Journalism & Democracy Journalism & Democracy
On the importance of being a "public nuisance."
Apr 19, 2001 / Feature / Bill Moyers
Compassionate Aversionism Compassionate Aversionism
Within weeks of taking office, President Bush started to dispense compassionate conservatism with a vengeance. As the first order of business, he moved to give a massive tax windf...
Apr 19, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Gara LaMarche
Bush’s Contra Buddies Bush’s Contra Buddies
The current President George Bush, whose very name evokes a dark era many would prefer to forget, seems determined to resurrect the ghosts of America's scandal-ridden past. A numb...
Apr 19, 2001 / Peter Kornbluh
Bush Unites the Enviros Bush Unites the Enviros
In early April an alert was sent out by a longtime oceans activist worried that the Bush Administration was about to reverse a program to establish marine protected areas. A numbe...
Apr 19, 2001 / David Helvarg
Sex, Lies and Politics Sex, Lies and Politics
Congress is poised to reauthorize fearmongering "abstinence-only" sex ed.
Apr 19, 2001 / Feature / Marjorie Heins
No to Global Sweatshops No to Global Sweatshops
New York's City Council is about to open a promising new front in the global struggle against sweatshop exploitation--a city procurement ordinance that requires decent wages and f...
Apr 19, 2001 / William Greider
McVeigh’s Last Mile McVeigh’s Last Mile
Attorney General John Ashcroft says he does not want Timothy McVeigh to "inject more poison into our culture"--a striking statement, given the method of McVeigh's execution. Accor...
Apr 19, 2001 / The Editors
Nation Notes Nation Notes
William Greider's article "The Last Farm Crisis" (November 20, 2000) has won a Harry Chapin Media Award, given by World Hunger Year.... Gregory Palast's investigation into the pur...
Apr 19, 2001 / The Editors
Chinese Boxes Chinese Boxes
Thankfully, the clash between Washington and Beijing over the downing of a US reconnaissance plane off Hainan Island never spiraled out of control like the Chinese jet that buzzed...
Apr 19, 2001 / The Editors
Discovery/The Nation ’01 Prizewinners Discovery/The Nation ’01 Prizewinners
The Nation announces the winners of Discovery/The Nation, the Joan Leiman Jacobson Poetry Prize.
Apr 19, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Grace Schulman