Russert (and a Million Others) RIP Russert (and a Million Others) RIP
If there was one topic that focused media attention this weekend, it was the death of one of the industry's own: Tim Russert. Russert's passing provoked praise and grief and mourni...
Jun 16, 2008 / Laura Flanders
Obama’s Blind Spot on Israel Obama’s Blind Spot on Israel
Why is Barack Obama courting right-wing groups like AIPAC and steering clear of the American Jewish left and center?
Jun 16, 2008 / Feature / Nadia Hijab
Progressive Book Lovers of the World, Unite! Progressive Book Lovers of the World, Unite!
Interested in joining the Progressive Book Club? Find out more here. "Books have always played a pivotal role in our nation's history,changing America in remarkable ways. Imag...
Jun 16, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Brave Nation: Peace Takes Courage This Brave Nation: Peace Takes Courage
Antiwar activist Ava Lowery and the ACLU's Anthony Romero discuss the legal quagmire into which the country has sunk since 9/11.
Jun 16, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Brave Nation
Revelations Revelations
This Week: Congresswoman Kang has a revealing chat in the park, while Chet Kimbrough goes missing... again.
Jun 16, 2008 / Feature / Gary Phillips
Iowa Needs Your Help Iowa Needs Your Help
The state of Iowa was the star of this political season for over a year. The Hawkeye state launched Barack Obama's candidacy, derailed Hillary Clinton's and turned Mike Huckabee in...
Jun 14, 2008 / Ari Berman
One Simple Question One Simple Question
It started with one simple question posed by Senator Bernie Sandersto his constituents in an invitation to a town meeting: what does the decline of the middle class mean to you pe...
Jun 14, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Tim Russert and the End of No-Talking-Points Journalism Tim Russert and the End of No-Talking-Points Journalism
The passing of Tim Russert leaves us in the midst of an essential election season without the man who had been the steadiest and most serious inquisitor of the powerful during the...
Jun 14, 2008 / John Nichols
Name Our Epoch Name Our Epoch
As John Cavanagh and Chuck Collins write in the current issue of The Nation -- a special look at rising inequality, "Over the past three decades, market-worshiping politicians and...
Jun 13, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Bombing Iran? It’s Not So Bad, Really Bombing Iran? It’s Not So Bad, Really
Patrick Clawson and Michael Eisenstadt, two Iran experts at the pro-Israeli thinktank, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, have published a primer for bombing Iran that...
Jun 13, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss