California Green Light California Green Light
Who says the good guys never win? California's new global warming law is a bona fide big deal. Signed into law by Governor Gray Davis on July 22, the global warming bill requires ...
Aug 1, 2002 / Mark Hertsgaard
9/11: The Satire 9/11: The Satire
I don't know if it's some childhood image left over from Victory at Sea or from a book of pictures my uncle brought back from the service, but when I think about the war in the Pa...
Aug 1, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Hal Gelb
The Rush to War The Rush to War
The American Constitution at the very beginning of the Republic sought above all to guard the country against reckless, ill-considered recourse to war. It required a declaratio...
Aug 1, 2002 / Richard Falk
Bubble Capitalism Bubble Capitalism
One bubble burst, then another and another. Enron, Global Crossing, WorldCom. The rectitude of auditors--pop. Faith in corporate CEOs and stock market analysts--pop, pop. The self...
Aug 1, 2002 / The Editors
The Church’s Tug of War The Church’s Tug of War
Women are a driving force behind reform in the Catholic Church.
Aug 1, 2002 / Feature / Angela Bonavoglia
Screening Our Politics Screening Our Politics
Like Pop-Up Video--one of the many things the movie-industry left never anticipated--ancillary factoids keep imposing themselves on Paul Buhle and Dave Wagner's Radical Hollywood:...
Aug 1, 2002 / Books & the Arts / John Anderson
California’s Gray Politics California’s Gray Politics
Governer Davis may win re-election only because the GOP's Simon is such a loser.
Aug 1, 2002 / Feature / Marc Cooper
E(D)R For Ailing Turnout E(D)R For Ailing Turnout
After two decades of visiting political nightmares on the state--from the infamous Prop 13 to the immigrant-bashing Prop 187--California's notorious initiative and referendum syst...
Aug 1, 2002 / Feature / Marc Cooper
Greens at the Crossroads Greens at the Crossroads
The US Green Party held its first-ever midterm convention since becoming a full-fledged national party in Philadelphia a week ago, and the gathering of seventy-nine delegates from...
Aug 1, 2002 / Feature / Micah L. Sifry
Dying for Work Dying for Work
Close to 3,000 progressive activists from all walks of life joined Jim Hightower for his third "Rolling Thunder/Down-Home Democracy Tour" in Tucson on July 26.
Jul 31, 2002 / Feature / Tom Hayden