Elections

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  • Mixed messages

    Will the GOP's bluster about gays and flags drown out the Democrats' call for a new energy policy?
    By Amanda Griscom Little June 10, 2006

  • San Franciscophobia

    We're stuck with a terrible war and a worse president, and all the GOP can do is scream, "Pelosi and her Nancy boys are coming"? This is pathetic.
    By Garrison Keillor June 7, 2006

  • Israel's uncertain revolution

    Tuesday's general election was one of the most momentous in Israel's 58-year history. So why didn't the voters care?
    By Aluf Benn March 31, 2006

  • Who is the real Hamas?

    Now that it's in power, will the militant Palestinian group accept Israel's legitimacy in exchange for land? Or is it hiding a dedication to the Jewish state's destruction behind media-savvy spin?
    By Helena Cobban March 2, 2006

  • The women of Hamas

    The NYT notes that women's role in the party is growing, but their participation is still restricted by the rules of Islam.
    By Page Rockwell February 3, 2006

  • How do you like your democracy now, Mr. Bush?

    Hamas' stunning victory underlines the contradictions and hypocrisies in Bush's Mideast policies.
    By Juan Cole January 27, 2006

  • No Bush, please -- we're Canadian

    Canada just elected a right-wing prime minister, Stephen Harper. But he had to distance himself as far as possible from George W. Bush to win.
    By David Beers January 25, 2006

  • Conan the Finlandian

    Conan O'Brien influences recent elections in Finland
    By H.H. January 19, 2006

  • Jill Carroll's Iraq dispatches

    Nearly a year before she was abducted in Baghdad, freelance reporter Jill Carroll covered Iraq's legislative election for Salon.
    January 19, 2006

  • No biggie!

    Letterman applauds the Iraqi elections
    By H.H. December 16, 2005

  • Saudi women get out -- and get -- the vote

    In a conservative kingdom, the first females elected to, well, anything.
    By Lynn Harris November 30, 2005

  • Don't get "Fooled Again"

    In his new book, Mark Crispin Miller tries to prove that Republicans rigged the 2004 election, but his evidence is thinner than a butterfly ballot.
    By Farhad Manjoo November 14, 2005

  • "The Truth (With Jokes)"

    Al Franken pukes into his wastebasket in Chapter 4 of his new book, then spends Chapter 5 in "Rove-induced septic shock."
    By Lynn Harris October 25, 2005

  • Afghanistan: Mission not yet accomplished

    Despite successful elections, warlords, drug cartels and growing disenchantment with the West could still derail the fledgling democracy.
    By Mitchell Prothero September 21, 2005

  • Bush's war and the Egyptian elections

    Mubarak's rigged victory shows that right-wing predictions of an "Arab spring" were wishful thinking.
    By Juan Cole September 19, 2005

  • The end of the affair

    Israel's withdrawal from Gaza signals Sharon's abandonment of the deluded settlement policy he created. But can he survive the political fallout?
    By Aluf Benn August 18, 2005

  • Is the Senate in play in 2006?

    Don't count your donkeys just yet, but one Senate watcher says that Democrats may have a shot at regaining control.
    By Tim Grieve June 23, 2005

  • Keep on reforming

    We've made progress in the way we elect our representatives, but we need to lose the winner-take-all system.
    By Steven Hill June 13, 2005

  • This is what democracy looks like?

    President and Mrs. Bush miss an opportunity to promote democratic reform in Egypt.
    By Julia Scott May 27, 2005

  • After Arafat

    Fighting corruption, rebuilding institutions and trying to bring militants into the political system, Palestinians have moved on after the death of their leader. But how long will their new hopes last?
    By Jennifer Miller March 30, 2005

  • Not the "people power" Bush had in mind

    Sending hordes of supporters into the Beirut streets, Hezbollah upstaged the opposition. But can the militant group decide what part it wants to play?
    By Mitchell Prothero March 11, 2005

  • Voting doesn't mean democracy

    The election impressed the world, but now the Iraqis have to learn to share power. And there's still a savage firefight every night in my Baghdad neighborhood.
    By Mitchell Prothero February 5, 2005

  • The Shiite earthquake

    With non-Sunni Muslims poised to take power for the first time, a new Iraq is being born. Will it survive its infancy?
    By Juan Cole February 1, 2005

  • Vote and/or die

    Braving death, a few Shiites hit the streets to turn out the vote -- and inspire one flag-waving Iraqi to welcome an American reporter.
    By Mitchell Prothero January 29, 2005

  • "An explosion waiting to happen"

    Iraq expert Amy Hawthorne discusses the possibilities -- but mostly the pitfalls -- of Sunday's elections.
    By Jeff Horwitz January 29, 2005
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