The Forgettable & Forgotten The Forgettable & Forgotten
Dispatches from adolescent territory reach me occasionally through my niece Michelle, who has moved into her teen years like the Wehrmacht hitting Belgium. Her most recent posting...
Jul 18, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Port Huron Statement at 40 The Port Huron Statement at 40
On its anniversary, two of its authors assess its relevance for today.
Jul 18, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Tom Hayden and Dick Flacks
Is This America’s Top Corporate Crime Fighter? Is This America’s Top Corporate Crime Fighter?
William Lerach's legal crusade against Enron and infectious greed.
Jul 18, 2002 / Feature / William Greider
Librarians Under Siege Librarians Under Siege
It used to be a matter of flashing a badge and appealing to patriotism, but these days federal agents are finding it a little harder to get librarians to spy. Under an obscure pro...
Jul 18, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Laura Flanders
Doublespeak on Guns Doublespeak on Guns
In a brief filed in connection with an appeal to the Supreme Court in a gun possession case, the Bush Justice Department, breaking with sixty years of jurisprudence, asserts that ...
Jul 18, 2002 / Julian Epstein
The Wages of Greed The Wages of Greed
Events in Washington are potentially momentous, but hold the applause. In late May, the Dow was at 10,300, but by mid-July it had dropped almost 2,000 points. The Nasdaq and S&...
Jul 18, 2002 / The Editors
Robert I. Friedman Robert I. Friedman
Robert I. Friedman, whose uncompromising investigative stories appeared in The Nation from the early 1980s onward, died July 2 in Manhattan at the age of 51. In an era of timid, c...
Jul 18, 2002 / The Editors
War in Colombia’s Oilfields War in Colombia’s Oilfields
Counterinsurgency aid will be a big boost to Occidental Petroleum.
Jul 18, 2002 / Feature / Steven Dudley
Mexico Opens the Files Mexico Opens the Files
Now that a freedom of information bill has been passed, Mexico faces its real battle: convincing the public to use it.
Jul 18, 2002 / Kate Doyle
Our Gang in Venezuela? Our Gang in Venezuela?
The National Endowment for Democracy has been busy--and far from alone.
Jul 18, 2002 / Feature / David Corn