Religion Threatens '08 Presidential Race
Rev. Howard Moody : Separation of Church & State
We need a new national dialogue to untangle the triumphalist Christian story line that has wrapped itself around our political discourse.
Campaigns & Elections
Subsections:
2008
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Turning Point in the Gang Crisis
Tom Hayden : Youth Violence
Will the missing issues of gangs, poverty, dropouts, the inner city and policing redefine the presidential debate?
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What Makes Denver Different
VideoNation : Convention 08
The Nation's Ari Melber explains why the Democratic National Convention will be a game-changer.
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Dispatch from Minnesota: Al Franken v. Norm Coleman
Alexander Zaitchik
By campaigning in the tradition of his hero, Paul Wellstone, Al Franken may have triumphed over the biggest threat to his candidacy--voter skepticism.
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Hillary's Iran Insanity
Talking Points Memo : Iran
How did Hillary go from being simply hawkish on Iran to becoming completely hellbent on its destruction?
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Fidel Castro, the First Superdelegate
Greg Grandin : Fidel Castro
The retired Cuban dictator has played a vital role in every U.S. presidential election for the last fifty years.
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The People's Ball
Nicholas von Hoffman : Barack Obama
How Saul Alinsky would plan Obama's inauguration, and his government.
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Talking to Nader
Laura Flanders : Ralph Nader
The independent candidate discusses Obama, healthcare, and why the heck he's running.
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Obama vs. Clinton--What Now?
Katrina vanden Heuvel : US Politics & Government
Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel debates Pat Buchanan on the cost of war, and why The Nation supports Barack Obama.
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Superdelegates 101
Ari Berman & VideoNation : US Politics & Government
The Nation's Political Correspondent breaks down who these "superdelegates" really are, and what they could mean to the Clinton/Obama race.
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The Choice
Christopher Hayes & VideoNation : US Politics & Government
On the eve of Super Tuesday, The Nation's DC editor explains why he thinks Barack Obama is the better choice to build a real progressive majority.
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South Carolina, What Could Have Been?
Stephen Colbert : Presidential Campaigns & Elections
Inspired by The Nation's intrepid reporting, Stephen Colbert asks what would have been if he'd stayed on the South Carolina ballot.
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Dirty Tricks, South Carolina and John McCain
Ann Banks : John McCain
Undone in South Carolina by the Bush campaign's dirty tricks in 2000, John McCain now turns to the man who smeared him.
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The Mad-Money Primary Race
John Nichols : Voters & Voting
If we don't fix the nominating process this year, it will be even worse in 2012.
2007
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Campaign in the City: Boston Mayor Tom Menino
VideoNation : US Politics & Government
"Because Washington has no urban agenda, the cities in this country are doing poorly. Unemployment is up. Faith in the economy has gone down. Crime has gone up."
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Campaign in the City: Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy
VideoNation : US Politics & Government
"Our cities across this country are proud. They have a great history. But like a boxer, they've taken one knee, and they have to bring themselves back."
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Campaign in the City: Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon
VideoNation & MayorTV : US Politics & Government
"I want to see one of the candidates come up with a comprehensive plan to eliminate the tide of drugs coming into our country. I mean, we have wars here in our city."
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Campaign in the City: Miami Mayor Manny Diaz
VideoNation : US Politics & Government
"The media and pollsters don't focus on urban issues. They focus on the war, abortion, gay rights -- things that, quite frankly, for those of us in the trenches, are not exactly the hot button issues."
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Campaign in the City: Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin
VideoNation : US Politics & Government
"Water is my top 10 priorities. Or top 20"
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Campaign in the City: Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper
VideoNation : US Politics & Government
"The Rocky mountains are a place where people come together and put aside partisan issues to solve problems. Being able to talk about those pragmatic solutions is going to be of great benefit to the entire country."
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Campaign in the City: Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak
VideoNation : US Politics & Government
"I hope when the presidential candidates talk about cities, they stop thinking about us as basketcases, and think instead of the potential of cities to turn this country around."
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Campaign in the City: Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown
VideoNation & MayorTV : US Politics & Government
"While presidential candidates are raising substantial amounts of money in cities, they are spending it in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina ... It disproportionately puts the focus on [rural] areas of the country where the majority of our citizenry do not live."
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Campaign in the City: Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson
VideoNation & MayorTV : US Politics & Government
"Republicans and Democrats alike, among mayors in this country, have been very, very upset and concerned about the disregard for cities by this administration."
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Campaign in the City: Mayors on the Issues
VideoNation & MayorTV : US Politics & Government
Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown in the fourth in a series of conversations on the issues at stake for America's cities in Campaign 08.
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Campaign in the City: LA Mayor Anthony Villaraigosa
VideoNation & MayorTV : US Politics & Government
"The federal government talks a good game about homeland security. And yet cities, like Los Angeles, are constantly struggling to get the resources we need to provide that security."
This week: Imagining a new new deal, with Howard Zinn, Frances Moore Lappe, Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Eric Schlosser and...FDR himself. Plus: Ennis Carter and Stephen Duncombe on the political propaganda legacy of the WPA. (13mb mp3)
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