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The Beat The Beat

ELECTION BEAT California State Senator Hilda Solis has become the first woman to receive a John Fitzgerald Kennedy Profile in Courage Award from the J

Jun 8, 2000 / John Nichols

A Rise in Unemployment Arrives on Schedule A Rise in Unemployment Arrives on Schedule

You cannot find a job? No cash is flowing? You haven't paid your bills, which have been growing? You'll never get the money you've been owing?

Jun 8, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Dad Slinks Off Into Silence on Alcohol Dad Slinks Off Into Silence on Alcohol

What if First Daughters Jenna and Barbara Bush had been caught lighting up a joint? Would the respectable media play down that story the way they have the Bush children's illegal...

Jun 5, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

The Man Who Won NAFTA Emerges Victorious on China Trade The Man Who Won NAFTA Emerges Victorious on China Trade

So Clinton's found the key once more To triumphs he can savor: He takes the lead on issues that Republicans all favor.

Jun 1, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Little House in the ‘Hood Little House in the ‘Hood

I was wandering around Harlem recently, late on a warm Sunday afternoon: I saw Dominican families chatting on stoops. I saw African-American families walking home from church.

Jun 1, 2000 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Amplification Amplification

With recent reports linking high blood levels of lead to juvenile delinquency, the lead story grows.

Jun 1, 2000 / The Editors

Star Wars II: Here We Go Again Star Wars II: Here We Go Again

Research assistance provided by the Nation Institute's Investigative Fund.

Jun 1, 2000 / Feature / William D. Hartung and Michelle Ciarrocca

Power Crisis Has Mileage for Bush Power Crisis Has Mileage for Bush

The Bush Administration is pulling a fast one on energy, and we will all pay dearly for decades to come. By panicking the public with oil industry propaganda of an energy shortag...

May 29, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

A Summary of Two Weeks in the Life of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani A Summary of Two Weeks in the Life of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani

The health news really walloped Rudy. He dissed his wife, and in that mood he Went strolling with his good friend Judi-- And found himself in deepest doodie.

May 25, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Harrington’s Dilemma Harrington’s Dilemma

Maurice Isserman's The Other American: The Life of Michael Harrington evokes and will enrich the legacy of the last great American socialist in the tradition of Eugene Debs and N...

May 25, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Tom Hayden

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