Farewell, Howard Dean Farewell, Howard Dean
A vote of thanks is due to Dr. Dean,
A comet on the presidential scene.
Once sure to win, he lost it all instead.
He made mistakes, but still it should be said
Feb 26, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
An Idea Factory for the Democrats An Idea Factory for the Democrats
The Center for American Progress was conceived as the Democratic answer to the Heritage Foundation...
Feb 12, 2004 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
Running on Empty Running on Empty
If ever there was an event that called for reflection on what was left of the New Left, it was the 1981 Brink's robbery.
Dec 18, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Carol Brightman
Camp Wellstone Camp Wellstone
Paul Wellstone won elections as a progressive by energizing and mobilizing a large base, staying close to community organizing efforts of all kinds and fearlessly pressing a bo...
Oct 23, 2003 / Jeff Blodgett
Wellstone in 2004 Wellstone in 2004
During the two years when he was exploring a bid for the 2000 Democratic presidential nomination, Paul Wellstone spent a lot of time trying to figure out how a progressive coul...
Oct 23, 2003 / John Nichols
Our Victorian Ancestors Our Victorian Ancestors
"You are the heirs of one of the country's great traditions, the Progressive movement that started late in the nineteenth century and remade the American experience piece by pi...
Oct 2, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin
Seeing Red at the Post Seeing Red at the Post
I did a double take when I got to the eighth paragraph of the Washington Post's eleven-paragraph August 21 news story on Kathy Boudin's parole.
Sep 25, 2003 / Victor Navasky
Kathy Boudin’s Time Kathy Boudin’s Time
Kathy Boudin's parole from Bedford Hills Correctional Facility after twenty-two years is welcome and overdue.
Aug 28, 2003 / The Editors
Paul Wellstone Paul Wellstone
When Paul Wellstone perished in a plane crash along with his wife, his daughter and three members of his staff in October 2002, the horror of his death nearly overshadowed the ...
Jul 2, 2003 / Feature / Joe Conason
I.F. Stone I.F. Stone
Sidney Hook, the Marxist philosopher-turned-neoconservative who once mistakenly listed I.F.
Jul 2, 2003 / Feature / Victor Navasky