Sharp Tongues for Sharpton Sharp Tongues for Sharpton
Why did the pundits declare the Reverend's rousing DNC address to be "off-message"?
Aug 6, 2004 / Feature / Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
Labor Rights and the Olympics Labor Rights and the Olympics
Despite scant notice from the media, a potentially historic bill was recently introduced in Congress by Representatives Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and George Miller (D-CA). The "Play ...
Aug 6, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Bush’s Military Past Bush’s Military Past
This article was adapted from Williams's new book, Deserter: George W. Bush's War on Military Families, Veterans, and His Past . Click here to purchase a copy.
Aug 5, 2004 / Feature / Ian Williams
Return of the White-ist Return of the White-ist
Not that you missed him while he was gone, but David Duke is back.
Aug 5, 2004 / Feature / Leonard Zeskind
Of Hawks and Hacks Of Hawks and Hacks
In an icy blast from the past, Cold War Hawks (the original neo-conservatives) recently resurrected their decades-old group--the Committee on the Present Danger. Originally fo...
Aug 4, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Help Defend the ‘Roadless Rule’ Help Defend the ‘Roadless Rule’
In his last year in office, President Bill Clinton passed the so-called Roadless Area Conservation Rule, a conservation initiative that protected 58.5 million acres of wild natio...
Aug 4, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Kerry’s Past Is the Key to His Future Kerry’s Past Is the Key to His Future
The paranoia that young Kerry warned against is now a staple of the Bush re-election campaign, and Kerry must meet it head-on.
Aug 3, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
I could hardly believe it when I heard Jane Jacobs was still alive and that she had written a new book, Dark Age Ahead, at the age of 88.
Aug 3, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Ben Adler
A Shameful Veto A Shameful Veto
Governor George Pataki's recent veto of the minimum wage bill passed by the New York State Senate was misguided and cruel. His decision sends a clear message: "New York State to ...
Aug 2, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel