Mr. Obama Goes to Washington Mr. Obama Goes to Washington
Barack Obama talks a great progressive game. But his record so far shows he has a proven ability to mix charisma with deference to the establishment.
Jun 8, 2006 / Feature / David Sirota
How to Build a Farm Team How to Build a Farm Team
The grassroots organization Progressive Majority has a modest ambition: Take over state and national politics by 2010. Welcome to the left-wing conspiracy.
Jun 8, 2006 / Feature / Ruth Conniff
The Turning? The Turning?
Given the scope of conservative ruin, how do progressives seize the day? Start by challenging entrenched interests and ideology, and support candidates and causes while curbing the...
Jun 8, 2006 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage
Progressive Values 101 Progressive Values 101
In order to reclaim "values" from the right wing, progressives must frame the electoral debate in terms everyone can support: freedom, opportunity, security and responsibility.
Jun 8, 2006 / Bernie Horn
Three Liberal Lives Three Liberal Lives
In praise of three giants of American liberalism: John Kenneth Galbraith, Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg and the Rev. William Sloane Coffin Jr.
May 11, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman
J.K. Galbraith and the Forks in the Road J.K. Galbraith and the Forks in the Road
While John Kenneth Galbraith was good at pointing out the failures of the free enterprise system, he could never overcome the play-to-win mentality of American capitalism.
May 4, 2006 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Taking Back the Faith Taking Back the Faith
Where are the progressive religious leaders who can fill the shoes of William Sloane Coffin?
Apr 9, 2006 / Feature / Dan Wakefield
Bringing God Into It Bringing God Into It
The secular left consistently disarms itself of what could be its most powerful weapon against the religious right: a spiritual vision of the world.
Apr 6, 2006 / Feature / Rabbi Michael Lerner
Looking for Salvation in All the Wrong Places Looking for Salvation in All the Wrong Places
Progressive religious leaders should be sensitive to the danger that unexamined God-based public policy presents, whether it comes from the right or the left.
Apr 6, 2006 / Feature / Frances Kissling
Pledging Allegiance Pledging Allegiance
Todd Gitlin uses patriotism to wallop the radical left in The Intellectuals and the Flag.
Mar 2, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare