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From Pop Charts to Politics
Adam Serwer
October 10, 2008
Hip-hop is now a powerful mainstream cultural force, but political activists haven't quite figured out how to mobilize the hip-hop generation.
From the archives: Latoya Peterson on why Barack Obama is the first hip-hop presidential candidate.
Nas joins members of MoveOn.org and ColorofChange.org to protest Fox News coverage of Barack Obama on July 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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A City United Against Itself
Gershom Gorenberg
October 10, 2008 | web only
The Jerusalem mayoral race speaks to the sharp divisions within the city, and the lead candidate's culture-war appeal is a reminder of how ugly politics can get.
Who Will Look After the Economy Until January?
Robert Kuttner
October 8, 2008 | web only
Bush, Bernanke, Paulson, and the incoming president would do well to avoid the mistakes of the Hoover-Roosevelt interregnum, a stand-off that made it even more arduous to climb out of the Great Depression once Roosevelt finally took office.
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The FundamentaList
Sarah Posner
October 8, 2008 | web only
This week in the religious right: Dobson endorses McCain after insisting he wouldn't, it's the High Holidays, so it must be time for Jews to find Jesus, and is Sarah Palin the modern Queen Esther?
Sympathy for McCain
Mark Schmitt
October 8, 2008 | web only
Negative campaigning has destroyed the McCain brand. But it was always more fragile than McCain had let himself believe.
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Races to Watch: Minnesota 3
Dayo Olopade
October 9, 2008 | web only
Ashwin Madia is not just mounting a strong challenge to the Republican incumbent -- he's tapping a new base of Indian American voters and heading up a next generation of Iraq vets seeking office. Races to Watch: Ohio 15
Holly Yeager
October 7, 2008 | web only
Mary Jo Kilroy is running again for the House -- but this time the incumbent is gone, and the largely suburban district, like many across the country, is starting to trend Democratic.
Ashwin Madia. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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McCain's Ideas Fell Flat
October 8, 2008 | web only
Harold Meyerson
John McCain tried and failed to remake himself as an economic populist during last night's debate. Barack Obama won, not just because his policies are more authentically progressive but because he approaches economic issues from the perspective of ordinary people.
Will the November Surprise Be Disenfranchised Voters?
October 7, 2008 | web only
Paul Waldman
Don't expect everything to go smoothly on Election Day. Make no mistake: The problems that existed in 2000 and 2004 haven't gone away. There could be millions of Americans who will be prevented from exercising their franchise on Nov. 4.
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Five Questions About the New Electorate
October 6, 2008
Thomas F. Schaller
For a decade or more, we've been promised an electoral transformation: Younger voters, minorities, and women will prevail over the older, conservative majority. Is this the year the predictions come true?
What Comes After Paulson?
October 6, 2008 | web only
Robert Kuttner
The Paulson plan will take weeks to implement, and markets are already declaring a resounding vote of no-confidence.
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The Strange Case of the Colorado Labor-Business Coalition
Dana Goldstein
October 6, 2008 | web only
In the Rocky Mountain swing state, business leaders are working alongside unions to defeat a right-to-work ballot initiative. Inside one of the wackiest political compromises in American history.
The Way to the New World
David Roberts
October 3, 2008
David Roberts reviews three new books on our environmental crisis, and wonders why newly minted greens sound more ambitious about the future than movement insiders.
Protecting Voter Rights
Adam Serwer
October 3, 2008 | web only
TAP Online talks with Myrna Perez of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU about what we can do to ensure eligible voters get to cast a ballot.
How Does Iraq Play Into the Economic Crisis?
Matthew Yglesias
October 2, 2008 | web only
The focus is on our unstable credit markets -- but we shouldn't forget that Bush's foreign policy has exacted its own costs on our economy.
What Comes After Senate Approval of the Bailout Bill?
Robert Kuttner
October 2, 2008 | web only
Congressional leaders need to look to more than just passing the bill in the House.
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What to Expect When You're Expecting a Majority
Tim Fernholz
October 1, 2008
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is poised for a rare achievement: a second consecutive cycle of sizable gains.
But with more Democrats may come more conflict.
Democrats on a Wire
Robert Kuttner
October 1, 2008 | web only
As Congress attempts to bail out the bailout, will Nancy Pelosi have the leverage she needs to get the package right?
The FundamentaList (No. 51)
Sarah Posner
October 1, 2008 | web only
Conservative pastors seek the right to practice politics from the pulpit, and a conservative group says Obama is not a Christian. Also, does Sarah Palin think Putin is the Antichrist?
The Coming Conservative Crack-up
Paul Waldman
September 30, 2008 | web only
The Republicans' split over the bailout bill is the latest example of the party's internal divisions. Unless the GOP figures out what it stands for, it's headed for civil war and electoral disaster.
Learning from 1929
Robert Kuttner
September 30, 2008 | web only
After yesterday's bailout fiasco and stock market drop, what can we expect going forward? And how can we prevent another Great Depression?
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From Pop Charts to Politics
Adam Serwer
Hip-hop is now a powerful mainstream cultural force, but political activists haven't quite figured out how to mobilize the hip-hop generation.
Race, Place, and Opportunity
john a. powell
Where we live influences our life chances. Too many blacks still live in concentrated poverty.
The Corrupter of Youth
Mark Greif
Richard Rorty's provocative pragmatism reached an audience far beyond academic philosophers. A new biography unfortunately ends before he ascends to that larger stage.
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Aziz Huq directs the Liberty & National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU, and is an associate professor of law at NYU. His book, 
