Hundreds of Thousands March for Peace Hundreds of Thousands March for Peace
It's difficult to tell given what seems to be a mainstream media brownout of the emerging US peace movement, but this past Saturday saw the largest day of antiwar protests in thi...
Oct 28, 2002 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Sheila Wellstone’s Senate Career Sheila Wellstone’s Senate Career
When initial reports of Senator Paul Wellstone's death reached Minnesota's Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party leaders and activists immediately asked: "W...
Oct 27, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
Money Flows Into Anti-Wellstone Campaign Money Flows Into Anti-Wellstone Campaign
US Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minnesota, is the Democrat the Bush administration loves to hate. White House political director Karl Rove personally selected Wellstone's Republican cha...
Oct 24, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
Show That the Public Supports Peace Show That the Public Supports Peace
Help prove that the public supports peace by donating money to the campaigns of members of Congress who voted against the war and now face tough re-election campaigns. And let th...
Oct 16, 2002 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Many Dems Reject War Resolution Many Dems Reject War Resolution
A majority of House Democrats on Thursday rejected President Bush's request for blank-check authority to wage war with Iraq, despite the fact that House Minority Leader Richard Ge...
Oct 11, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
Protesting Bush’s War Protesting Bush’s War
You couldn't tell from press accounts, but more than 90,000 people massed last Sunday in nationwide protests against Bush's plans to invade Iraq. The New York Times reported "se...
Oct 10, 2002 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
ActNow! Launches ActNow! Launches
ActNow is aimed at helping people act on their beliefs. We hope to put readers in touch with projects and campaigns they may want to support as we feature creative ways for peopl...
Oct 8, 2002 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Byrd Chastises White House, Democrats Byrd Chastises White House, Democrats
Even though he is unlikely to succeed in preventing a Congressional grant of blank-check warmaking powers to the Bush administration, Senator Robert Byrd, D-West Virginia, has don...
Oct 7, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
Blair’s British Problem Blair’s British Problem
When British Prime Minister Tony Blair presented his "dossier" on the threats that are supposedly posed to the world by Iraq, President Bush was delighted with what he heard from ...
Sep 30, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
Schröder Beats Bush Schröder Beats Bush
The first 2002 election campaign in which George W. Bush's desire to attack Iraq became a major issue did not involve Republicans and Democrats. It was not even held in the United...
Sep 23, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols