In the City In the City
The outsize importance of the entirely unrepresentative state of Iowa in the US presidential selection process casts America as tractor pulls, county fairs, town halls and truck s...
Jan 4, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Iowa: Young People Just Made History Iowa: Young People Just Made History
The Iowa youth turnout rate has almost tripled since 2000.
Jan 4, 2008 / The Nation
Writing the New Narrative of American Politics in Precinct 19 Writing the New Narrative of American Politics in Precinct 19
DUBUQUE – As they left Dubuque County Precinct 19's Democratic presidential caucus, supporters of Illinois Senator Barack Obama grabbed up campaign signs they had placed a few h...
Jan 4, 2008 / John Nichols
Kenya’s Rigged Election Kenya’s Rigged Election
A stolen presidential vote--and not tribal conflict--has plunged Kenya into chaos and violence.
Jan 3, 2008 / Feature / Tavia Nyong’o
The Dot Matrix The Dot Matrix
In I'jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody, novelist Sinan Antoon explores themes of love, loss, identity and resistance in the face of political oppression.
Jan 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Laila Lalami
Fly Papers Fly Papers
An English translation of Lydie Salvayre's The Power of Flies demonstrates how this novelist and practicing psychiatrist has earned more nervous respect than love in France.
Jan 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Lorna Scott Fox
Castro Helps Chavez Avert a Coup Castro Helps Chavez Avert a Coup
An excerpt from Fidel Castro: My Life, a spoken autobiography.
Jan 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / The Nation
The Democratic Foreign Policy Wars The Democratic Foreign Policy Wars
All the candidates reject Bush's disasters--but that won't be enough for the next administration.
Jan 3, 2008 / Feature / Ari Berman
The Mad-Money Primary Race The Mad-Money Primary Race
If we don't fix the nominating process this year, it will be even worse in 2012.
Jan 3, 2008 / Feature / John Nichols