Antiwar Activism Antiwar Activism
The political establishment is not united behind the Bush Administration's policy of forced "regime change" in Iraq. The rest of the world, and a good part of the American publ...
Sep 12, 2002 / The Editors
One Year Later One Year Later
In the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks, Americans experienced a mixture of fear and warmth, a quickening of the national spirit. The extraordinary heroism of th...
Sep 5, 2002 / The Editors
The Imperial Presidency The Imperial Presidency
The August 26 speech by Vice President Dick Cheney at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Nashville has made at least two things clear: first, that the Bush Administration ...
Aug 29, 2002 / The Editors
Iraq: The Doubters Grow Iraq: The Doubters Grow
This past week confirmed that the American political establishment is not united in support of the Bush Administration's policy of forcible "regime change" in Iraq. Odd as it m...
Aug 15, 2002 / The Editors
Secret Arrests Are an Odious Concept Secret Arrests Are an Odious Concept
Following the September 11 attacks, the federal government rounded up more than 1,000 people and detained them without revealing their identities.
Aug 5, 2002 / The Editors
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
In Fact… In Fact…
ELITE ONLY NEED APPLY The story made the front page of the New York Times and other papers. The director of admissions at Princeton was caught sneaking into a special website set...
Aug 1, 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
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