Vote for Nader Vote for Nader
It must be some playful new postmodernist form of politics: First you spend years ranting about the plutocracy that has supplanted American democracy and is rapidly devouring t...
Aug 10, 2000 / Feature / Barbara Ehrenreich
The Other America The Other America
On the eve of the Democratic convention, the challenge to Democrats is to recognize the limits of the current economic boom and act boldly to assist those left behind.
Aug 10, 2000 / Feature / Jan Schakowsky
Planks for a People’s Platform Planks for a People’s Platform
The draft Democratic Party platform doesn't speak forcefully to the concerns of ordinary people.
Aug 10, 2000 / Feature / Various Contributors
Tricky Dick Tricky Dick
When Dubya picked Dick Cheney as his running mate, the little screen was awash in flatulent flatteries from the chattering classes: "a grown-up," "presidential," "all steak and...
Aug 10, 2000 / Doug Ireland
Goodbye Keynes, Hello Coolidge Goodbye Keynes, Hello Coolidge
Paying off the national debt used to be an obsession of Calvinist fundamentalists on the fringes of the Republican Party, but this year it is the boldest banner held aloft by t...
Aug 10, 2000 / Feature / William Greider
Paul Newman:In His Own Words Paul Newman:In His Own Words
Paul Newman refers all letters relative to this article to Toys "R" Us.
Aug 10, 2000 / Paul Newman
Gore’s Surrender Gore’s Surrender
Less than a hour after George Bush concluded his party's have-a-nice-election convention with a vapid but beyond-the-expectations acceptance speech, a source deep within the Go...
Aug 10, 2000 / David Corn
California Scheming California Scheming
Democrats gather in Los Angeles facing large questions not just about their success in November but also about the direction of their party. George W.
Aug 10, 2000 / The Editors
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