The Candidates on Marriage

Given the recent Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling, gay marriage is certain to be a wedge issue in next... more

Reasons to Hope

Bush catalyzes a nascent progressive movement

Hope Dies Last

Hope has never trickled down. It has always sprung up. That’s what Jessie de la Cruz meant... more

‘Full-Tilt Boogie’ in Iowa

Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean swept through Iowa in early December. The crowd gathered to hear him at... more

Iraq: Quicksand & Blood

George W. Bush and his top advisers learned little from the Vietnam debacle of the ‘60s, since most... more

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Design Flaw

On the edge of the Chicago suburb of Barrington is a massive edifice known as a megachurch. Looking... more

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Americanizing in Tongues

“I think that Christ was a heavy radical.” As a statement of politicized spirituality by a religious Latino,... more

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Our New Punk Rock

Punk rock emerged in the 1970s as the decade’s most compelling music of social criticism, a mantle... more

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A Merry Marxy Christmas

A specter has been haunting Marxism —the specter of Christianity. Routed politically by capitalist globalism, and hard-pressed to... more

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Back to Earth

For the better part of a decade, there has been a steady stream of books written about Bill... more

The Trouble with Gay Marriage

The push for gay marriage diverts the debate for gay rights into a cul-de-sac inhabited by screaming right-wing fundamentalists.

Dust Bowl Passion Play

‘Carnivále’ confirms the right’s worst stereotypes of liberals, even as it fails to advance a liberal worldview.

Assessing Sharpton

At best, Sharpton could parlay black support into bargaining leverage within the Democratic Party.

Progressive Hope

The role of money in politics feeds the disconnect between citizens and representative government.