Do You Feel a Draft? Do You Feel a Draft?
The main effect of bringing back the draft would be to further militarize the nation.
May 20, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Outsourcing Is Hell Outsourcing Is Hell
The war on Iraq has made us all painfully aware of the Pentagon's growing reliance on private companies.
May 20, 2004 / William D. Hartung
Mean Green Job Machine Mean Green Job Machine
The presidential campaigns and their armies of consultants are well aware that a jittery American public yearns for jobs.
May 6, 2004 / Paula DiPerna
Why the Bubble Popped Why the Bubble Popped
This clutch of books offers an excellent retrospective on the recent stock-market crash, which wiped out $8.5 trillion in market value.
Apr 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Robert Sherrill
What’s Good Enough? What’s Good Enough?
Advocates are demanding not just equal but decent schools for all children.
Apr 15, 2004 / Feature / Peter Schrag
The Cruelest Month The Cruelest Month
Like mushrooms after a spring rain, signs pop up at this time of year in hardscrabble urban neighborhoods across the country, promising quick and easy money.
Apr 8, 2004 / Bobbi Murray
Bush To City: Drop Dead Bush To City: Drop Dead
The President vows to exploit New York City, not aid it.
Apr 1, 2004 / Feature / Jack Newfield
A Union of Unions A Union of Unions
There are bigger American unions, but none that are feistier organizers than HERE (hotel and restaurant workers) and UNITE (historically garment and textile workers).
Apr 1, 2004 / David Moberg
Toward a Progressive View on Outsourcing Toward a Progressive View on Outsourcing
Sarah Anderson &
Mar 4, 2004 / Feature / The Nation