Jack Newfield

Jack Newfield is a veteran New York political reporter and a senior fellow at the Nation Institute. He is the author of, among others, The Full Rudy: The Man, the Myth, the Mania (Nation
Books) and, most recently, American Rebels

HistoryApril 7, 2009

The Rise of the New Student Left

Bob Dylan probably had no idea how much the times really were a’ changin’.

Jack Newfield
April 17, 2007

The Student Left

On the rise of the “New Left” movement represented by organizations like Students for a Democratic Society, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and the Northern Student Movement, organizations whose ideologies could not be pinned to liberal sects of the past.

Jack Newfield
LobbyingSeptember 23, 2004

DeLay on the Hot Seat

Two investigative bombs with long fuses are sizzling under Tom DeLay, America’s Machiavelli of gerrymandering and shakedown fundraising.

Jack Newfield
LobbyingJune 24, 2004

Ralph Reed’s Gamble

When Ralph Reed was the boyish director of the Christian Coalition, he made opposition to gambling a major plank in his “family values” agenda, calling gambling “a cancer on the American body pol

Jack Newfield
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CitiesApril 1, 2004

Bush To City: Drop Dead

The President vows to exploit New York City, not aid it.

Jack Newfield
Criminal JusticeJanuary 8, 2004

More Bad Judges

Here comes the sequel to the Scalia Clones and Thomas Clowns.

Jack Newfield
Criminal JusticeSeptember 11, 2003

Why Estrada Went Down

A few hours after Miguel Estrada withdrew his name for a judgeship on the Court of Appeals for the Washington, DC, Circuit, a leading Senate liberal was asked about the meaning of the two-year

Jack Newfield
Cultural Criticism and AnalysisJuly 2, 2003

American Rebels

Introduction

Jack Newfield
CongressMay 15, 2003

The Judiciary Wars

Senate Democrats, who were so divided on the war and tax cuts, are holding together impressively to stop the Worst of the Worst of President Bush’s judicial nominees.

Jack Newfield
CitiesFebruary 27, 2003

How the Other Half Still Lives

In the shadow of wealth, New York’s poor increase.

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Jack Newfield

HistoryApril 7, 2009

Bob Dylan probably had no idea how much the times really were a’ changin’.

April 17, 2007

On the rise of the “New Left” movement represented by organizations like Students for a Democratic Society, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and the Northern Student Movement, organizations whose ideologies could not be pinned to liberal sects of the past.

LobbyingSeptember 23, 2004

Two investigative bombs with long fuses are sizzling under Tom DeLay, America’s Machiavelli of gerrymandering and shakedown fundraising.

LobbyingJune 24, 2004

When Ralph Reed was the boyish director of the Christian Coalition, he made opposition to gambling a major plank in his “family values” agenda, calling gambling “a cancer on the American body pol

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

CitiesApril 1, 2004

The President vows to exploit New York City, not aid it.

Criminal JusticeJanuary 8, 2004

Here comes the sequel to the Scalia Clones and Thomas Clowns.

Criminal JusticeSeptember 11, 2003

A few hours after Miguel Estrada withdrew his name for a judgeship on the Court of Appeals for the Washington, DC, Circuit, a leading Senate liberal was asked about the meaning of the two-year

Cultural Criticism and AnalysisJuly 2, 2003

Introduction

CongressMay 15, 2003

Senate Democrats, who were so divided on the war and tax cuts, are holding together impressively to stop the Worst of the Worst of President Bush’s judicial nominees.

CitiesFebruary 27, 2003

In the shadow of wealth, New York’s poor increase.