Bush’s Defiant State of the Union Bush’s Defiant State of the Union
"No one can now doubt the word of America." That's what George W. Bush told the United States and the world public in his State of the Union address...
Jan 21, 2004 / David Corn
Give Iraqis the Election They Want Give Iraqis the Election They Want
Despite Bush's rhetoric, the US is opposing true democratic voting.
Jan 20, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Free Martha! Free Martha!
Why Martha Stewart should be found innocent.
Jan 20, 2004 / Feature / Doug Henwood
IOWA: Ten Talking Points IOWA: Ten Talking Points
1. It's not the movement, it's the man. Voters vote for a person, not the forces he or she unleashes. Howard Dean did birth a movement of sorts. It...
Jan 20, 2004 / David Corn
IOWA: Caucusing for Kerry, Edwards IOWA: Caucusing for Kerry, Edwards
DUBUQUE, Iowa -- "We got beat by the nuns," said Carol Petrick, a disappointed supporter of Howard Dean as it became evident that her candidate was going to get whipped by John Ke...
Jan 20, 2004 / John Nichols
It’s Just Opposition, Stupid! It’s Just Opposition, Stupid!
Have you noticed how sensitive some of these Republicans are? When did plain and simple opposition become political hate speech? After former Vice-President Al Gore delivered a...
Jan 19, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
IOWA: Kerry Runs as JFK IOWA: Kerry Runs as JFK
GUTTENBERG, Iowa – John Forbes Kerry, who has moved into the frontrunner position in key polls of Iowans who will set the course of the Democratic presidential campaign at Monda...
Jan 19, 2004 / John Nichols
IOWA: President Bartlet Hits the Trail IOWA: President Bartlet Hits the Trail
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet's name cannot be found on the list of candidates contending on Monday for votes at Iowa's first-in-the-nation Democratic presi...
Jan 17, 2004 / John Nichols
The Trouble With CAFTA The Trouble With CAFTA
CAFTA promises to extend the harmful impacts of NAFTA to Mexico's weaker southern neighbors.
Jan 16, 2004 / Feature / Mark Engler
The Dream and Beyond The Dream and Beyond
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. famously came out against the Vietnam War before he was assassinated in April 1968. And, according to David Garrow, King's Pulitzer Prize-winning b...
Jan 16, 2004 / Peter Rothberg