Who in 2004? Who in 2004?
With Al Gore bowing out of the 2004 presidential race, the field for Democratic contenders is wide open. In a mock people's primary, WorkingForChange is asking the public who it w...
Dec 17, 2002 / Peter Rothberg
The Kissinger Kiss-off The Kissinger Kiss-off
Perhaps Henry Kissinger will escape final (on-this-earth) judgement. No trial for war crimes. No public shunning for his lying ways. No disinvitation from
Dec 16, 2002 / David Corn
Gore’s Gone, But Will Dems Freshen Up? Gore’s Gone, But Will Dems Freshen Up?
Poor Al Gore, he never could get presidential politics right. Just as the former vice president and 2000 Democratic nominee for the top job was starting to take some of the bold s...
Dec 16, 2002 / John Nichols
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
Recently, while doing some research into social conditions in the early twentieth century, I came across a reference to Looking Backward, written in 1888.
Dec 16, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Karen Rothmyer
Oil, Iraq and America Oil, Iraq and America
For more from Hiro on Iraq, read Iraq: In the Eye of the Storm, a short, lucid primer recently published by NationBooks.
Dec 16, 2002 / Feature / Dilip Hiro
Lott Should Resign Lott Should Resign
Among the obscenities accumulating in the political atmosphere, the most disgusting may be Trent Lott.
Dec 12, 2002 / The Editors
Show-and-Tell Time Show-and-Tell Time
For a brief moment one could almost believe that the US march toward war with Iraq had paused.
Dec 12, 2002 / The Editors
Will Democrats Step Up? Will Democrats Step Up?
It's still the economy, stupid. The President gets it.
Dec 12, 2002 / Robert L. Borosage
Making the Connections Making the Connections
A sense of the larger picture is growing among US citizens, notably, though not only, among a young generation, along with a revulsion against official and corporate contempt f...
Dec 12, 2002 / Adrienne Rich
A New New Deal? A New New Deal?
The same week that New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg announced his plans to close eight city firehouses, Mike Wallace, John Jay College professor and bard of New York, held a ...
Dec 12, 2002 / Kim Phillips-Fein