Social Security for Women Social Security for Women
Despite the rosy projections and numerical alchemy that proponents employ to push their cause, privatizing Social Security won't build much wealth for women, and it will leave el...
Jul 1, 1999 / Trudy Lieberman
America’s Disappeared America’s Disappeared
Nearly three years after the inauguration of welfare reform, Congress and the Clinton Administration would do well to reflect upon the admonition of Dorothy Day, the founder of t...
Jun 24, 1999 / Paul Wellstone
If Poverty Is the Question… If Poverty Is the Question…
What does it mean to be poor in America? We can offer no single description of American poverty.
Apr 1, 1999 / Paul Wellstone
And Now–Social Security And Now–Social Security
Social Security's future is the first, and gargantuan, legislative issue of the post-Monica era.
Feb 25, 1999 / The Editors
Smoke in Starr’s Chamber Smoke in Starr’s Chamber
This essay is adapted from Thomas Ferguson’s “Blowing Smoke: Who Wants Clinton Impeached And Why,” for American Democracy in the Twenty-First Century, edited by William Crotty.
Feb 18, 1999 / Feature / Thomas Ferguson
The Real Threat to Social Security The Real Threat to Social Security
Research assistance was provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute.
Jan 21, 1999 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
Social (In-)Security Social (In-)Security
What precisely about the current Social Security "reform" debate makes it so hateful and repellent?
May 14, 1998 / The Editors
The End of History The End of History
In 1996, Gore Vidal narrated his debacle defending the programs he wrote for the History Channel, which dealt with on the imperial aspects latent in the American presidency, to a p...
Sep 30, 1996 / Gore Vidal
From Smoking Gun to Smoking Dog: A ‘Beat The Devil’ Investigation From Smoking Gun to Smoking Dog: A ‘Beat The Devil’ Investigation
Why were two dogs gunned down right before the arrival of Air Force One?
Oct 3, 1987 / Alexander Cockburn
Requiem for the American Empire Requiem for the American Empire
“Empires are restless organisms. They must constantly renew themselves; should an empire start leaking energy, it will die.”
Jan 11, 1986 / Gore Vidal