Politics

Year of the Black Candidate

Many Black candidates sought and won office in the 2006 takeover by the Democrats.

Laura S. Washington

The Role of the Religious Right in the Foley Affair

The Religious Right will condemn others, but never holds themselves accountable.

Hans Johnson

In Loco Parentis: A Gay Pages Experience

Faith can be restored in Congress despite the Foley Page Scandal.

John Ireland

The Importance of Not Getting Over It

A new Book Was the 2004 Presidential Election Stolen? suggests that doctored memory cards on electronic voting machines stole the election.

Joel Bleifuss

Teamsters Face a Contentious Election

As the AFL-CIO split and workers continue to lose ground, the teamesters face a contentious election.

David Moberg

Route-Stepping? Our Way to WWIII

Scare-tactic allusions to war allow Bush to push an extremist agenda.

Gregory D. Foster

Why Pakistan Gets A Nuclear Pass

The Bush administration's pragmatic policy toward Pakistan suggests its foreign policy is less ideological than imperial

Lakshmi Chaudhry

The Neocons Lexicon

Republican term "Islamofacism" conflates the war on terro as a battle between the Enlightenment and Theocracy.

Salim Muwakkil

Wave of Party Switchers Hits Republicans

Citing extremism, more GOPers are joining the Democrats

Hans Johnson

The Prairie Populist: Byron Dorgan

Sen. Byron Dorgan, a populist Democrat from North Dakota, has a new book out entitled "Take This Job and Ship It: How Corporate Greed and Brain-Dead Politics Are Selling Out America."

David Sirota

9/11 and the “Good War” on Terror

How the Greatest Generation helped pave the road to Baghdad

Christopher Hayes

Pushing Back Against Ad Censorship

Television networks refuse progressive ads more often than conservative ones

Paul Waldman and Matthew Biedlingmaier

Bird-Dogging Hillary Clinton

Operation "Bird-Dog Hillary" is part of an effort by CODEPINK to get Sen. Clinton to support bringing the troops home from Iraq.

Nancy Kricorian

SDS, New and Improved

SDS reforms at University of Chicago convention.

Adam Doster

The Death of Doha

The WTO model has collapsed. What's next?

David Moberg

The Reparations Bandwagon

Hurricane Katrina opens eyes to the need for reparations to repair the race/class divide.

Salim Muwakkil

Examining Irans ties to Hezbollah

Just how much influence does the Islamic Republic wield over Hezbollah?

William O. Beeman

It Came From the Beltway

Joe Lieberman is not a centrist.

Brian Cook