Bribing–Or Rewarding–People To Vote? Bribing–Or Rewarding–People To Vote?
From the valuable listserv, " Democracy Dispatches," a project of Demos--the New York City-based Public Policy and Advocacy organization, which tracks and analyzes democracy iss...
Oct 25, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Brought To You By Wal-Mart? Brought To You By Wal-Mart?
What with Bush and his cronies on the road to raking in an unprecedented $200 million this campaign season, I admit it's hard to focus on small ticket outrages. But it's still wo...
Oct 25, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
Kingdom of Shadows, the sixth of Alan Furst's novels of historical espionage fiction, was hard for me to put down--and when I did, I couldn't wait to pick it up again.
Oct 25, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Peter I. Fifield
A Watershed Strike A Watershed Strike
The retail food workers strike in California may be the first in a series of battles that could shape the future of labor-management relations throughout the US.
Oct 23, 2003 / Feature / Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
Why the Rumsfeld Memo Matters Why the Rumsfeld Memo Matters
Thanks to USA Today, the public now knows some of what Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld really thinks of the war of terrorism. And thanks t...
Oct 23, 2003 / David Corn
The Avengers The Avengers
Ghosts are notorious for getting stuck in time. Having lost track of the ongoing world, they will revisit certain hours as obsessively as they haunt a fatal spot.
Oct 23, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
A Kiss in Java A Kiss in Java
In a broad square not far from the center of Jakarta, a large obelisk of concrete soars into the sky.
Oct 23, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Patrick Smith
Starting Out in the ’50s Starting Out in the ’50s
The best memoirs of recent years reveal "The Way We Live Now" as well as or better than most contemporary fiction.
Oct 23, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Dan Wakefield
How the Other Half Learns How the Other Half Learns
Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom have long been pillars of highbrow conservatism in America.
Oct 23, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Peter Schrag
No-Brainer No-Brainer
Devising a fair federal policy for higher education would not be hard.
Oct 23, 2003 / Feature / David Kirp