Bush Officials Exploit Bali Blast Bush Officials Exploit Bali Blast
Can George W. Bush be trusted as he further heats up the rhetoric on Iraq? Two days after a horrific bomb blast in Bali, Indonesia, killed over 180 ...
Oct 15, 2002 / David Corn
Many Dems Reject War Resolution Many Dems Reject War Resolution
A majority of House Democrats on Thursday rejected President Bush's request for blank-check authority to wage war with Iraq, despite the fact that House Minority Leader Richard Ge...
Oct 11, 2002 / John Nichols
Protesting Bush’s War Protesting Bush’s War
You couldn't tell from press accounts, but more than 90,000 people massed last Sunday in nationwide protests against Bush's plans to invade Iraq. The New York Times reported "se...
Oct 10, 2002 / Peter Rothberg
The Fear Factor The Fear Factor
George Bush's speech from Cincinnati was calm, composed, reasonable--a studied performance calculated to win plaudits from the punditry and the consent of Congress to an Iraq r...
Oct 10, 2002 / The Editors
Peace Gets a Chance Peace Gets a Chance
"You look beautiful," shouted more than one speaker to the crowd that gathered in New York's Central Park on Sunday, October 6, to protest George W.
Oct 10, 2002 / Liza Featherstone
Lula’s Back in Town Lula’s Back in Town
On October 6 Brazilian voters propelled Workers' Party candidate Luiz Inácio da Silva, or "Lula," as he is known, one step closer to the presidency of the second-most-po...
Oct 10, 2002 / Mark Weisbrot
US Double Standards US Double Standards
The effort by the Bush Administration and Congress to portray the planned invasion of Iraq as simply an effort to enforce United Nations Security Council resolutions reaches a ...
Oct 10, 2002 / Stephen Zunes
Welfare’s True Colors Welfare’s True Colors
With the 1996 welfare law expiring this fall, Congressmembers would do well to stop congratulating themselves on its alleged successes and turn their attention to the glaring f...
Oct 10, 2002 / Gary Delgado and Menachem Krajcer