Down at the Mall Down at the Mall
Looking for serious sweatshop alternatives? Check out NoSweatShop.com, the new virtual union mall. Claiming to be "the first and only mall in the world where you can't find on...
Dec 10, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Abortion Distortion Abortion Distortion
Lawmakers who passed the so-called partial birth abortion ban are far removed from women's lives.
Dec 8, 2003 / Feature / Rebecca Ayrey
San Francisco Showdown San Francisco Showdown
San Francisco is a dot.com city, so it should come as no surprise that the two candidates in Tuesday's runoff for mayor of America's left-coast city are pretty much summed up by t...
Dec 8, 2003 / John Nichols
Building A Progressive Majority Building A Progressive Majority
It's no secret that progressives need to build a stronger political infrastructure if we're going to achieve an enduring majority for positive change in this country. After all, ...
Dec 7, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Debating Media Ownership–Dec. 15 Debating Media Ownership–Dec. 15
Capitol Hill observers say that media ownership has been the second most discussed issue by constituents in 2003, trailing only the war on Iraq. This is a remarkable turnaround f...
Dec 7, 2003 / Peter Rothberg
Gonzalez for Mayor Gonzalez for Mayor
Matt Gonzalez, San Francisco's Green candidate for mayor, is trying to put an end to the forty-year grip the Democrats have held over the city's electoral politics and become the...
Dec 5, 2003 / Feature / Kevin McCarthy
McCarthy’s (and Ashcroft’s) Nemesis McCarthy’s (and Ashcroft’s) Nemesis
In the summer of 1951, Senator Joe McCarthy's burgeoning red scare had intimidated not just official Washington but the nation's media. Free speech was taking a hit everywhere, bu...
Dec 5, 2003 / John Nichols
Protesting to Protect the Constitution Protesting to Protect the Constitution
Three states (Alaska, Arizona and Hawaii) and 219 cities, towns and counties have passed anti-Patriot Act resolutions, ordinances or ballot initiatives. Hundreds more are in prog...
Dec 4, 2003 / The Nation
Why I Said No to Joe Why I Said No to Joe
This essay, from the September 26, 1953, issue of The Nation, is a special selection from The Nation Digital Archive. If you want to read everything The Nation has ever published, ...
Dec 4, 2003 / Feature / Harvey O’Connor
Occupational Hazards Occupational Hazards
One of the greatest paradoxes of the modern era is the relationship between science and rationalism.
Dec 4, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Omer Bartov