Lesson from Vermont: Don’t Cower, Push. Lesson from Vermont: Don’t Cower, Push.
They did it. On Tuesday the Vermont legislature formally recognized that civil unions are not the same as marriage. Forgive me for saying it, but I think the Vermonters h...
Apr 9, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Ten Things You Can Do to Oppose the War in Afghanistan Ten Things You Can Do to Oppose the War in Afghanistan
Get involved in the peace movement. Demand oversight hearings. Read up on the war--and more.
Apr 8, 2009 / Z.P. Heller
Dennis Ross’s Iran Plan Dennis Ross’s Iran Plan
Is Obama's dialogue with Iran already doomed?
Apr 8, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Noted. Noted.
John Nichols on rainbow pusher Merle Hansen; Richard Kim on April's "queer quake."
Apr 8, 2009 / The Editors
Not Our Department Not Our Department
For the Labor Department damaged by eight years of Bush neglect, help is finally on the way.
Apr 8, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Operation Healthcare Operation Healthcare
Obama's hybrid approach to healthcare reform will succeed if progressives come together to support smart, incremental improvements in public programs.
Apr 8, 2009 / The Editors
Lose the ‘Business’; Save the News? Lose the ‘Business’; Save the News?
As newspapers become increasingly irrelevant, is making them tax-exempt their last, best hope?
Apr 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Mrs. Obama Meets Mrs. Windsor Mrs. Obama Meets Mrs. Windsor
Michelle Obama defies the boxes in which women have been caged, expanding the force field of feminism in ecumenical and unsettling ways.
Apr 8, 2009 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Hollywood Meets Frankenstein Hollywood Meets Frankenstein
With its blacklist, Hollywood has created a real monster, and it does more damage than the havoc wreaked by King Kong and Godzilla combined.
They Fought the Law: Fred Strebeigh’s Equal They Fought the Law: Fred Strebeigh’s Equal
An outstanding history of women's struggle for equality through the courts and in the legal profession.
Apr 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell