The Missing Class The Missing Class
Sociologist Katherine Newman talks about the "near poor," that vast pool of workers who are neither officially destitute nor comfortably working-class.
Jul 26, 2007 / Feature / Eyal Press
A Grassroots Social Forum A Grassroots Social Forum
For 10,000 grassroots organizers at the first US Social Forum in Atlanta, the orations were secular and the pulpit was political.
Jul 26, 2007 / Feature / Darryl Lorenzo Wellington
All Rupert, All the Time All Rupert, All the Time
Will Rupert Murdoch's play to own and operate the Wall Street Journal have a silver lining for liberals?
Jul 26, 2007 / Column / Eric Alterman
On the Latest Washington Scandal On the Latest Washington Scandal
David Vitter, caught in the act.
Jul 26, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin
A Bronx Tale A Bronx Tale
From Providence to Los Angeles and even the Bronx, urban rivers that were polluted and even paved over are being restored.
Jul 26, 2007 / Tracy Tullis
Dangerous Privilege Dangerous Privilege
We need a law to define and limit the President's claim of executive privilege, and should set a process for Congress to overcome it.
Jul 26, 2007 / Aziz Huq
Impeachable Offenses Impeachable Offenses
The burgeoning movement to impeach Bush and Cheney is a rational response at a time when 80 percent of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction.
Jul 26, 2007 / John Nichols
Harry Potter and the Half-Baked Epic Harry Potter and the Half-Baked Epic
The last book in J.K. Rowling's saga is marked by throwaway references to a post-9/11 world and derivative insights that never add up to a coherent moral vision.
Jul 26, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Fred Thompson, Neocon Fred Thompson, Neocon
He has a strong claim on the neoconservative heart, and if he ends up in the White House, the moribund neocons will rise again.
Jul 26, 2007 / David Corn
The Populist Moment? The Populist Moment?
Economic populism is the new flavor in politics, but it won't be authentic unless it's driven by and for the people.
Jul 26, 2007 / The Editors