Cornbread and Roses Cornbread and Roses
With his campaign to eradicate poverty in America, John Edwards has shed his Clinton Lite image. But to truly redefine the Democratic party and win the 2008 presidency, he has a lo...
Students Confront Sweatshops Students Confront Sweatshops
With a new wave of activism against sweatshops sweeping college campuses, student interest in the morality of their clothing choices can set a standard for the rest of us.
Nov 10, 2005 / Feature / Peter Dreier and Richard Appelbaum
Why Is France Burning? Why Is France Burning?
Fires and rioting in France are the result of thirty years of government neglect and the failure of the French political classes to make any serious effort to integrate Muslim and ...
Nov 10, 2005 / Feature / Doug Ireland
Bringing Down the Bully Bringing Down the Bully
The lesson of the defeat in California of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's referendum revolution is this: The American people will not forever be fooled. The negative message of the Re...
Nov 10, 2005 / Feature / Robert Scheer
Oil Tycoons Grilled on Windfall Profits Oil Tycoons Grilled on Windfall Profits
Top oil execs were asked numerous questions at a Senate hearing on spectacular profits earned in the wake of tropical storms. But they had no real answers about how to ease the bur...
Nov 10, 2005 / Feature / Ari Berman
Election ($$$) Hangover Election ($$$) Hangover
Last night was a grand defeat for George W. Bush--and the shrinking Terminator out in California. Let's celebrate Democrats winning governorships in New Jersey and Virginia--an es...
Nov 9, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Germ Boys and Yes Men Germ Boys and Yes Men
Stewart Simonson is a former Amtrak corporate attorney with zero medical experience. So why is he in charge of emergency health and bioterrorism in the federal government?
Nov 9, 2005 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Mark Warner’s Election Victory Mark Warner’s Election Victory
The last time Democrats elected a new president who had not been a governor was in 1960, when U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy was the party's nominee and the narrow victor of a conte...
Nov 9, 2005 / John Nichols
The GOP Takes a Beating The GOP Takes a Beating
As Democrats gloat over two gubernatorial wins and the defeat in California of Gov. Arnold's intiatives, the GOP approaches off-year elections weighed down by Bush's baggage.
Nov 9, 2005 / Feature / Eric Alterman
This Time, Rove’s Tactics Failed This Time, Rove’s Tactics Failed
Democrats celebrate electoral victories in Virginia, New Jersey and California, they shouldn't waste time gloating. They need to find effective candidates like Tim Kaine and Jon Co...
Nov 9, 2005 / Feature / David Corn