A New Diplomacy for Pakistan A New Diplomacy for Pakistan
As American policy-makers and pundits seek a Plan B for Pakistan, it's time to recognize the desperate need for a new diplomacy for the Muslim world.
Jan 5, 2008 / Feature / Christian Parenti
Benazir’s Bequest Benazir’s Bequest
In the shock, power grabs and crackdowns that followed Benazir Bhutto's assassination, it's easy to forget that the greatest casualty in Pakistan is the rule of law.
Jan 4, 2008 / Feature / Amy Wilentz
The Tyranny of Super-Delegates The Tyranny of Super-Delegates
Barack Obama's stirring victory in Iowa was also a good night for our democracy. The turnout broke records and young people – who were mobilized and organized – participated i...
Jan 4, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Night at the Caucus A Night at the Caucus
An Iowa native attends his home-town caucus, and discovers deliberative democracy at its freewheeling finest. d
Jan 4, 2008 / Feature / Ari Berman
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