Building Community Unions Building Community Unions
In Stamford, Connecticut, organizers are putting the movement back in labor.
Dec 14, 2000 / Feature / Janice Fine
No Honeymoon No Honeymoon
The election reveals a deep need for voting reform.
Dec 14, 2000 / The Editors
GOP Could Be Courting a Disaster GOP Could Be Courting a Disaster
We know what they're afraid of. Cut through the Republican verbiage that has clogged the airwaves and courts and you find one simple but disturbing point: They fear an accurate...
Dec 9, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
Letters Letters
OH CHADS, POOR CHADS... Hayward, Calif. I share William Greider's glee about the election stalemate ["Stupefied Democracy," Dec. 4] and the opportunity ...
Dec 7, 2000 / Our Readers
Back to the Back of the Bus Back to the Back of the Bus
Montgomery's transit system isn't segregated anymore. It barely exists.
Dec 7, 2000 / Feature / JoAnn Wypijewski
By the Dawn’s Early Light By the Dawn’s Early Light
I write from shipboard, on the Nation cruise. The boat has just pulled away from port and chugs toward the horizon, leaving land behind. We are fourth in a line of cruise ships d...
Dec 7, 2000 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Middle East Divide Middle East Divide
Jerusalem One of the many casualties of the Palestinian intifada in the occupied territories, now entering its third month, is the alliance between the Palestinian nationa...
Dec 7, 2000 / Graham Usher
Shut It Down Shut It Down
(Another Republican sea chantey) They all went down to stop Miami-Dade From making counts the judges had OK'd. Unlikely toughs, with ties and crisp white shirts, They w...
Dec 7, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Keepers of the Word Keepers of the Word
O Marvel, that one can give to another what one does not possess. O Miracle of our empty hands. --George Bernanos, Diary of a Country Priest ...
Dec 7, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Dan Simon
Human Rights–The Next Step Human Rights–The Next Step
We must hold countries accountable for economic abuses just as we do for torture.
Dec 7, 2000 / Feature / Eyal Press