A Democratic House: Why It Matters A Democratic House: Why It Matters
It won't be a revolution, but progressives see support for much of their agenda.
Oct 19, 2000 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage
More Corporate Welfare More Corporate Welfare
Who says this is a do-nothing Congress? Sure, it can't agree on expanding the childcare tax credit or approve an increase in the minimum wage. Yet, as Congress prepares to adjour...
Oct 19, 2000 / Rep. Peter DeFazio
Democratic Centralism Democratic Centralism
"When the ax came into the woods, the trees all said, 'Well, at least the handle is one of us.'" There is more intellectual content in this old Turkish folk warning than ...
Oct 19, 2000 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
A Working Third Party A Working Third Party
Multiracial and populist, New York's Working Families Party gains ground.
Oct 19, 2000 / Feature / Micah L. Sifry
‘Vote Your Hopes, Not Your Fears’ ‘Vote Your Hopes, Not Your Fears’
Take this as a national parable. Once upon a time--in the early eighties, actually--there was a progressive coalition in Vermont designed to become a third force in politics. One...
Oct 12, 2000 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Duking It Out in the Naderhood Duking It Out in the Naderhood
As Bush and Gore battle for the Northwest, Nader's power grows.
Oct 12, 2000 / Feature / Marc Cooper
High-Tech Cheap Labor High-Tech Cheap Labor
Only months after a major victory on China trade, Big Business is again scavenging for cheap labor. This time, the high-tech industry is pressuring Congress to allow additional f...
Sep 28, 2000 / David Enrich
Presidential Politics, Cont’d., Cont’d. Presidential Politics, Cont’d., Cont’d.
I still think third-party politics is mostly a crock, but then, so is two-party politics.
Sep 24, 2000 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Welfare Movement Rises Welfare Movement Rises
The federal law that gave us "welfare reform" expires in September 2002.
Apr 20, 2000 / Frances Fox Piven
Waging War in Space Waging War in Space
"Master of Space"--a motto of the United States Space Command, a joint Air Force, Army and Navy command set up by the Pentagon in 1985--says it all.
Dec 9, 1999 / Karl Grossman and Judith Long