Ending the Permanent Campaign Ending the Permanent Campaign
When politics is driven by the need to turn out your base and policy is dominated by the desire to cater to that base, our baser instincts come to the fore.
Aug 12, 2010 / Feature / Norman Ornstein
Obama, The Right and Race Obama, The Right and Race
Missing from Alterman's historical analysis is the Republicans' canny exploitation of racial resentment.
Aug 12, 2010 / Feature / Salim Muwakkil
Obama’s Healthcare Achievements Obama’s Healthcare Achievements
Let's give the president credit for pushing through the most far-reaching and economically redistributive social legislation since the New Deal.
Aug 12, 2010 / Feature / Theda Skocpol
There Will Be No Silver Bullet There Will Be No Silver Bullet
The forces stacked against progressive change must not prevent the left from continually fighting for new levels of democratization and social justice.
Aug 12, 2010 / Feature / Chris Bowers
Noted. Noted.
Eyal Press on the passing of Tony Judt; Ari Berman on the movement against Citizens United
Aug 12, 2010 / Editorial / Various Contributors
Ground Zero for Free Speech Ground Zero for Free Speech
The proposed cultural center in lower Manhattan has become the latest target of the right's all-out attack on the First Amendment.
Aug 12, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Afternoon Delight Afternoon Delight
On Charlie Rangel, the world's worst songs and right-wing hypocrisy.
Aug 12, 2010 / Blog / Eric Alterman
High School Students Shed Light on New York City’s Failure to Enforce Environmental Law High School Students Shed Light on New York City’s Failure to Enforce Environmental Law
A group of high schoolers investigate buses and cars idling longer than legally permitted.
Aug 11, 2010 / StudentNation / Carrie Battan
Left Owes a Very Big Thank You to Robert Gibbs Left Owes a Very Big Thank You to Robert Gibbs
White House press secretary is mad at the left for having principles. Cool!
Aug 11, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
Debating Obama: A Forum Debating Obama: A Forum
Responses to Eric Alterman's "Kabuki Democracy," featuring Michael Kazin, Barbara Ehrenreich, Norman Ornstein, Salim Muwakkil, Theda Skocpol and Chris Bowers.
Aug 10, 2010 / The Nation