The Left

Ho-Ho-Holiday Donations–2006 Ho-Ho-Holiday Donations–2006

Give a gift that will make the world better.

Dec 14, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Their Opportunism, Our Opportunity Their Opportunism, Our Opportunity

Mainstream media have transformed the permanent presidential campaign into a never-ending soap opera. Progressives must create the movements that will influence whoever decides to ...

Nov 26, 2006 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge

Watershed Watershed

It's time for Democrats to break out of their risk-averse habits and blaze a new trail--if they can only remember how.

Nov 16, 2006 / Feature / William Greider

Obama: Black Like Me Obama: Black Like Me

Barack Obama has fallen prey to the soft bigotry of unreasonable expectations from both the right and left.

Oct 27, 2006 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge

Big $$ for Progressive Politics Big $$ for Progressive Politics

The Democracy Alliance is taking a page from the conservative Republican playbook by funding ideas instead of candidates. If only its leaders could agree on what those ideas are.

Sep 28, 2006 / Feature / Ari Berman

Dorothy Healey Dorothy Healey

An appreciation of one of the last members of the left's "greatest generation," known for her physical courage, warmth and intelligence, who spent a lifetime arguing eloq...

Aug 24, 2006 / Editorial / Mike Davis

Dorothy Healey Dorothy Healey

An appreciation of one of the last members of the left's "greatest generation," known for her physical courage, warmth and intelligence, who spent a lifetime arguing eloquently for...

Aug 10, 2006 / Editorial / Mike Davis

The Left Gets Real The Left Gets Real

Is the coziness of progressives and foreign policy realists a strategic alliance or a sign that the conservative co-optation of "human rights" has disillusioned the left?

Aug 4, 2006 / Feature / Eyal Press

Rage Against the MSMachine Rage Against the MSMachine

The Yearly Kos Convention revealed a blogosphere whose media critique is hampered by its political ambitions. Why can't progressives repair the press, not dismantle it?

Jul 14, 2006 / Feature / Lakshmi Chaudhry

Green Grows Grassroots Green Grows Grassroots

In the Bush era, the green movement has become a paper tiger. It must regroup, reframe and reach out across the lines of race and class that have kept environmental issues at the p...

Jul 13, 2006 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard

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