Death Row Roll Call Death Row Roll Call
As Robert Sherrill made clear in his award-winning Nation essay of January 8, 2001, the death penalty is a bad deal all around. Not only is it ineffective in deterring crime, it'...
Nov 8, 2002 / Peter Rothberg
Nancy Pelosi Fights to Lead the Democrats Nancy Pelosi Fights to Lead the Democrats
The collapse of Richard Gephardt's leadership of the House Democratic Caucus did not occur on November 5, when the party lost seats in an election where history and economic trend...
Nov 7, 2002 / John Nichols
Letter to an Ex-Contrarian Letter to an Ex-Contrarian
Dear Christopher,
Nov 7, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Bush Lies, Media Swallows Bush Lies, Media Swallows
The more things change...
Nov 7, 2002 / Column / Eric Alterman
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
On January 20, 1995, Bruno Jordan is gunned down in a parking lot in El Paso, Texas, in what appears to be a botched carjacking.
Nov 7, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Ruth Baldwin
The Ballad of Harvey Pitt The Ballad of Harvey Pitt
(With apologies, once again, to Stephen Sondheim and his demon barber)
Nov 7, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Gray Day in California Gray Day in California
The Republican wave that swept the country seemed to crash and recede right at the California border, but only barely.
Nov 7, 2002 / Marc Cooper
‘There’s Lula’ ‘There’s Lula’
Neoliberalism lost the elections in Brazil by a landslide on October 27, when 52.8 million people rested their hopes on Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva to revitalize the nat...
Nov 7, 2002 / Kenneth Rapoza