Election ’08 Election ’08
As Iowans are poised to kick off a front-loaded political season, do standout candidates Edwards and Obama have the potential to appeal to progressives?
Dec 20, 2007 / The Editors
Locked Up in Limbo Locked Up in Limbo
In California, sex offenders face the specter of incarceration without end.
Dec 13, 2007 / Laura Mansnerus
Post-Annapolis Pitfalls Post-Annapolis Pitfalls
Washington must abandon the fantasy that an Israeli-Palestinian agreement can be reached in the face of deep divisions between Fatah and Hamas, the United States and Israel have f...
Dec 13, 2007 / Henry Siegman
Rights of Passage Rights of Passage
How can momentum be restored to the struggle for human rights? Begin by drawing the world's religions into the conversation.
Dec 13, 2007 / Eyal Press
Playing the God Card Playing the God Card
It's not Romney's Mormon faith that threatens the core values of a secular nation. It's Huckabee's messianic candidacy.
Dec 13, 2007 / John Nichols
Noted. Noted.
The Drum Major Institute talks politics with big-city mayors; what do we say when we talk about torture?
Dec 13, 2007 / The Editors
Crime and Cover-Up Crime and Cover-Up
The CIA tapes' destruction and violation of anti-torture statutes they recorded require a special prosecutor.
Dec 13, 2007 / The Editors
Subprime Politics Subprime Politics
Keep people in their homes and start re-regulating the banking industry to end the conflicts of interest that fueled the debacle.
Dec 13, 2007 / The Editors
Why I Won’t Be Invited to Mitt Romney’s White House Why I Won’t Be Invited to Mitt Romney’s White House
My top-ten list of reasons why I gave God the old heave-ho.
Dec 12, 2007 / Annabelle Gurwitch
Bonfire of the Disney Princesses Bonfire of the Disney Princesses
Disney's idea of sex doesn't belong in the pre-K playroom. Parents, unite: make a holiday bonfire of all that plastic and tulle: let your girls be girls again.
Dec 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Barbara Ehrenreich