Taking (Back) the Initiative Taking (Back) the Initiative
An activist think tank is fighting the right at the ballot box--and winning.
May 31, 2001 / Feature / David Sarasohn
Clean Elections at Stake Clean Elections at Stake
For government to represent the interests of average people, public officials have to be liberated from their dependence on private interests to finance their campaigns.
May 29, 2001 / Feature / Micah L. Sifry
State Outsources Secret War State Outsources Secret War
Best known as a place where the Air Force shoots satellites into orbit, the Eastern Space and Missile Center--just south of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida's Brevard County--w...
May 23, 2001 / Feature / Jason Vest
The Election Race Card The Election Race Card
"Let me take you on a journey to a foreign land. To Britain after a second term of Tony Blair." With these words, Conservative Party leader William Hague began a speech in March t...
May 17, 2001 / Feature / John Ghazvinian
Those Big Town Blues Those Big Town Blues
New York City voters aren't thrilled with their options in the fall elections.
May 17, 2001 / Feature / Doug Ireland
Blair’s Cooled-Off Britannia Blair’s Cooled-Off Britannia
As the election nears, the weather is rotten and the glow is off "New Labour."
May 17, 2001 / Feature / Maria Margaronis
Rapacious Instincts in Sudan Rapacious Instincts in Sudan
Oil companies are partners with Khartoum in waging a cruel civil war.
May 17, 2001 / Feature / Eric Reeves
Villaraigosa’s Hot in Los Angeles Villaraigosa’s Hot in Los Angeles
His mayoral campaign platform is the most progressive in modern city history.
May 17, 2001 / Feature / Marc Cooper
Beyond NAFTA: A Forum Beyond NAFTA: A Forum
Toward a North American economic community.
May 10, 2001 / Feature / Angelo Falcón, Walter Russell Mead, and Jeff Faux
Dioxin: Studied to Death Dioxin: Studied to Death
Industry has been doing all it can to keep an EPA report from being published.
May 10, 2001 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard