Politics

Weighing a Just War, or Settling an Old Score? Weighing a Just War, or Settling an Old Score?

In a column from 2002, Robert Scheer takes a look back at the Bush Administrations's real motivation to go to war.

Aug 6, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer

Secret Arrests Are an Odious Concept Secret Arrests Are an Odious Concept

Following the September 11 attacks, the federal government rounded up more than 1,000 people and detained them without revealing their identities.

Aug 5, 2002 / The Editors

Right & Gay & Like It That Way? Right & Gay & Like It That Way?

Right & Gay & Like It That Way? Provincetown, Mass. It was quite a surprise reading Richard Goldstein's latest attack on me and other non-leftist gay writers ["...

Aug 1, 2002 / Richard Goldstein and Andrew Sullivan

California Green Light California Green Light

Who says the good guys never win? California's new global warming law is a bona fide big deal. Signed into law by Governor Gray Davis on July 22, the global warming bill requires ...

Aug 1, 2002 / Mark Hertsgaard

In Fact… In Fact…

ELITE ONLY NEED APPLY The story made the front page of the New York Times and other papers. The director of admissions at Princeton was caught sneaking into a special website set...

Aug 1, 2002 / The Editors

Aboard Reich’s Reform Express Aboard Reich’s Reform Express

The former Labor Secretary is a top gubernatorial contender in Massachusetts.

Aug 1, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols

Greens at the Crossroads Greens at the Crossroads

The US Green Party held its first-ever midterm convention since becoming a full-fledged national party in Philadelphia a week ago, and the gathering of seventy-nine delegates from...

Aug 1, 2002 / Feature / Micah L. Sifry

E(D)R For Ailing Turnout E(D)R For Ailing Turnout

After two decades of visiting political nightmares on the state--from the infamous Prop 13 to the immigrant-bashing Prop 187--California's notorious initiative and referendum syst...

Aug 1, 2002 / Feature / Marc Cooper

California’s Gray Politics California’s Gray Politics

Governer Davis may win re-election only because the GOP's Simon is such a loser.

Aug 1, 2002 / Feature / Marc Cooper

Dying for Work Dying for Work

Close to 3,000 progressive activists from all walks of life joined Jim Hightower for his third "Rolling Thunder/Down-Home Democracy Tour" in Tucson on July 26.

Jul 31, 2002 / Feature / Tom Hayden

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