Editorial

Taking the Initiatives Taking the Initiatives

In Michigan, it's a battle over school vouchers. In Alaska the fight is over medical marijuana. Nebraskans are being asked to outlaw civil unions. In Colorado, Amendment 25 would...

Oct 26, 2000 / The Editors

If Politics Got Real… If Politics Got Real…

If politics got real...the debate over costly prescription drugs would turn to more fundamental solutions like breaking up the pharmaceutical industry's patent monopolies, which ...

Oct 26, 2000 / William Greider

Iraq’s Rehabilitation Iraq’s Rehabilitation

When members of the Arab League gathered for an emergency summit in Cairo on October 21 to discuss "the grave situation in the Palestinian Territories and its impact on the peace...

Oct 26, 2000 / Dilip Hiro

In Fact… In Fact…

LIES AND DAMN LIES What's a political campaign without politicians calling each other liars? This one's been marked, however, at the presidential level, by strategic civility, a ...

Oct 26, 2000 / The Editors

Bush–Rush to Judgment Bush–Rush to Judgment

"The death penalty's very serious business, Leo," Governor Bush condescendingly told a questioner in the third presidential debate. "There've been some tough cases come across my...

Oct 26, 2000 / Doug Magee

More Corporate Welfare More Corporate Welfare

Who says this is a do-nothing Congress? Sure, it can't agree on expanding the childcare tax credit or approve an increase in the minimum wage. Yet, as Congress prepares to adjour...

Oct 19, 2000 / Rep. Peter DeFazio

Bitter Facts in the Mideast Bitter Facts in the Mideast

The fundamentals in the Middle East have changed so drastically--unalterably--that the recent agreement at Sharm el Sheik was just a strip of gauze on a gaping wound. The complac...

Oct 19, 2000 / The Editors

The Election and Beyond The Election and Beyond

We dare to be optimistic. Presidential elections are mile markers on a very long road. Our side does not expect to win according to conventional measures; it could hardly be othe...

Oct 19, 2000 / The Editors

In Fact… In Fact…

NADER PEOPLE If Ralph Nader can make it here in old New York--as he did at his October 13 Madison Square Garden rally, which pulled a full house of 15,000 paying supporters--he c...

Oct 19, 2000 / The Editors

Unhealthy Politics Unhealthy Politics

The number-one healthcare issue facing the country is not which prescription drug plan is best for seniors or whether a handful of patients will be able to sue their HMOs. It is ...

Oct 19, 2000 / Trudy Lieberman

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