With Kucinich’s Exit, Democratic Discourse is Diminished With Kucinich’s Exit, Democratic Discourse is Diminished
The media managers of the 2008 presidential contest worked for months to get Dennis Kucinich off the stage and out of the running. And they have finally succeeded, as the Ohio Con...
Jan 25, 2008 / John Nichols
Nevada and South Carolina: Youth Voting Results Nevada and South Carolina: Youth Voting Results
In Nevada, the turnout for progressive candidates surpassed that for GOP candidates by a 3:1 margin...
Jan 25, 2008 / The Nation
Fellow Travelers Fellow Travelers
Young People For's fellows work for change from the bottom up. Get the lowdown on this generation's budding grassroots leaders.
Jan 25, 2008 / The Nation
Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
At her mentor's funeral, Cynthia Kang revisits ghosts of the past, receives a cryptic message, and watches the detectives watching her.
Jan 24, 2008 / Feature / Gary Phillips
Reid Clears Hurdle for Bush-Cheney Spying Bill Reid Clears Hurdle for Bush-Cheney Spying Bill
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid cleared a key hurdle for the FISA Amendments Act on Thursday, advancing President Bush's preferred version of the spying bill, a move opposed by t...
Jan 24, 2008 / Ari Melber
Rambling Man Rambling Man
A modern-day Rip Van Winkle challenges the view that Europeans are too wrapped up in their past to move on.
Jan 24, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Mark Mazower
Weather Reports Weather Reports
The radical individualism of the New Left was hardly un-American. A batch of new memoirs show the Weatherman followed a distinctly American tradition.
Jan 24, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Maurice Isserman
A Test of Poetry A Test of Poetry
More than any other American poet, George Oppen begs us to consider the elusive relationship between aesthetic and political responsibilities.
Jan 24, 2008 / Books & the Arts / James Longenbach
Progressive Democratic Challengers Progressive Democratic Challengers
With the Congressional race under way, the essential question is: will the Democrats be more progressive post-Bush?
Jan 24, 2008 / Feature / John Nichols
They Like Mike They Like Mike
Is America ready for a nonideological problem solver with liberal views on gun control, gay rights and abortion?
Jan 24, 2008 / Feature / Micah L. Sifry