Slide Show: The Progressive Honor Roll 2010 Slide Show: The Progressive Honor Roll 2010
"The year 2010 will not be remembered as a halcyon year for progressives," writes John Nichols in his Progressive Honor Roll for this year. "But in such years the truest believers and battlers stand out all the more clearly, and patterns are set for the victories of the years to come." Here, then, are the Most Valuable Progressives of 2010 and the groundwork they're laying for 2011.
Dec 30, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Christmas, Congress And The Times That Try Men’s Souls Christmas, Congress And The Times That Try Men’s Souls
Republican senators attacked Harry Reid for keeping the chamber working as the Holiday approached. What would these Tories have told George Washington and the troops who were prepa...
Dec 24, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
A New Orleans Christmas in the Lower Ninth A New Orleans Christmas in the Lower Ninth
Five years after Hurricane Katrina, a holiday of remembrance and rebirth on the streets of New Orleans's hardest-hit neighborhood.
Dec 23, 2010 / Mark Hertsgaard
The Fight For Civil Rights Beyond Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell The Fight For Civil Rights Beyond Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Civil rights issues will be central to the success or failure of the Obama presidency.
Dec 23, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room
The Fight For Civil Rights Beyond Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell The Fight For Civil Rights Beyond Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Civil rights issues will be central to the success or failure of the Obama presidency.
Dec 23, 2010 / Video / The Rachel Maddow Show
‘A Vicious, Mendacious, Horrible Monster….’ ‘A Vicious, Mendacious, Horrible Monster….’
Takes on who's eating whose lunch, Cher's silver screen performances and the mail.
Dec 23, 2010 / Blog / Eric Alterman
Action, Hope, 2011 Action, Hope, 2011
Looking forward to 2011, here are a few of the many ideas, organizing efforts and causes worth fighting for as we work together to make this a more just and decent nation.
Dec 23, 2010 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Melissa Harris-Perry Gives Haley Barbour a History Lesson Melissa Harris-Perry Gives Haley Barbour a History Lesson
Misremembering the Citizens Councils has dangerous implications for the present.
Dec 22, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Melissa Harris-Perry Gives Haley Barbour a History Lesson Melissa Harris-Perry Gives Haley Barbour a History Lesson
Misremembering the Citizens Councils has dangerous implications for the present.
Lame Duck Congress Victories Lame Duck Congress Victories
The repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the passage of a landmark food safety bill and the narrow defeat of the DREAM Act all prove that organizing and educating across issues reall...
Dec 22, 2010 / Editorial / The Editors