A Texas Lawman Indicts Tom DeLay A Texas Lawman Indicts Tom DeLay
Local lawmen don't usually involve themselves in the affairs of state. It is their job to indict crooks and put them behind bars. But when the affairs of state are corrupted by c...
Sep 28, 2005 / John Nichols
Bush Tries on the Cardigan Bush Tries on the Cardigan
"Our energy problems have the same cause as our environmental problems -- wasteful use of resources. Conservation helps us solve both at once." -- Jimmy Carter, 1977 Despite the ...
Sep 27, 2005 / John Nichols
St. Pat’s Four Not Guilty of Federal Charges St. Pat’s Four Not Guilty of Federal Charges
Four peace advocates were acquitted of federal conspiracy charges in connection with a 2003 protest of the Iraq War.
Sep 27, 2005 / Feature / Elizabeth Bauchner
A Devil’s Dictionary of Business A Devil’s Dictionary of Business
Had your fill of spin and flimflam about the greatness of corporate America? Here's the real truth about money, high finance and low, commerce, clever tricks, globalism and globalo...
Sep 27, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas von Hoffman
Gingrich-izing Public Broadcasting Gingrich-izing Public Broadcasting
On September 26, the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting elected its new chairperson and vice-chairperson, and the eight-member board--which co...
Sep 27, 2005 / David Corn
When ‘Connected’ means ‘Corrupted’ When ‘Connected’ means ‘Corrupted’
The hurricane-driven windfalls for GOP-connected businesses continues, and so do the scandals of widespread corruption among George Bush's cronies. And the rest of us are played fo...
Sep 27, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
Roberts’s Queer Reasoning on AIDS Roberts’s Queer Reasoning on AIDS
When John G. Roberts Jr. counseled President Ronald Reagan on AIDS policies, did he willfully perpetuate the myth that AIDS can be spread by casual contact?
Sep 26, 2005 / Feature / David W. Webber
“Well-Intentioned”–And Arrested (UPDATED) “Well-Intentioned”–And Arrested (UPDATED)
Amid chants of "Arrest Bush," hundreds of antiwar activists participated in a peaceful but boisterous sit-in outside the White House Monday, as part of a day of protests that saw ...
Sep 26, 2005 / John Nichols
Why Bush is Wrong on Poverty Why Bush is Wrong on Poverty
In his September 15 speech to the nation, President Bush asserted that poverty in America is mostly restricted to the nation's Southern states.Like a lot of right-wing ideologues ...
Sep 26, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Make Levees, Not War Make Levees, Not War
New Orleans was top-of-mind for more than 100,000 peace advocates in Washington who delivered a clear and unified message, protesting the Bush Administration's war in Iraq and its ...
Sep 25, 2005 / Liza Featherstone