Pickering: On The Wrong Side Of History Pickering: On The Wrong Side Of History
At 1700 Birmingham Ave., in Jasper, Ala., sits the little white bungalow where Carl Elliott lived for more than 50 years. It is about as unassuming a house on about as unassuming ...
Mar 10, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
Kucinich Rocks the Boat Kucinich Rocks the Boat
Dennis Kucinich never doubted that millions of Americans had deep concerns about George W. Bush's ever-expanding war on ill-defined foes abroad and on civil liberties at home. Bu...
Mar 7, 2002 / Editorial / John Nichols
Wave of Election Reform Hits California. Wave of Election Reform Hits California.
As partisan squabbles in the US Senate continue to delay meaningful action on election reforms proposed after the Florida recount crisis of 2000, California voters are taking ball...
Mar 6, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
Fighting Pickering Fighting Pickering
Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson says it's like this: If judicial nominee Charles Pickering is confirmed by a Democratic Senate, the Bush Administration will have a green ...
Feb 28, 2002 / Editorial / John Nichols
From Muckraker to Mayor From Muckraker to Mayor
As a take-no-prisoners political columnist for an alternative newspaper in Dallas, Laura Miller made mayors miserable. She declared city officials "brain dead" and portrayed them ...
Feb 18, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
Enron’s Global Crusade Enron’s Global Crusade
The Texas company has been a scandal in other countries for a long time.
Feb 14, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols
‘At Issue is the Shape of American Democracy’ ‘At Issue is the Shape of American Democracy’
Like last year's freewheeling Senate debate on the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill, this week's debate on the House version of McCain-Feingold, the Shays-Meehan bill,...
Feb 14, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
Enron? Nader Is Glad You Asked Enron? Nader Is Glad You Asked
Back in the spotlight, he condemns the trading of political favors for cash.
Feb 7, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols
George W. Bush’s ‘Homeland Insecurity’ George W. Bush’s ‘Homeland Insecurity’
George W. Bush wants to drain the Social Security trust fund, with a proposal to divert more than $2 trillion in Social Security and Medicaresurpluses over the next ten years. ...
Feb 6, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
Educational (and Essential) Television Educational (and Essential) Television
Rare is the evening when we would suggest that turning on the television set could represent the best way to study up on a vital issue -- especially so complex an issue as the d...
Feb 5, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols