Economics

Straight Down the Middle Straight Down the Middle

Not being "middle class," the poor have been invisible in this campaign.

Oct 21, 2004 / Feature / Eyal Press

Office Politics Office Politics

As one of those pathetic evolutionary throwbacks who has never used e-mail or the Internet, and has hardly ever handled a mobile phone, I can approach this book with all the supr...

Oct 7, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Terry Eagleton

Kerry’s Trade Winds Kerry’s Trade Winds

Senator John Kerry has promised a revision of Clinton-era trade policies to insure that future agreements contain stronger, enforceable labor and environmental standards.

Sep 30, 2004 / Tom Hayden and Lori Wallach

True Conservatives Would Back Kerry True Conservatives Would Back Kerry

If they were true to their principles, moderate Republicans and consistent conservatives would be supporting John Kerry. Instead, their acquiescence to the reckless whims of Geor...

Sep 21, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer

Rust & Rage in the Heartland Rust & Rage in the Heartland

Three years after 9/11.

Sep 2, 2004 / Feature / Dale Maharidge

Poverty in the Suburbs Poverty in the Suburbs

Hidden in a Census Bureau report on poverty released in late August is a factoid with significant political and social consequences. Poverty has moved to the suburbs.

Sep 2, 2004 / Peter Dreier

Global Fights Go Local Global Fights Go Local

Missouri Governor Bob Holden learned how volatile globalization issues have become when his Democratic primary challenger, Claire McCaskill, started banging away on him for offsh...

Aug 12, 2004 / Feature / John Nichols

Bush, After Saying He’ll Cede Hollywood to the Democrats Because He Has the Regular People Behind Him, Sings a Song to That Effect, to the Tune of That Old Bush, After Saying He’ll Cede Hollywood to the Democrats Because He Has the Regular People Behind Him, Sings a Song to That Effect, to the Tune of That Old

Regular people, just plain working folks Always stood out in my eyes. I scorn all those people who drink wine instead Of eating Frito pies.

Aug 12, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Time’s Up Time’s Up

It's been four years since the International AIDS Conference was first held in the developing world, in Durban, South Africa, and activists' demand for universal treatment access...

Jul 29, 2004 / Esther Kaplan

Incarceration, Inc. Incarceration, Inc.

Private prisons thrive on cheap labor and the hunger of job-starved towns.

Jul 1, 2004 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

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