Politics

Why Cynics Are Wrong

The sublime shock of Obama's victory

Slavoj Žižek

Obama and the Union Vote

Polls suggest mandate for reform surpasses support for Obama

David Moberg

What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been

Looking back on a surreal campaign season

Bill Ayers

A Stunning Victory. Now What?

In These Times editors around the country react to Barack Obama's historic victory

In These Times Editors

An Open Letter to Barack Obama

Alice Walker

Citizen Gore Vidal

Elections won't reverse the decline of American democracy, the prolific literary legend says

David Barsamian

Dreaming Green

The Green Party's 5 percent campaign is both modest and ambitious. Can Cynthia McKinney pull it off?

Felix Holmgren

Thanks for the Memories, Wingnuts

Ray Abernathy

Through the Glasses Darkly

What if the between-the-lines Republican message (don't be afraid, there will be no real change) is the true illusion?

Slavoj Žižek

Honest Abe and Honest Obe

Laura S. Washington

On a Mission From God

Examining Sarah Palin's ties to the Christian Right

Chip Berlet and Esther Kaplan

McCain Banking on a Confederacy of Dunces

David Sirota

The View From Ohio

Will voters in the economically ravaged Buckeye State 'get over' race and support Obama?

David Moberg

Americans Unwilling to Face Reality

John R. MacArthur

The Races to Watch

Democrats vie to capitalize on House and Senate vacancies

Hans Johnson

The Real McCain Revealed

Robert Parry

Remembering Those Other American Dreams

Democrats struggle to win blue-collar voters

David Sirota

Demons Out!

Joel Bleifuss