "In an otherwise desultory fall election, there is one lever New York voters can pull on Election Day that will make a real differe...
Nov 1, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Studs Terkel: The Power of His Prose Studs Terkel: The Power of His Prose
He was our Boswell, our Whitman, our Sandburg. He could get people to open up and share their innermost thoughts and dreams.
Nov 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Dennis Kucinich
The Grand Immoderation of Studs Terkel The Grand Immoderation of Studs Terkel
When Studs Terkel was in the seventh grade, his teacher, Miss Henrietta Boone, asked the smart young whippersnapper who he was supporting in the presidential election of 1924. "A...
Oct 31, 2008 / John Nichols
Women’s Choice at Risk on Election Day Women’s Choice at Risk on Election Day
Attorney Sarah Weddington discusses the impact this election could have on reproductive rights.
Oct 31, 2008 / Feature / Reeve Hamilton
Political Haiku Winners Political Haiku Winners
From the thousands of politicized poets who submitted election-themed verse to People for the American Way's haiku contest, here are the winners.
Oct 31, 2008 / Feature / Erica Landau
Trick or Vote Trick or Vote
Looking to combine your Halloween and electoral activities tonight?You're in luck. Trick or Vote isthe nation's largest costumed canvassing operation. They've gotcostumed canvass...
Oct 31, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Support Rashid Khalidi Support Rashid Khalidi
I haven't spent any time on the latest McCarthyite garbage McCainFoxDrudge is pushing, attempting to make an issue of Obama's "ties" to Palestinian-American historian and author R...
Oct 31, 2008 / Chris Hayes