Diversity or Equality? A Talk With Walter Benn Michaels Diversity or Equality? A Talk With Walter Benn Michaels
Walter Benn Michaels: Diversity is no cure-all.
Dec 26, 2006 / The Nation
James Brown, 1933-2006 James Brown, 1933-2006
"Internationally known as the hardest working man in show business . . . . Mr. Dynamite, the amazing Mr. Please Please himself . . . the star of the show, Jaaaames BROWN!"...
Dec 25, 2006 / Jon Wiener
Surge, Reset, Escalate Surge, Reset, Escalate
Say it: escalation. More and more that's what the geniuses in Washington have come up with as a way of ending the war in Iraq. Instead of calling it an escalation of the war, they...
Dec 22, 2006 / The Nation
Two Cheers for Paul Krugman Two Cheers for Paul Krugman
Rubinomics may still reign over the Democratic party, but thehair-shirt economic orthodoxy has taken an influential hit. New YorkTimes columnist Paul Krugman today renounced his f...
Dec 22, 2006 / The Nation
Memo to Dems: About Those Earmarks Memo to Dems: About Those Earmarks
As Democrats clean up abuse of earmarks, they can't ignore the ones that masquerade as targeted tax breaks.
Dec 21, 2006 / Feature / Chris Hayes
The Irrelevance of Joe Lieberman The Irrelevance of Joe Lieberman
The fall and rise of Joe Lieberman was one of the major political events of 2006. But in 2007, Beltway and netroots pundits agree, he will be as irrelevant as George W. Bush.
Dec 21, 2006 / Feature / Ari Melber
View From the Future View From the Future
The end of oil and the rise of warming seas reveal a world made small and a horde of fallen dinosaurs.
Dec 21, 2006 / Feature / Rebecca Solnit
A Democrat Who Thinks Like A Democrat A Democrat Who Thinks Like A Democrat
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chair Rahm Emanuel, the corporate-friendly centrist who actively worked against a number of anti-war progressives in 2006 Democratic pr...
Dec 21, 2006 / John Nichols
Praying for the Peace of Jerusalem Praying for the Peace of Jerusalem
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:they that love thee shall prosper.Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will say no...
Dec 21, 2006 / John Nichols
Holy Homophobia Holy Homophobia
For religion-watchers, the decision by several northern Virginia parishes to split with the Episcopal Church and join Nigerian Archbishop Peter Akinola's crusade against Anglican ...
Dec 21, 2006 / The Nation