How far will our next president go to change our global economic policies to support workers, communities, and the environment?
Institute for Policy Studies Mandate for Change Election Series: The Election, War, and Peace: John McCain and Barack Obama differ widely on many issues, but in addressing foreign policy concerns there is surprising overlap.
Silence on Immigration: As Obama and McCain dodge the pressing issue of immigrants' rights, here's an immigration agenda for the next U.S. president.
A Quick Fix: The Candidates and Energy Independence: Neither candidate's energy plan includes the sort of aggressive goals that America really needs.
Biden's Foreign Policy 'Experience': Despite a few nods in the direction of a progressive foreign policy, vice presidential hopeful Joe Biden sides all too often with hawks.
McCain Should Know Better: The Republican nominee should know that no one wins in the destruction of war.
Why Obama Shouldn't Cave on Trade: Pundits should stop urging the Democratic nominee to drink poisoned "free trade" Kool-Aid.
Biden, Iraq, and Obama's Betrayal: Obama's choice of Biden as running mate repudiates his anti-war supporters.
Chess vs Checkers: It is rare for a candidate to ask Americans to take a step back and think strategically about the national security problems facing the United States.
John McCain and IRI: The presidential candidate has many questions to answer about the taxpayer-funded organization.
Obama's Right Turn?: In his recent AIPAC speech, Barack Obama veers right.
Obama, McCain, and Munich: The president and the Republican presidential candidate are calling Barack Obama an appeaser. They've got their history and their diplomacy all wrong.
The Candidates and Iran: The candidates' positions on Iran are not just about war and peace.
The Candidates and India: Indians seem to have gone ga-ga over the Democrats.
Global Cooperation: The Candidates Speak: Senators Clinton, McCain, and Obama have something to say about the UN, nuclear proliferation and other global cooperation issues. Really.
The Candidates on Darfur: As the Democratic presidential primary campaign limps on, and the cacophony of focus-grouped sound bites strikes a fevered pitch, the candidates are making surprisingly little noise about Darfur.
The Candidates and Russia: The presidential candidates have all been tempted to embrace a new Cold War with Russia.
The Democratic candidates are debating each other, but not the metastasizing military budget.
Behind Obama and Clinton: You can tell a great deal about presidential candidates by the people who whisper in their ears.
Nukes and the Elections: Forget haircuts and space aliens, Frida Berrigan writes. The media and the candidates should be talking about real issues, like the potential end of the world.
Hillary Clinton on Iraq: Hillary says she wants the troops out. But does she really?
On International Law: When it comes to human rights around the world, Hillary Clinton is little more than Bush Lite.
On her military policy: There's every indication that it closely parallels that of the Bush administration.
John Edwards: The charismatic populist has staked out progressive positions on important domestic policy issues but on foreign policy, however, his record is decidedly mixed.
Is Mike Huckabee a real compassionate conservative, or just a closet realist?
Barack Obama on the Middle East: Is it wise to hope that as president, Obama would be more progressive than he is letting on?
On Diplomacy: With his preference for diplomacy over militarism, we must neither be naïve about Barack Obama's limitations nor cynical about his potential.
On both Iraq and climate change, John McCain supports the Bush status quo.
