AIDS and Profits AIDS and Profits
This is not about profits and patents; it's about poverty and a devastating disease." That statement did not come from AIDS activists struggling to provide sub-Saharan Africa's...
Mar 22, 2001 / The Editors
Bush’s Global Warmers Bush’s Global Warmers
Four days after the press reported that he was about to cut climate-altering carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, George W. Bush caved in to the Neanderthal wing of the ...
Mar 22, 2001 / Ross Gelbspan
Zapatistas on the March Zapatistas on the March
Many compared it to marching through a dream. After seven years under siege by 70,000 Mexican Army troops in the jungles and highlands of Chiapas, the Zapatista National Liberat...
Mar 22, 2001 / Al Giordano
The Nation Indicators The Nation Indicators
Click here to read "Wealth Report," the latest installment of Doug Henwood's quarterly Nation column "Indicators" in PDF format. Acrobat Reader required.
Mar 22, 2001 / Doug Henwood
In Fact… In Fact…
'FREELANCE' DOESN'T MEAN FOR FREE The case of Tasini v. New York Times, which the Supreme Court will hear soon, turns on technical language in copyright law, but it has raised...
Mar 22, 2001 / The Editors
Taking Care of Business Taking Care of Business
The corporate class is flying high in Washington. With George W. Bush--CEO style and all--in the White House and the Republicans controlling Congress, the business community has b...
Mar 15, 2001 / The Editors
Stockman Returneth Stockman Returneth
Twenty years ago this season, when another new Republican President arrived in Washington to push for massive income-tax reductions, I was having breakfast every other Saturday mo...
Mar 15, 2001 / William Greider
In Fact… In Fact…
CAMPAIGN FINANCE UPDATE As the Senate geared up for a debate on the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill (McFein for short), which bans soft money, Democratic Senator Rob...
Mar 15, 2001 / The Editors
SAT–A Failing Test SAT–A Failing Test
Educators have long known the rap sheet on the SAT, the college entrance exam that millions of young people have taken as a rite of passage for some seventy-five years. Since its ...
Mar 15, 2001 / Peter Sacks
Middle East Peace Talk Middle East Peace Talk
Ariel Sharon's election as Israeli Prime Minister insures a prolonged pause in progress toward Israeli-Palestinian peace. While awaiting his successor, politicians and commentator...
Mar 15, 2001 / John V. Whitbeck