The Left

Israel and ‘Anti-Semitism’ Israel and ‘Anti-Semitism’

Right in the wake of House majority leader Dick Armey's explicit call for several million Palestinians to be booted out of the West Bank, and East Jerusalem and Gaza as well, c...

May 16, 2002 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn

The Real David Brock The Real David Brock

When incurable liberals like Todd Gitlin and Eric Alterman begin using the name Whittaker Chambers as a term of approbation, we are entitled to say that there has been what the Ger...

May 9, 2002 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

Paul Wellstone, Fighter Paul Wellstone, Fighter

The Senate's most progressive member is in the fight of his life.

May 9, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols

Progressive Blooms Progressive Blooms

As Molly Ivins put it in a recent column: "Across the length and breadth of this land of ours, from the mountain to the prairie, from every hill and dale comes the question, 'Wher...

Apr 18, 2002 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Thunderstruck on the Right Thunderstruck on the Right

My sister-in-law, a historian and researcher in alternative medicine, once told me of a doctoral dissertation she'd happened across in which the writer interviewed a number of com...

Mar 21, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Michael Tomasky

What Young Voters Want What Young Voters Want

They're looking for help with college and a reason to believe in government.

Jan 24, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Anna Greenberg

What’s Left? A New Life for Progressivism What’s Left? A New Life for Progressivism

NEW YORK--In the aftermath of September 11, pundits were quick to proclaim the American left a victim of the war on terrorism, for two reasons.

Nov 27, 2001 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Joel Rogers

A Better Third Way A Better Third Way

It's time for a liberal philosophy focusing on social justice and inequality.

Feb 15, 2001 / Feature / Richard D. Kahlenberg and Ruy Teixeira

SDS’s Other Wars SDS’s Other Wars

With over 100,000 members in college and university chapters, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was the largest and most significant of the 1960s New Left organizations in ...

Feb 15, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Jim Russell

Winning Politics Winning Politics

The elections of 2000--resulting in the election of George W. Bush to the presidency, a historic 50-50 split in the Senate and a reduced Republican margin in the House--have supp...

Feb 1, 2001 / Editorial / Paul Wellstone

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