Remembering RFK: 40 Years Later
The Glaser Progress Foundation
A tribute to a true progressive, tragically silenced forty years ago this week.
2008
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Who Are They Calling Elitist?
Eric Alterman : Conservatives & The American Right
Why do conservatives continue to feel oppressed by the "liberal elite"?
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Progressives for Obama
Tom Hayden, Bill Fletcher Jr., Danny Glover & Barbara Ehrenreich : Barack Obama
The future has arrived: progressives can make a difference to ensure Barack Obama is our next President.
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Beyond the New Deal
Howard Zinn : Cultural Criticism & Analysis
How refreshing it would be if a presidential candidate reminded us of the experience of the New Deal.
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FDR's Democratic Propaganda
Stephen Duncombe : Cultural Criticism & Analysis
Today's progressive message-makers can learn a lot from Franklin Roosevelt's homey "fireside chats."
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Democratizing Capital
Sherle R. Schwenninger : Globalization
New Deal progressives believed the economy should exist to serve society, not the other way around.
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Potent Publics
Anna Deavere Smith : Cultural Criticism & Analysis
The US public is wonderfully diverse, but the arts are not equally accessible to all.
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For the 'FDR'
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson : Jesse Jackson
The Bush Administration's solutions for the subprime mortgage crisis are too little, too late. Americans need a New Deal-style agency to manage domestic reconstruction.
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Race and the New Deal Coalition
Adolph Reed Jr. : African-Americans
Most New Deal programs were anything but race- and gender-neutral in their impact. They were both racially discrminatory and a boon to many black Americans.
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The Only Fitting Tribute
Frances Moore Lappé : Economic Policy
For Roosevelt, the New Deal was a way of advancing freedom, which depended on economic as much as political rights.
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The Bare Minimum
Eric Schlosser : Wages & Hours
Today's relentless arguments against a higher minimum wage suggest that Roosevelt's battle is not yet won.
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A Chaos of Experimentation
Andrea Batista Schlesinger : U.S. Economy
The New Deal spirit of "persistent experimentation" yielded impressive results for the country. American leaders can recapture that spirit.
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A Green Corps
Bill McKibben : Environment
The New Deal brought with it programs that served not only the good of the people and the economy but also the environment. We need that now more than ever.
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Why the New Deal Matters
Richard Parker : History
What was it about the New Deal and Roosevelt that make the man and the era relevant today?
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Toward a New New Deal (Forum)
The Editors : History
To commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the New Deal, The Nation invited a panel of activists, writers, scholars and artists to reflect on its lasting lessons.
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Transforming the Liberal Checklist
Eric Schneiderman
It's time for progressives to demand a bolder, "transformational" politics.
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Raise the Bar
Laura Flanders : Democratic Party
Grassroots Democrats, parched for their party's attention, should play hardball with candidates on Iraq.
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MoveOn Weighs Dem Endorsements
Ari Melber : Presidential Election 2008
The netroots powerhouse is surveying its members on whom to support. It's a test of the candidates and of the progressive movement.
2007
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Heartland Forum Tackles the Real Issues
Christopher Hayes : Media Analysis
Pushing past TV's divisive debate format, a unusual forum in Iowa Saturday pushed Democratic candidates to really explain where they stand on pollution, immigration and predatory lending.
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How the Peace Movement Can Win
For war opponents, the election year is a moment of great opportunity--and peril. The challenge is to leverage antiwar sentiment into a victory for peace.
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Deal Breakers
Kim Phillips-Fein : Economic Policy
Two new books seek to galvanize progressives at a key political moment: Paul Krugman's The Conscience of a Liberal and Jonathan Chait's The Big Con.
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Will the Real Generation Obama Please Stand Up?
Lakshmi Chaudhry : Electoral Politics
The cranky, quirky and sometimes progressive politics practiced by a generation once considered slackers could be a deciding factor in this presidential election.
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Executive Excess on Capitol Hill
Charlie Cray & Christopher Hayes : Congress
Faced with a no-brainer fix to close a tax loophole, Senate Democrats are dithering, caught between the interests of their donors and their voters.
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