Suharto’s Passage: One Small Man Leaves a Million Corpses Suharto’s Passage: One Small Man Leaves a Million Corpses
Indonesia's dictator is fading fast: But what of his people's memories of the civilians he killed?
Jan 15, 2008 / Allan Nairn
A Sad MLK Day A Sad MLK Day
This is a sad Martin Luther King Day for American politics, thanks to Hillary Clinton's Presidential Campaign. President Clinton was confronted today by Roland Martin, a black rad...
Jan 14, 2008 / Ari Melber
MLK, LBJ, Clinton, Obama and the Politics of Memory MLK, LBJ, Clinton, Obama and the Politics of Memory
In the agonizingly absurd civil rights "debate" between the supporters of Democrartic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, I'm with the Lion of Anacostia. "I...
Jan 14, 2008 / John Nichols
Dirty Tricks, South Carolina and John McCain Dirty Tricks, South Carolina and John McCain
Undone in South Carolina by the Bush campaign's dirty tricks in 2000, John McCain now turns to the man who smeared him.
Clinton Loses on This Gamble Clinton Loses on This Gamble
Since her loss in Iowa, Senator Hillary Clinton has been an outspoken critic of the caucus system, saying that the limited time allotted for voting disenfranchises too many worker...
Jan 14, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Campaign 2008: The Rove Legacy Campaign 2008: The Rove Legacy
Here's the strange thing: If we are in a political "season of change" and "change" is now the word most used by presidential candidates, change isn't exactly va...
Jan 14, 2008 / TomDispatch
To Know Mitt Romney Is Not to Love Him To Know Mitt Romney Is Not to Love Him
DETROIT -- To know Mitt Romney is not to love him. Just ask veteran Michigan Republican leader William Milliken. There is no living political figure who has been more closely as...
Jan 14, 2008 / John Nichols
‘Catastrophic Times’ for Black America ‘Catastrophic Times’ for Black America
The devastating impact of the mortgage crisis on black communities dominated Jesse Jackson's latest economic summit. What solutions does Barack Obama propose?
Jan 12, 2008 / Feature / Max Fraser
A Stunning Fashion Statement A Stunning Fashion Statement
Consider the ultimate gift in a homeland security country: the iTaser, a weapon with its own MP3 player and earphones that can deliver a 50,000 volt electrical charge while you ca...
Jan 12, 2008 / TomDispatch
The Challenges We Face The Challenges We Face
The economic grenades are going off. Just pick up today's newspapers. The subprime lending crisis is metastasizing; foreclosures on homes purchased with subprime mortgages are exp...
Jan 12, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel