Edwards Reaffirms Swift Iraq Withdrawal on Iowa Tour Edwards Reaffirms Swift Iraq Withdrawal on Iowa Tour
Mount Pleasant, Iowa -- John Edwards continued his 36-hour tour across Iowa this morning, meeting with canvas organizers over cider and donuts and fielding a few questions from the...
Jan 2, 2008 / Ari Melber
Edwards Calls to End US Training Effort in Iraq Edwards Calls to End US Training Effort in Iraq
His new stance could have an impact on Iowa caucus-goers.
Jan 2, 2008 / Feature / Tom Hayden
Charlie Wilson’s War–and Ours Charlie Wilson’s War–and Ours
Unlike the plot of the latest Tom Hanks film, the blowback price of our incessant meddling could prove quite high. And even Hollywood can't put a pretty face on that one.
Jan 2, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Scheer
Time for (Donna) Edwards to Win Time for (Donna) Edwards to Win
In this next month, it's understandable that attention will be paid 36/7 to what happens in Iowa, New Hampshire, and other early presidential primaries. But progressive democrats ...
Jan 2, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Don’t Forget Iraq Don’t Forget Iraq
Ring in the New Year with a commitment to nonviolent direct action to end the Iraq war and to prevent an extension of US military aggression to Iran and other countries. Startin...
Dec 31, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
The Most Valuable Progressives The Most Valuable Progressives
Let down by a dangerous Republican White House, a compromising Democratic Congress and a distracting and dysfunctional mainstream media, progressives persevered in 2007, laying th...
Dec 31, 2007 / John Nichols
Oprah Winfrey versus John Mellencamp Oprah Winfrey versus John Mellencamp
DES MOINES -- The announcement of John Mellencamp's Wednesday night show to cap the Iowa caucus campaign of John Edwards did not provoke the media frenzy that accompanied Oprah Wi...
Dec 31, 2007 / John Nichols
Amnesia at the Multiplex Amnesia at the Multiplex
Two films address US adventures in Afghanistan and Pakistan, with a big dose of historical amnesia, political pandering, moral superiority and outraged innocence.
Dec 30, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Obama: More Money, More Problems Obama: More Money, More Problems
Barack Obama's presidential campaign is circulating an unusual memo complaining that "unprecedented" spending by Democratic groups could "impact the outcome" in...
Dec 30, 2007 / Ari Melber
Bill Kristol Gets New York Times Op-Ed Slot Bill Kristol Gets New York Times Op-Ed Slot
Just shoot me. First, it was Sam Tanenhaus, conservative editor of the New York Times Book Review being put in charge of the News of the Week in Review section. That means one...
Dec 29, 2007 / Katha Pollitt