Fear on the Campaign Trail Fear on the Campaign Trail
As Democratic candidates strive to keep their messages upbeat and cheerful, they should take a lesson from the environmental movement on the power of fear to motivate political cha...
Dec 7, 2007 / Feature / Glenn Hurowitz
The Audacity of Oprah The Audacity of Oprah
The combined power of Oprah & Obama could reinvigorate our embattled political landscape.
Dec 6, 2007 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Ron Paul’s Roots Ron Paul’s Roots
His phenomenal candidacy is giving the long-fractured libertarian movement a Kumbaya moment.
Dec 6, 2007 / Chris Hayes
Blackwater’s Bu$ine$$ Blackwater’s Bu$ine$$
Undeterred by scandal, Blackwater's global business is booming and continues to pursue its political agenda from deep inside the Mitt Romney campaign.
Dec 6, 2007 / Jeremy Scahill
Bush on Iran: Fool Me Twice Bush on Iran: Fool Me Twice
Despite new evidence on Iran's nuclear ambitions, President Bush is sticking to his story--an inflated threat assessment some leading Democrats persist in believing.
Dec 5, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
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 / Peter C. Baker