Burning Cole Burning Cole
Politics trumped academic integrity when a neocon network torpedoed the appointment of Mideast scholar and blogger Juan Cole to a faculty position at Yale.
Jun 16, 2006 / Philip Weiss
The UN Bites Back The UN Bites Back
If the Bush Administration is serious about UN reform, it should replace Ambassador John Bolton and stop linking payment of dues to action on reform.
Jun 16, 2006 / The Editors
Danger in Paradise Danger in Paradise
It's hard to tell whether the US is conducting a war against terror or against Native Hawaiians, as the military uses parts of the Waianae coast as a live-fire training ground.
Jun 14, 2006 / Mindy Pennybacker
Bunkum From Benador Bunkum From Benador
The debunking of a PR agency that circulated a bogus story about persecution of Jews in Iran exposed the moving parts of a media machine bent on preparing the American public fo...
Jun 14, 2006 / Larry Cohler-Esses
Progressive Values 101 Progressive Values 101
In order to reclaim "values" from the right wing, progressives must frame the electoral debate in terms everyone can support: freedom, opportunity, security and responsibility.
Jun 8, 2006 / Bernie Horn
The Pincer Strategy The Pincer Strategy
Growing concern over Bush's abuses of executive power could be the force that unites Democrats, Republicans and libertarians in a broad, nonpartisan effort to defend the Constituti...
Jun 8, 2006 / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
Bold Ballot Initiatives Bold Ballot Initiatives
Progressive organizations are learning to use ballot propositions to promote bold, innovative policy on the minimum wage, renewable energy, stem cell research and voting reform.
Jun 8, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Sam Graham-Felsen
Fighting for a Fair Vote Fighting for a Fair Vote
Voting debacles in Florida and Ohio have inspired a new crop of Democratic candidates to run for Secretary of State, transforming an oft-neglected post into a platform for activism...
Jun 8, 2006 / John Nichols
On the Move On the Move
It's time for conviction, not caution, as Democratic voters show they would support a party that promised the country a course correction--an exit from Iraq and an end to corruptio...
Jun 8, 2006 / The Editors