Barbara Lee’s Stand Barbara Lee’s Stand
When Congress voted to authorize the Bush Administration to use military force in response to the September 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Represent...
Sep 20, 2001 / Editorial / The Editors
Life as a Progressive Legislator Life as a Progressive Legislator
The lesson of fifteen years is that real change requires a people's movement.
Sep 13, 2001 / Feature / Paul G. Pinsky
Women: Key to the Senate? Women: Key to the Senate?
If they connect well with voters in 2002, they'll have an edge in a weak economy.
Sep 6, 2001 / Feature / John Nichols
Bringing Down the Senate Bringing Down the Senate
Vermont, as John Kenneth Galbraith once observed, is the only state in the union represented in Congress by a Democrat, a Republican and a Socialist, who all vote more or less ali...
May 31, 2001 / Editorial / The Editors
Shrub Flubs His Dub Shrub Flubs His Dub
Austin Oh, sure, blame it on Texas. It's all our fault Jim Jeffords walked. Many, many people in Washington are assuming "the Texans" in the White House are responsible ...
May 31, 2001 / Editorial / Molly Ivins
The Jeffords Jump The Jeffords Jump
"What do we do now?" That famous last line of the 1972 film The Candidate, in which Robert Redford finds himself--to his surprise--elected to the Senate, should be on the minds of...
May 25, 2001 / Editorial / David Corn
The Jeffords Jump The Jeffords Jump
"What do we do now?" That famous last line of the 1972 film The Candidate, in which Robert Redford finds himself--to his surprise--elected to the Senate, should be on the minds of...
May 23, 2001 / Editorial / David Corn
Bush’s Phony ‘Bipartisanship’ Bush’s Phony ‘Bipartisanship’
The danger: He might sell the idea, and his agenda, with the help of a few Democrats.
Jan 5, 2001 / Feature / John Nichols
A Democratic House: Why It Matters A Democratic House: Why It Matters
It won't be a revolution, but progressives see support for much of their agenda.
Oct 19, 2000 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage