Cincinnati’s ‘Beacon’ Cincinnati’s ‘Beacon’
"Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, I'm free at last!" Nope, not the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dec 22, 2004 / Thomas A. Dutton and Rev. Damon Lynch III
Wrong for Civil Rights Wrong for Civil Rights
When Mary Frances Berry resigned as chair of the Commission on Civil Rights on December 7, the media's harsh, fleeting spotlight on Berry's purported combativeness distracted rea...
Dec 22, 2004 / Susan Eaton
Seeds of Hope Seeds of Hope
At the close of 2004, progressives can be forgiven for feeling they've found themselves in a particularly bleak midwinter.
Dec 22, 2004 / The Editors
The GOP’s Sabotage of Social Security The GOP’s Sabotage of Social Security
The President considers my longevity a grave threat to the nation.
Dec 21, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Debunking ‘Centrism’ Debunking ‘Centrism’
It's what corporations want, not the public.
Dec 16, 2004 / Feature / David Sirota
Down and Out in Discount America Down and Out in Discount America
It's the poor who make Wal-Mart tick.
Dec 16, 2004 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
Stuff These Stockings (Please) Stuff These Stockings (Please)
Another holiday season--and only a year after the last one. How did that happen?
Dec 16, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
On the Poisoning of the Opposition Candidate In the Ukrainian Presidential Election On the Poisoning of the Opposition Candidate In the Ukrainian Presidential Election
His blessings Kerry now can count. That wasn't so hereto. But now we see some limits on What even Rove would do.
Dec 16, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Flawed Intelligence Bill Flawed Intelligence Bill
The debate held before Congress voted to reorganize the nation's intelligence agencies under the authority of an all-powerful intelligence czar was generally portrayed as a simpl...
Dec 16, 2004 / John Nichols
War Resisters Go North War Resisters Go North
Protests over the conduct of the Iraq war are mounting from what seems an unlikely place: the ranks of the military.
Dec 16, 2004 / Alisa Solomon