Politics
How can we keep young voters engaged?
Farai Chideya
Where will America stand in the world?
Chalmers Johnson

How can we fight for working families?
John J. Sweeney
How should we redirect our political creativity?
Al Jourgensen

What issues should Democrats focus on?
Rep. Nancy Pelosi
Whats on the media agenda?
David Brock
How can women fight back?
Marie Wilson

What strategy should the Democrats pursue?
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.
Losing Their Religion
Some Democrats believe the party should turn away from its secular history
Scott Goodstein

Election Reflection
What happened, and what we can do about it
David Moberg
A Unified Front
Salim Muwakkil

Measuring Ballot Measures
Despite focus on anti-gay referendums, progressive ballot initiatives may have been the real story
Hans Johnson
Lets Get Real
Mark Crispin Miller

The Ballots at the Back of the Bus
Most voters in Ohio chose Kerry; here’s how the votes vanished.
Greg Palast

The Liberal Waterloo
(Or, finally some good news from Washington!)
Slavoj Žižek

Cornel West: Public Intellectual
Salim Muwakkil

Making Every Vote Count
Phoebe Connelly

A Dangerous Legacy
Bush’s “ownership society” champions a hyper-individualism that threatens the commons.
Adam Werbach
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