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Earlier this year, Republican National Chairman Reince Priebus declared that the 2014 midterm elections were shaping up to be a 'tsunami' for the GOP. His comment was tasteless, but was [...]

My political friends often asked me last year, 'Why are you helping Kucinich run for President? You know he's not going to win.' My normal response was: 'If everyone who [...]

* Kevin Phillips Kevin Phillips is publisher of the American Political Report and author, most recently, of Arrogant Capital: Washington, Wall Street and the Frustration of American Politics (Little, Brown). [...]

For almost forty years now, the white South has been moving steadily into the Republican ranks. Indeed, white Southerners now run the GOP and provide a very high proportion of [...]

The article focuses on political and social issues of the U.S. As soon as he returned to Washington from his visit to Los Angeles, California and results of his urban policy, U.S. President George Bush showed how committed to change he is by vetoing the campaign finance reform bill. The legislation would have partially cleaned up politics by providing federal subsidies to the U.S. Congressional candidates who agree to limit their spending. It would curtail the flow of large donations to campaigns. It seems that Bernie Sanders, lone independent member of the U.S. Congress, could end up substantially influencing the choice of the next President of the U.S. If Democrats in the U.S. lose control of only six delegations out of the current fifteen in which they now have only a one or two member advantage, they will have to go hunting for another state's vote.

The author offers insights on the need for progressive movements to prevent a fall, which he says can be achieved through non-violence stance against racism, sexism and proto-fascism of U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

The article focuses on the Democratic Party in the United States, following its defeat in the 2004 elections. It has frequently been pointed out that candidate John Kerry would be President if fewer than 70,000 Ohioans had switched their votes. What has not been noticed is that a similar number holds for the "Cactus Corner"--if 64,000 voters had switched their votes in three Southwestern states, Kerry would have won another nineteen electoral votes, enough to win the White House. Kerry trailed President George W. Bush by only about 6,000 votes in New Mexico, by only 21,500 in Nevada and by fewer than 100,000 in Colorado. The future for Democrats is brighter in the Southwest than in those deep red states below the Mason-Dixon line. Consider this: Besides Florida, the closest former Confederate states showed Bush winning by nine percentage points. On the other hand, of the six states which Bush won by five points or less, two of them were in the Midwest, one is Florida and three were in the Southwest. What do these Southwestern states have in common? A large and growing Latino constituency, plus a strong overall environmental sensibility that is usually overlooked by Democrats and steamrolled by Republicans.

Presents several letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in the previous issues of the journal "The Nation." "Progressive Values for America," which discussed Jesse Jackson's 1988 U.S. presidential campaign; Discussion on the election reforms in the U.S.; Comment on the psychological injuries which the minorities are suffering from enforced economic opportunity in the U.S.

Presents letters to the editor published in this issue of the periodical "The Nation." Recommendation of Congresswoman Maxine Waters as Vice Presidential candidate of the U.S.; Reiteration of the government of Mexico to build a dam along the Usurnacinta River.

The article focuses on the optimism and the hype surrounding the capacity of the Republican Party (GOP) to record a landslide victory against the Democratic Party in the 2014 U.S. midterm elections.

The article discusses how the 2012 elections proved that big ideas can change voting patterns after the Occupy Wall Street movement made the gap between the rich and poor in America a matter of public concern.

The article offers the author's view on the hypocrisy of the Conservatives on military spending in the U.S. The author contends that wasting taxpayers' money on dangerous and expensive military projects is more of an imposition on grandchildren than spending it on health care. He expects that many liberal and Democrats will be hypocritical in military spending. He likes to help President Barack Obama as he cuts back nuclear arsenal in the world.

Presents a letter to the editor commenting on Mona R. Hochberg's article, titled 'Massachusetts won't invade Honduras,' published in the June 1986 issue of 'The Progressive' magazine.

Presents a letter to the editor disapproving the failure of Stanley Aronowitz to recognize the accomplishments of Reverend Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow Coalition as a vehicle for progressive change.