The Invisible Earthquake The Invisible Earthquake
The situation in Pakistan is so bad that the United Nations today urged NATO countries to stage a huge and immediate airlift to get life-saving supplies to earthquake victims. Te...
Oct 21, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
A Constitutional Disaster A Constitutional Disaster
After a campaign of distortion and deception, the USA Patriot Act is about to be renewed. It's a deeply flawed law that will be used mainly against dissidents, immigrants, Muslims ...
Oct 21, 2005 / Feature / Chip Pitts
Sweet Victory Update: Cleaning Up Cosmetics Sweet Victory Update: Cleaning Up Cosmetics
Months ago, we celebrated the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics' impressive drive to eliminate toxic ingredients from beauty products. Due to an FDA loophole, which exempts personal ca...
Oct 21, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Congress Rejects Raising Minium-Wage Congress Rejects Raising Minium-Wage
Today's edition of the New York Times devoted exactly one sentence (on page A18) to one of the most important news stories of the day. "No Rise in Minimum Wage," the headline read...
Oct 20, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweeping Up Ohio Sweeping Up Ohio
There's a way to cure Ohio's dysfunctional electoral system: an election-reform referendum that allows creation of "swing districts."
Oct 20, 2005 / Feature / John Nichols
Kaine Country Kaine Country
It's a tight race, but if Tim Kaine becomes the next governor of Virginia, Democrats gain what they desperately need to win back Congress: a big win in a Southern state.
Oct 20, 2005 / Feature / John Nichols
Gore Vidal, Octocontrarian Gore Vidal, Octocontrarian
Marc Cooper interviews Gore Vidal about an America that is increasingly controlled by corporations and suggests that the Gulf Coast hurricanes and the Iraq debacle signal the break...
Oct 20, 2005 / Feature / Marc Cooper
Wrong About the Right Wrong About the Right
Progressives lack a common set of that tie a movement together. But they can build on conservatives' proven strategy of slowly creating a broad consensus.
Oct 20, 2005 / Feature / Jean Hardisty and Deepak Bhargava
Beyond Shelters Beyond Shelters
Advocacy groups like ACORN want New Orleanians to play a role in the rebuilding of the community they had to leave. The biggest issue so far: getting refugees of the storm back hom...
Oct 20, 2005 / Feature / Michael Tisserand
Hurricane Gumbo Hurricane Gumbo
The Cajun and Creole folks of Ville Platte, LA, learned long ago not to rely on the government for help. It the wake of hurricanes they launched a homemade rescue-and-relief effort...
Oct 20, 2005 / Feature / Mike Davis and Anthony Fontenot