The Left

Can a Movement Save the American Dream?

Can a Movement Save the American Dream? Can a Movement Save the American Dream?

Van Jones of Green For All has joined MoveOn.org, the Campaign for America’s Future and dozens of other progressive organizations to challenge the reign of private interests.

Sep 21, 2011 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage and Katrina vanden Heuvel

Thousands Cheer Bernie Sanders’s Appeal to Obama, Super-Committee: Make the Rich Pay for Deficits Thousands Cheer Bernie Sanders’s Appeal to Obama, Super-Committee: Make the Rich Pay for Deficits

Headlining Wisconsin's Fighting Bob Fest, the largest annual gathering of progressives in the country, the Vermont senator drew the loudest cheers for a stern warning to the presid...

Sep 18, 2011 / John Nichols

Russ Feingold Chooses the Role of ‘Citizen,’ Rejecting 2012 Runs for State, National Posts Russ Feingold Chooses the Role of ‘Citizen,’ Rejecting 2012 Runs for State, National Posts

Instead, of making a comeback bid for office, Russ Finegold will be organizing and campaign as a citizen with much to say about foreign policy and the need for sweeping reform of o...

Aug 19, 2011 / John Nichols

Bernie Sanders Talks Up Primary Challenge to Obama as ‘a Good Idea for Our Democracy and for the Democratic Party’ Bernie Sanders Talks Up Primary Challenge to Obama as ‘a Good Idea for Our Democracy and for the Democratic Party’

The Vermont independent is not running for president, but he says it’s time “that people start asking the president some hard questions about why he said one thing duri...

Aug 14, 2011 / John Nichols

Obama’s Compromising Stirs Talk of Dem Primary Challenge; Bernie Sanders Says It’s a ‘Good Idea’ Obama’s Compromising Stirs Talk of Dem Primary Challenge; Bernie Sanders Says It’s a ‘Good Idea’

New polling suggests liberal disapproval of Obama has spiked since he began talking of putting Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security “on the table” in negotiations with GOP. Vermont ...

Jul 23, 2011 / John Nichols

Elizabeth Warren Says She’ll Consider Massachusetts Senate Run Elizabeth Warren Says She’ll Consider Massachusetts Senate Run

Massachusetts might well elect Warren to the Senate, where she could lead the fight for reform.

Jul 19, 2011 / John Nichols

A Creditable Left A Creditable Left

To recover lost ground, progressives should focus more on civil society than electoral politics.

Jul 11, 2011 / Feature / Richard Sennett

Have We Forgotten How to End Wars? Have We Forgotten How to End Wars?

Will the death of Osama bin Laden bring change in US policy? Last week on this show, one by one, our guests said no. Hopes are one thing; likely reality is something else.

May 10, 2011 / Laura Flanders

Keep Your Hands Off My Medicare! Keep Your Hands Off My Medicare!

As Republicans pursue one of the most unpopular programs in recent memory, progressives have an opportunity to reset the terms of the debate.

May 3, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Tony Kushner’s Intelligent Homosexuals Tony Kushner’s Intelligent Homosexuals

Without turning into sentimental left-wing pageantry, Kushner’s new play illuminates radicalism and makes art of sectarian dreams and failures.

Apr 27, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Margaret Spillane

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