Politics

Your Show of Shows Your Show of Shows

A part of me recoils at the thought of adding even a syllable to the ocean of pontifical sludge emanating from the Republican confab in Philadelphia, so mind-numbingly inane an...

Aug 10, 2000 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Two Worlds of Los Angeles The Two Worlds of Los Angeles

Running from bank- and hotel-lined Wilshire Boulevard, up the glittering gulch of Rodeo Drive, past the slinky curves of Sunset and snaking up leafy Coldwater and Benedict canyons ...

Aug 10, 2000 / Feature / Marc Cooper

LA’s Progressive Mosaic: Beginning to Find Its Voice LA’s Progressive Mosaic: Beginning to Find Its Voice

When members of the LA janitors' union decided to go on strike this past April, their success was far from guaranteed.

Aug 10, 2000 / Feature / Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele

GOP Ticket Has Struck Oil GOP Ticket Has Struck Oil

Have you ever wondered who really benefited from the Gulf War, which will be celebrated this week at the Republican National Convention as the crowning, if singular, achievement ...

Aug 1, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

Pity Bush, Gamely Shedding Treaties Like Dandruff Pity Bush, Gamely Shedding Treaties Like Dandruff

It is time to rally around our President and forego the constant drumbeat of criticism that has been his lot on the world stage ever since he discovered that foreign policy invol...

Jul 31, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

Shedding Lincoln’s Mantle Shedding Lincoln’s Mantle

American politicians are not noted for their historical self-consciousness.

Jul 27, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

Schmoozapalooza 2000 Schmoozapalooza 2000

So ABC is arranging its convention coverage around an exhibition football game. NBC is giving us just the acceptance speeches.

Jul 27, 2000 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Beat The Beat

UNWELCOMING THE REPUBLICANS "It's surprising that the Republicans are coming to Philadelphia, really surprising.

Jul 27, 2000 / John Nichols

American Money

In the Eighth Circle of Thieves In the Eighth Circle of Thieves

The power and sovereignty of corporations is an enormous humiliation to a society of free people.

Jul 27, 2000 / Feature / E.L. Doctorow

Hard Right Burning for Bush? Hard Right Burning for Bush?

Perhaps it was because he was recovering from painful back surgery, but a few weeks before the Republican convention, Paul Weyrich, a founder of the religious right, was awful gr...

Jul 27, 2000 / Feature / David Corn

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