Economics

The Young and the Old The Young and the Old

On a frigid morning in Washington, DC, two boys about 13 or 14 come to the driveway of the Ambassador Baptist Church, where the day's meager food offerings are displayed.

Jul 31, 2003 / Feature / Trudy Lieberman

Hungry in America Hungry in America

Washington no longer feels it ought to insure that everyone has enough to eat.

Jul 31, 2003 / Feature / Trudy Lieberman

Meet the Prime WMD Fabricator Meet the Prime WMD Fabricator

Week after week Bush and his people have been getting pounded by newly emboldened Democrats and liberal pundits for having exaggerated the threat posed by Saddam Hussein and hi...

Jul 31, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

GM ‘Assistance’ for Africa GM ‘Assistance’ for Africa

In late June, George W. Bush spoke of Africa as a famine-stricken continent where the people are unable to grow enough food for themselves.

Jul 17, 2003 / Amadou Kanoute

Dorothy Day Dorothy Day

In the final days of Rudy Giuliani's term as mayor of New York, three months after the heroism of 9/11, he quietly approved a politically wired project to build twenty-five mul...

Jul 2, 2003 / Feature / Wayne Barrett and Chris Barrett

Deflation Deflation

It threatens the United States--and the world.

Jun 12, 2003 / Feature / William Greider

Downsizing in Disguise Downsizing in Disguise

The streets of Baghdad are a swamp of crime and uncollected garbage. Battered local businesses are going bankrupt, unable to compete with cheap imports.

Jun 5, 2003 / Column / Naomi Klein

Globalization and GMOs Globalization and GMOs

With the end of the Iraq war, the globalization war is heating up around trade again, this time over the issue of genetically modified food. George W.

Jun 5, 2003 / Tom Hayden

Socking It to the States Socking It to the States

Sentient observers know that American state and local governments face a historic crisis--that they are cutting vital services and raising taxes, mainly on those already most s...

May 22, 2003 / Feature / James K. Galbraith

An Energy/Jobs Program An Energy/Jobs Program

America needs jobs, and working families are hurting. At the same time, the war in Iraq has heightened awareness of our dependence on foreign oil and the vulnerability of our e...

May 22, 2003 / Bracken Hendricks

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