Smoke in Starr’s Chamber Smoke in Starr’s Chamber
This essay is adapted from Thomas Ferguson’s “Blowing Smoke: Who Wants Clinton Impeached And Why,” for American Democracy in the Twenty-First Century, edited by William Crotty.
Feb 18, 1999 / Feature / Thomas Ferguson
Haitian Lament: Killing Me Softly Haitian Lament: Killing Me Softly
Haitians call secondhand clothes pèpè, pronounced "peh-peh." In an earlier time these were called Twoomann and Kenedi because it was under those US Presidents
Feb 11, 1999 / Feature / Dan Coughlin
LA Story: Backlash of the Boosters LA Story: Backlash of the Boosters
What happens to a leading Marxist writer after he gets a MacArthur genius grant, a Getty Fellowship, and his new book hits number one on the nonfiction bestseller list?
Feb 4, 1999 / Feature / Jon Wiener
The False Dawn of Civil Society The False Dawn of Civil Society
When we put our faith in civil society, we are grasping at straws.
Feb 4, 1999 / Feature / David Rieff
A Global Green Deal A Global Green Deal
Government can do a lot to save the planet, from altering tax policies to aiding nascent industries. The money is there; all it takes now is the will.
Feb 1, 1999 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard
Theme Wars 2000 Theme Wars 2000
It was yet another Washington confab where Democrats gathered in a hotel to ponder their prospects.
Jan 28, 1999 / Feature / David Corn
The Cost of an Afghan ‘Victory’ The Cost of an Afghan ‘Victory’
Ten years ago, on February 15, 1989, as the last of the 115,000 Soviet soldiers crossed over from Afghanistan into Soviet Tajikistan, there was quiet celebration in Washington ...
Jan 28, 1999 / Feature / Dilip Hiro
The Real Threat to Social Security The Real Threat to Social Security
Research assistance was provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute.
Jan 21, 1999 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
Democrats Face the Future Democrats Face the Future
"Nothing in life is so exhilarating," Winston Churchill wrote in his memoir of the Boer War, "as to be shot at without result." Surely this accounts for the ebullience of Cong...
Jan 21, 1999 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage
My Lost Weekend My Lost Weekend
By the time we got to firing off the water-cooled, tripod-mounted, 30-caliber machine gun at the NRA-run Ben Avery gun range a half-hour north of here on the Saturday after ...
Jan 14, 1999 / Feature / Marc Cooper