Hillary Clinton Versus Shirley Chisholm Hillary Clinton Versus Shirley Chisholm
It is suggested by some of her more ardent advocates that Hillary Clinton should merely suspend, rather than formally finish, her presidential campaign. Then she could retain the ...
Jun 7, 2008 / John Nichols
This Brave Nation: Legendary Activists This Brave Nation: Legendary Activists
Bonnie Raitt and Dolores Huerta talk about their passions, regrets, fears and most of all their dreams for future generations.
Jun 6, 2008 / Brave Nation
What Will the Next President Do About Climate Change? What Will the Next President Do About Climate Change?
Senate Republicans in denial about global warming blocked a vote Friday on the Climate Security Act, setting the stage for how the next President will address the Earth's most pres...
Jun 6, 2008 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard
Attention Jewish Voters: You’re Getting Played by an Anti-Semite Attention Jewish Voters: You’re Getting Played by an Anti-Semite
UPDATED WITH A LETTER FROM ANDY MARTIN Addressing AIPAC the other day, Barack Obama began with a joke about the emails have circulated, particularly in Jewish social circles that...
Jun 6, 2008 / Chris Hayes
The Unappetizing Politics of School Lunches The Unappetizing Politics of School Lunches
How a progressive idea ended up reinforcing inequality.
Jun 6, 2008 / The Nation
Lenders Are Avoiding Giving Loans to Low-Income Students Lenders Are Avoiding Giving Loans to Low-Income Students
While what the loan companies are doing may appear immoral, it is not illegal.
Jun 6, 2008 / The Nation
Brave Nation Young Activist Award Brave Nation Young Activist Award
Who is a local unsung hero that even at a young age, has the bravery to put themselves on the line for a cause?
Jun 6, 2008 / Brave Nation
“Street Organizer” “Street Organizer”
J Street reader PS emails a link to the RNC's new oppo site on Obama called "Meet Barack Obama." (You can Google it. I'm not gonna dignify it with a link.) He notes their descript...
Jun 6, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Taking On Inequality Taking On Inequality
In December, I wroteabout Robert Greenwald's attempt to mobilize outrage against GildedAge-like inequality and the hedge-funders with his War on Greedseries of short films. Now, ...
Jun 6, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Will the Air Force Garrison Cyberspace? Will the Air Force Garrison Cyberspace?
Be depressed. Be very depressed. You thought that cyberspace -- a term conjured up long ago by that neuromancer, sci-fi author William Gibson--was the last frontier of freedom. ...
Jun 6, 2008 / TomDispatch