Beyond the Ballot: Young Black Men and Voting Beyond the Ballot: Young Black Men and Voting
While youth voting is on the rise, barriers to civic engagement among working-class black youth persist. How are activists going beyond voter registration to break down these barri...
Sep 8, 2008 / The Nation
From Organizer to Elected Official From Organizer to Elected Official
It's not that big a leap from the public service work done by community organizers and the pragmatic work of coalition-building done by elected officials.
Sep 8, 2008 / Feature / Peter Dreier
Cheney on Palin: She’s “Superb!” Cheney on Palin: She’s “Superb!”
Vice President Dick Cheney is such an appealing and popular figure that Republicans decided to dispatch the "Darth Vader" of American politics on an "urgent" international mission...
Sep 8, 2008 / John Nichols
Maddow Exposes Big McCain Campaign Lies Maddow Exposes Big McCain Campaign Lies
Rachel Maddow offers a timely fact-check of the McCain campaign's recent spate of lies about Barack Obama.
Sep 8, 2008 / MSNBC
Food For Thought Food For Thought
Well, after two straight weeks of gorging on politics, I feel a bit nauseous and spent. I found both the DNC and RNC dizzying and exhausting (for different reasons), and throw on ...
Sep 8, 2008 / Chris Hayes
When Parrots Speak and Puppets Squawk When Parrots Speak and Puppets Squawk
Recently, Iraq's Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, has shown striking signs of wanting to be his own man in Baghdad, not Washington's (as has Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul)...
Sep 8, 2008 / TomDispatch
Radio Nation with Laura Flanders Radio Nation with Laura Flanders
The highs and lows of both conventions, Jesse Jackson's first public comments since July and a debate on the role of progressives in the weeks to come.
Sep 8, 2008 / Radio Nation
Bernie Strikes Back Bernie Strikes Back
I was watching Charlie Rose on Wednesday night during the GOP confab, when Senator Orrin Hatch appeared and took this recurring shot used by the Republican attack dogs: "In all ho...
Sep 8, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Palin Reverses Press Ban Palin Reverses Press Ban
This shouldn't even be news, but yes, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has announced she will actually take questions from the press during her quest for the White House, pe...
Sep 7, 2008 / Ari Melber
Palin Coward Clock Starts Ticking (Updated) Palin Coward Clock Starts Ticking (Updated)
Sarah Palin is an able liar, as her acceptance speech showed. She may be a coward, too, at least when it comes to facing down the reporters she blasted from the comfort of that sol...
Sep 6, 2008 / Ari Melber