Junk Journalism Junk Journalism
Although it happened in early July after ethically challenged Congressman Gary Condit finally admitted to police that he'd had an adulterous affair with 24-year-old Chandra Levy, ...
Jul 27, 2001 / Eric Boehlert
Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine
"Bustin' Out," episode six of R.J. Cutler's breakthrough reality TV series American High, opens on 17-year-old Morgan Moss pointing a pistol at his mother's head and barking deman...
Jul 27, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Paul Bravmann
She Needed Fewer Friends She Needed Fewer Friends
Joe Pulitzer famously said, "A newspaper should have no friends." Looking at the massed ranks of America's elites attending Katharine Graham's funeral in Washington on July 23, i...
Jul 27, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
A Bush Summer Rerun? A Bush Summer Rerun?
The next scene in Return of the Bushies may feature Brent Scowcroft, who was National Security Adviser to Bush I. The anonymous leakers of Washington are whispering that Scowcroft...
Jul 27, 2001 / David Corn
Kosovo: A General Lament Kosovo: A General Lament
In mid-June of 1999 NATO's first military campaign ended in victory over Yugoslavia. It may have been the first war in history in which the winning side suffered no combat casualt...
Jul 27, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Dusko Doder
Nation Notes Nation Notes
George Fuchs, The Nation's controller since 1995, died recently, far too young. We knew George for his quick check-writing, his help with our taxes, his ironic sense of humor, his...
Jul 27, 2001 / The Editors
After Genoa After Genoa
The world will never be the same after Genoa. We are referring both to the bloody confrontations at the G-8 summit and, more deeply, to the long history of conquest that began whe...
Jul 27, 2001 / The Editors
Is This the New Face of the Democratic Party? Is This the New Face of the Democratic Party?
Representative Nancy Pelosi is poised to become Congress's most powerful woman.
Jul 27, 2001 / Feature / John Nichols
The Beat The Beat
CIVIL RIGHTS REFORM As House Republican leaders thwarted debate on the tepid Shays-Meehan campaign finance reform bill, the NAACP convention chose a radically different course by ...
Jul 27, 2001 / Column / John Nichols
Big Brother’s Corporate Cousin Big Brother’s Corporate Cousin
High-tech workplace surveillance is the hallmark of a new digital Taylorism.
Jul 27, 2001 / Feature / Christian Parenti