Politics

People of Conscience, Challenge the President! People of Conscience, Challenge the President!

After eight years of misgovernment, Americans must join together to restore our democracy, the rule of law, and our nation's moral standing on history's high road.

May 30, 2008 / Ross C. Anderson

Recount: A Nightmare Revisited Recount: A Nightmare Revisited

HBO's Recount will bring back bad memories, which is precisely why you should see it.

May 29, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Adam Howard

Mr. Lessig Goes to Washington Mr. Lessig Goes to Washington

The visionary professor who inspired the "free culture" movement takes on money in politics.

May 29, 2008 / Feature / Chris Hayes

Say It Ain’t So, Joe Say It Ain’t So, Joe

Take a look at the qualities right-wing pundits so admire about dove-turned-hawk, Dem-turned-Republican Joe Lieberman.

May 29, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman

Character Assassinations Character Assassinations

Why does the fraudulence of the Republican machine remain so widely known and so persistently ignored?

May 29, 2008 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

The ‘FCC-Word’ The ‘FCC-Word’

Censorship is a really dirty word.

May 29, 2008 / Garrett Epps

A Progressive Push A Progressive Push

It's time for candidates to focus on issues missing from the debate so far: the bloated military budget, an exit from Bush's "war on terror," our failing infrastructure and the dee...

May 29, 2008 / The Editors

Stay Strong, Ted Stay Strong, Ted

Sen. Ted Kennedy undergoes surgery today in North Carolina for treatment of a brain tumor. This recent speech on Iraq provides ample proof of why we need him now more than ever.

May 29, 2008 / YouTube

Mixed Blessing Mixed Blessing

Obama calls for direct dialogue and new trade deals with Latin America, but continued counterinsurgency in Columbia, tensions with Venezuela.

May 25, 2008 / Feature / Tom Hayden

Déjà Vu in South Dakota Déjà Vu in South Dakota

It's going to take a concerted national effort to defeat the state's latest anti-choice ballot initiative.

May 22, 2008 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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