Heartland Forum Tackles the Real Issues Heartland Forum Tackles the Real Issues
Pushing past TV's divisive debate format, a unusual forum in Iowa Saturday pushed Democratic candidates to really explain where they stand on pollution, immigration and predatory l...
Dec 3, 2007 / Feature / Chris Hayes
Fumbling Florida Fumbling Florida
Have Democrats already blown the biggest swing state?
War Comes Home to Iowa War Comes Home to Iowa
The absence of a definitive antiwar candidate has divided the state's peace activists.
Nov 29, 2007 / Feature / Ari Berman
How the Peace Movement Can Win How the Peace Movement Can Win
For war opponents, the election year is a moment of great opportunity--and peril. The challenge is to leverage antiwar sentiment into a victory for peace.
Nov 29, 2007 / Feature / Tom Hayden
President Rudy’s War Council President Rudy’s War Council
Norman Podhoretz and Daniel Pipes consider how the newly elected President should proceed in the world arena. The first act of a five-act play.
Nov 21, 2007 / Editorial / Peter C. Baker
Cheering for Ron Paul Cheering for Ron Paul
It takes a libertarian Republican to shame Democrats into acknowledging the true cost of this war for ordinary Americans.
Nov 21, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
What to Do About Campaign Finance Loopholes What to Do About Campaign Finance Loopholes
Political reporters are fixated on the candidates' endless money chase and the expected flood of corporate funds into shadow campaigns. But they have forgotten why we care.
Nov 16, 2007 / Editorial / Deborah Goldberg
VideoNation: The Cost of War VideoNation: The Cost of War
Democratic candidates need to make the war a campaign issue, and hammer away at the staggering economic and human costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Nov 15, 2007 / Video / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Will the Real Generation Obama Please Stand Up? Will the Real Generation Obama Please Stand Up?
The cranky, quirky and sometimes progressive politics practiced by a generation once considered slackers could be a deciding factor in this presidential election.
Nov 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Carter Speaks His Mind Carter Speaks His Mind
A conversation with the former President on Jonathan Demme's new film, Jimmy Carter Man From Plains, and the difficulty of talking about Israel and Palestine.
Nov 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols