Nationalists Stirring in Iraq

An emerging Sunni-Shiite coalition could change the face of Iraq--if the United States steps back and gets out of the way.

Bob Dreyfuss

Lawyers for the Poor Muzzled in Subprime Mess

Civil legal aid attorneys could have sounded the alarm years before the subprime scandal began destroying the lives of urban poor--but Congress wouldn't let them.

Laura K. Abel

Dirty Tricks, South Carolina and John McCain

Undone in South Carolina by the Bush campaign's dirty tricks in 2000, John McCain now turns to the man who smeared him.

Ann Banks

‘Catastrophic Times’ for Black America

The devastating impact of the mortgage crisis on black communities dominated Jesse Jackson's latest economic summit. What solutions does Barack Obama propose?

Max Fraser

The Real Mike Huckabee

An interview with a preacher and longtime political confidant reveals that Huckabee's not the sunny figure the media's leading lights have conjured up.

Max Blumenthal

Repress U

Surveillance 101: Big Brother goes to college.

Michael Gould-Wartofsky

Scars and Stripes

Liberia's former child soldiers deserve more than the empty promises the world has given them.

Ruthie Ackerman

The Voter ID Fraud

The conservatives ensconced on the Supreme Court are set to uphold draconian ID requirements on voters that will redefine electoral politics in America.

Garrett Epps

King’s Legacy of Change

No single person can be the agent of change: the vision must come from all of us.

Grace Lee Boggs

Hillary’s Real MLK Problem

"Change" is this year's Democratic battle cry, but if you don't know how it happens, you're not likely to make it happen yourself.

Barbara Ehrenreich

Suharto’s Passage: One Small Man Leaves a Million Corpses

Indonesia's dictator is fading fast: But what of his people's memories of the civilians he killed?

Allan Nairn

A Platter of Crow for the Pundits

Political opinionators have a lot of explaining to do about their poor prognostication in New Hampshire.

Marvin Kitman

White Noise on the Golf Channel

After days of dithering, the Golf Channel finally suspends a commentator who joked about lynching Tiger Woods. What took them so long?

Dave Zirin

How Do You Like Me Now?

If Hillary wants Americans to like her, she should start doing the things Americans like.

Annabelle Gurwitch

Christianizing US History

With House Resolution 888, the religious right seeks to rewrite American history, turning the founding fathers from deists to Christian fundamentalists.

Chris Hedges

Obama’s Wide Net

His web-driven, self-starting activism could be the key to getting his message out--and bringing young voters to the polls on Super Tuesday.

Ari Melber

Kenya’s Crisis

The way to end Kenya's electoral violence is to demand a speedy return to full democracy, transparency and power-sharing.

Tavia Nyong’o

Populism’s Candidate

No matter who wins the Democratic election, the John Edwards campaign has set the domestic agenda for the entire field.

Christopher Hayes

Noted.

Rainbow/PUSH's Wall Street Project Economic Summit, the no-show Golden Globes, postwar suicides.

the Editors

GOP Dilemmas

John McCain is just enough of an outsider to keep the GOP competitive in a "change" election.

John Nichols

The Race Is On

Throw polls and pundits out the window: the race will be decided not by kingmakers but by the voters themselves.

the Editors

Those Ungrateful Saudis

After all he's done for them, why is it that Bush only gets a 12 percent favorability rating in Saudi Arabia?

Robert Scheer

The Lies of Quinn-Broderville

Truth, lies and attacks on Democrats from columnists at the Washington Post and the New York Times.

Eric Alterman

American Pie

Don't let the media or the right-wing spinmeisters reduce our first-ever serious black and female presidential candidates to stereotypes.

Patricia J. Williams

A Lame Duck President During the Presidential Primaries

Whatever happened to what's-his-name?

Calvin Trillin

Oops!

Robert Grossman

A Great Deal of Work

Edmund Wilson's politics have long been criticized, but his views were more nuanced than you might think.

George Scialabba

King’s Legacy of Change

No single person can be the agent of change: the vision must come from all of us.

Grace Lee Boggs

Hillary’s Real MLK Problem

"Change" is this year's Democratic battle cry, but if you don't know how it happens, you're not likely to make it happen yourself.

Barbara Ehrenreich

Bugalú Sounds

If you're curious to learn more about the bugalú, check out these five albums.

Oliver Wang

Boogaloo Nights

A new generation rediscovers the freewheeling rhythms of the Nuyorican bugalú.

Oliver Wang

A Hard Man

Paul Thomas Anderson's masterful There Will Be Blood pits an oil baron against a preacher in an epic contest of wills.

Stuart Klawans

Battle Pieces

In This Republic of Suffering, historian Drew Gilpin Faust strips from the Civil War any purpose beyond massive slaughter.

Eric Foner

United We Scam

Two new books profile the generation of counterfeiters and con men who sprouted up in Jacksonian-era America.

Steve Fraser

Christianizing US History

With House Resolution 888, the religious right seeks to rewrite American history, turning the founding fathers from deists to Christian fundamentalists.

Chris Hedges

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