Time to Fix Healthcare Time to Fix Healthcare
Affordable healthcare is rapidly emerging as the top domestic policy issue in the 2008 presidential race. Candidates, got ideas?
Mar 8, 2007 / The Editors
TNR’s New Owners TNR’s New Owners
No matter what you think of The New Republic's politics, the public sphere will suffer if the magazine becomes homogenized by its new corporate owner.
Mar 6, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Clint Hendler
‘There Is No Law’ ‘There Is No Law’
It's now up to the Supreme Court or the Democratic Congress to overturn the Military Commissions Act and restore our right to habeas corpus.
Mar 6, 2007 / David Cole
When’s the Idea Primary? When’s the Idea Primary?
This should be a time for vision and bold ideas, yet caution is the order of the day--and activist voters are demanding more.
Mar 6, 2007 / Robert L. Borosage
Rushed Primaries Rushed Primaries
Instead of front-loading political races with early primaries, we need a rotating calendar of regional primaries.
Mar 1, 2007 / The Editors
Lincoln’s Antiwar Record Lincoln’s Antiwar Record
Looking for a model lawmaker who called a President to account for launching a war on fabricated grounds? Consider Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln's rebuke of James Polk.
Feb 27, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
Collision Course With Iran Collision Course With Iran
Instead of using diplomacy to defuse nuclear tensions with Iran, the Bush Administration is seeking to bypass Congress and lay the groundwork for an attack.
Feb 27, 2007 / Dennis Kucinich
Uneasy Calm in Palestine Uneasy Calm in Palestine
Israel's unilateralist government isn't interested in a negotiating partner, but without a united Palestinian leadership, chances for local and regional peace are slim.
Feb 26, 2007 / Neve Gordon
Pro-Immigrant Populism Pro-Immigrant Populism
Immigration reform should be shaped by progressive values that prize the dignity of all workers.
Feb 22, 2007 / Andrea Batista Schlesinger
Bloggers on the Trail Bloggers on the Trail
John Edwards's netroots flap only proves that Democrats should tap into bloggers' energy and learn to manage their passions.
Feb 22, 2007 / Ari Melber