Political Figures

Why Obama? Why Obama?

The stakes in 2012 and beyond.

Oct 2, 2012 / Feature / Deepak Bhargava

Go for the Jugular Go for the Jugular

What a principled counterattack campaign against the GOP would look like.

Oct 2, 2012 / Feature / Dorian T. Warren

Movements Need Politicians—and Vice Versa Movements Need Politicians—and Vice Versa

Where their interests overlap, progressive politics can thrive.

Oct 2, 2012 / Feature / Frances Fox Piven and Lorraine C. Minnite

We Need More than a New President We Need More than a New President

In a second Obama term, we must organize to win a new social contract for a new economy.

Oct 2, 2012 / Feature / Saket Soni

Defeat the Reactionary White Elite Defeat the Reactionary White Elite

While preventing a Republican triumph is imperative, we should have no illusions about Obama.

Oct 2, 2012 / Feature / Bill Fletcher Jr.

Obama’s Legacy Is Our Leverage Obama’s Legacy Is Our Leverage

If he wins, he must use his platform and powers to tackle issues from global warming to nuclear arms control.

Oct 2, 2012 / Feature / Tom Hayden

A Politics of Love A Politics of Love

In this election and after, we need to write a new story for our changing nation that places care and connection at the center.

Oct 2, 2012 / Feature / Ai-jen Poo

Re-elect Obama—but Reject His Austerity Re-elect Obama—but Reject His Austerity

In the contest that comes after November, Obama will be on the wrong team.

Oct 2, 2012 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage

Time to Rewire Time to Rewire

A Romney presidency would rob progressive movements of the oxygen required to grow deeper and broader roots.

Oct 2, 2012 / Feature / Ilyse Hogue

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Romney-Ryan Campaign Is Defined by ‘Dodge, Duck and Cover’ Katrina vanden Heuvel: Romney-Ryan Campaign Is Defined by ‘Dodge, Duck and Cover’

Mitt Romney’s lack of specificity in public comes from an understanding that many of his proposals are widely unpopular.

Oct 2, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room

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