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GOP Scare Tactics GOP Scare Tactics

Want to see some thuggish Republican fear-mongering? Check out the GOP's first ad for the 2004 election, which starts running Sunday in Iowa. It accuses Democratic presidential c...

Nov 25, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Ann Coulter’s Religious War Ann Coulter’s Religious War

Republicans and conservatives say the darnest things. First, Ann Coulter. Don't think I am obsessing over here just because this is my second mentio...

Nov 24, 2003 / David Corn

Wal-Mart’s Big City Blues Wal-Mart’s Big City Blues

The mega-retailer has set its sights on the urban market, but the living-wage movement is putting up a fight.

Nov 24, 2003 / Feature / Dan Levine

Alabama on My Mind Alabama on My Mind

The weblog below was originally posted on November 2. We received some powerful responses, which convinced us to re-post the article, a look at why people frequently vote against...

Nov 22, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Reader’s Mailbag Reader’s Mailbag

I read with interest Katrina vanden Heuvel's weblog in which she laments the recent decision by Alabama voters to vote down a referendum that would shift taxes from the "folks" t...

Nov 22, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?

John Berger, best known for the essay collection Ways of Seeing, is not a timid writer. His oeuvre comprises novels, poems, criticism and plays.

Nov 21, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow

Trade Ministers Get Out of Dodge Trade Ministers Get Out of Dodge

The final FTAA declaration essentially lays out a road map for a free-trade non-agreement.

Nov 21, 2003 / Feature / Sarah Anderson

The Bubble The Bubble

To Londoners, even many who did not oppose the war, Bush's visit felt like an assertion of absolute, arrogant power.

Nov 21, 2003 / Feature / Maria Margaronis

Fighting for the Soul of Globalization Fighting for the Soul of Globalization

As Sarah Anderson explains in a Nation web report, the outcome of the Miami trade talks represents a major failure for the Bush Administration. After nine years of insisting that...

Nov 21, 2003 / Peter Rothberg

Face-Saving and Bridge-Building in Miami Face-Saving and Bridge-Building in Miami

Media reports out of the Miami trade talks this week will no doubt feature images of our carrot-topped lead negotiator, Robert Zoellick, locked in toothy handshakes with Latin ...

Nov 20, 2003 / Feature / Sarah Anderson

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