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Jon Wiener

Kerry’s Trade Winds

Senator John Kerry has promised a revision of Clinton-era trade policies to insure that future agreements contain stronger, enforceable labor and environmental standards.

Tom Hayden and Lori Wallach

Death on the Border

Now that a summerlong Homeland Security crackdown along the Arizona border is concluding, the results are in and they spell lethal failure.

Marc Cooper

Election Matters

The thing that really galls Ralph Nader is not that so many of his prominent 2000 campaign supporters are now actively campaigning for Democrat John Kerry.

John Nichols

Cheney’s Cronies

As he prepares to debate Halliburton CEO turned Vice President Dick Cheney, Senator John Edwards would do well to study up on his Harry Truman.

The Editors

The Buck Stops in the Voting Booth

It is difficult for members of the US Senate, where even the best are uncommonly proud, to admit that they are not always in the know. Perhaps that explains why Sen.

Robert Scheer

You Can’t Bomb Beliefs

Aaron Maté provided research assistance for this column.

Naomi Klein

Dumb and Dumber (and Dumber Still)

One problem with trying to write critically about this year's election coverage is that by choosing any single aspect of its manifold failures, one automatically does an injus...

Eric Alterman

Wonderland

It is exasperating listening to the news as we approach this most important election. The coverage is all about comparing the length of the candidate's sentences. How many big...

Patricia J. Williams

Why the Republicans Might Be Right That Osama bin Laden Is Rooting for John Kerry

Calvin Trillin

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