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