Bush Finally Sees Poor People Bush Finally Sees Poor People
It takes a hurricane to raise awareness that the numbers of poor people are growing on George Bush's watch. Will that be enough for the President to begin to level the playing fiel...
Sep 20, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
Intelligible Design Intelligible Design
Intellectually, scientifically, even artistically, fundamentalism is a road to nowhere, because it insists on fidelity to revealed truths that are not true.
Sep 15, 2005 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Levee Town Levee Town
There are decades of memos from engineers and contractors setting forth budgets to build up the Gulf Coast's levees, but Bush wouldn't let them be.
Sep 15, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Cockburn
Further Words From George W. Bush After He Said to FEMA Chief Michael Brown, ‘Brownie, You’re Doing a Heckuva Job.’ Further Words From George W. Bush After He Said to FEMA Chief Michael Brown, ‘Brownie, You’re Doing a Heckuva Job.’
Perhaps Bush is beginning to regret picking a horse expert to heard FEMA.
Sep 15, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Bush Is Fooling Nobody Now Bush Is Fooling Nobody Now
Long fooled by the Bush image machine, Americans now understand that this Administration can only deliver spin, not substance; photo ops, not action.
Sep 13, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
Let the People Rebuild New Orleans Let the People Rebuild New Orleans
Let the evacuees of New Orleans take the lead in determining how the billions of dollars in reconstruction funds are used to rebuild their lives and their city.
Sep 8, 2005 / Column / Naomi Klein
Found in the Flood Found in the Flood
The most remarkable aspect of the media's treatment of the hurricane coverage was the return of the poor, in coverage that was neither condescending nor condemnatory.
Sep 8, 2005 / Column / Eric Alterman
The View From Lott’s Porch The View From Lott’s Porch
Some storm victims evacuated from New Orleans were "sorted" by age, race or gender. Is breaking up families and prioritizing by race any way to deal with disaster?
Sep 8, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
President Inert As City Goes Under President Inert As City Goes Under
Such a tough hombre: When the hurrincane hit, Bush did a 9/11 reprise.
Sep 8, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Real Costs of a Culture of Greed The Real Costs of a Culture of Greed
The affluent mask of the United States has been torn away by the storm, exposing a nation that has become progressively poorer under the leadership of the party of Big Business.
Sep 6, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer