Colin Powell’s List Colin Powell’s List
The targeting of "terrorist" groups harks back to earlier repression of dissent.
Mar 7, 2002 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
Kucinich Rocks the Boat Kucinich Rocks the Boat
Dennis Kucinich never doubted that millions of Americans had deep concerns about George W. Bush's ever-expanding war on ill-defined foes abroad and on civil liberties at home. Bu...
Mar 7, 2002 / John Nichols
Political Twist Political Twist
Congress returns--will the Democrats challenge Bush?
Jan 24, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols
Enron’s Washington Enron’s Washington
It was a mistake--and a beaut--in Matt Bivens's piece "The Enron Box" where he confused the Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers. It is hereby duly acknowledged and regretted. Bu...
Jan 24, 2002 / Feature / Matt Bivens
Enron on the Hill Enron on the Hill
For weeks, conservative commentators and Bush White House defenders have been huffing that the Enron matter is a corporate scandal, not a political controversy--that it is an affai...
Jan 24, 2002 / Feature / David Corn
Who’s Utopian Now? Who’s Utopian Now?
Welfare reform has left America dangerously undefended against hard times.
Jan 17, 2002 / Feature / Frances Fox Piven and Barbara Ehrenreich
All Together Now… All Together Now…
It was not without warning that Congress voted to end welfare-as-we-knew-it in 1996, but still, it seemed to catch the progressive community off-guard.
Jan 17, 2002 / The Editors
Reforming Welfare–Take Two Reforming Welfare–Take Two
As Congress revisits the welfare debate, it's time to look at what the law has wrought.
Jan 17, 2002 / Feature /
For Her Own Good For Her Own Good
With the "family cap," the state says to welfare moms: no more babies!
Jan 17, 2002 / Feature / Karen Houppert