Are You Better Off? Are You Better Off?
Is America better off now than it was a year ago? I'm sure everyone has a quick answer, but the Drum Major Institute's Year in Review provides you with the hard facts, evidence, ...
Dec 16, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Torturers at Justice Torturers at Justice
Just weeks after the election, President Bush nominated White House counsel Alberto Gonzales to be the next Attorney General of the United States. Given his role in numerous Bus...
Dec 16, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Feingold for President? Feingold for President?
The crowd at the Democratic Party's annual dinner in western Wisconsin's Vernon County was large, loud and longing for a little partisan passion. Far from feeling beat down by th...
Dec 15, 2004 / John Nichols
Kerik’s ‘Nannygate’ Was the Least of It Kerik’s ‘Nannygate’ Was the Least of It
NYC's media have been looking into allegations of far more consequential transgressions.
Dec 14, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Gary Webb Is Dead Gary Webb Is Dead
Gary Webb is dead. He was the journalist who wrote a famous--or infamous--1996 series for the San Jose Mercury News that maintained a CIA-s...
Dec 13, 2004 / David Corn
Needed: Enlightened Business Leaders Needed: Enlightened Business Leaders
When I read last month that James Rowse--the chairman of Veryfine Products Inc., the juice bottling concern, Âhad died, I thought of how this man's life embodied a much more enli...
Dec 13, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Vote for Fahrenheit 9/11 Vote for Fahrenheit 9/11
Michael Moore's provocative, election-season documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 has been nominated by the People's Choice Awards as the American public's "Favorite Film of the Year." The...
Dec 10, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Talking With Anthony Papa Talking With Anthony Papa
He is using his art to publicize the injustice of the drug laws that put him away.
Dec 9, 2004 / Feature / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
No Shortcut to Power No Shortcut to Power
Have you heard about the sweet victory of the week? The Working Families Party, and other allies in New York State's fight for economic justice, won a six-year campaign to raise t...
Dec 9, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
‘Big Ideas Need Sharp Elbows’ ‘Big Ideas Need Sharp Elbows’
We may never reach a consensus on just what it was about George W.
Dec 9, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman