magazine January 19, 2004

The Candidates on Marriage

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

By Ana Hristova   

Reasons to Hope

Bush catalyzes a nascent progressive movement

By Cynthia Moothart   

Hope Dies Last

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

By Studs Terkel   

‘Full-Tilt Boogie’ in Iowa

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

By David Moberg   

Iraq: Quicksand & Blood

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

By Robert Parry   

Cruel as Usual

Mississippi Death Row conditions persist

Recall Fever Spreads South

Chávez faces third ouster attempt

A Farewell to Arms?

Colombia’s new crisis

A Watershed Victory

Stockton citizens thwart utilities deal

Dean Receives Another Nod

U.S. Senator Tom Harkin endorses 10 days before Iowa caucuses

Braun Drops Out, Endorses Dean

Former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois today ended her bid for president and endorsed Howard Dean at a… more

books

Design Flaw

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

By Dave Mulcahey   

books

Americanizing in Tongues

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

By Benjamin Ortiz   

music

Our New Punk Rock

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

books

A Merry Marxy Christmas

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

By Eugene McCarraher   

books

Back to Earth

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