Time of the Intifada Time of the Intifada
All the way up the West Bank, from Ramallah and Nablus to Jenin, the remains of burned tires litter the road. The iron-shuttered shops and empty streets and the high-speed Israel...
Nov 2, 2000 / Editorial / Robert Fisk
For Democracy Now! For Democracy Now!
Pacifica listeners, the most politically pumped-up demographic in Radioland, are taking to the e-mails again. This time they're galvanized by what they see as a move to oust Amy ...
Oct 26, 2000 / Editorial / The Editors
Taking the Initiatives Taking the Initiatives
In Michigan, it's a battle over school vouchers. In Alaska the fight is over medical marijuana. Nebraskans are being asked to outlaw civil unions. In Colorado, Amendment 25 would...
Oct 26, 2000 / Editorial / The Editors
If Politics Got Real… If Politics Got Real…
If politics got real...the debate over costly prescription drugs would turn to more fundamental solutions like breaking up the pharmaceutical industry's patent monopolies, which ...
Oct 26, 2000 / Editorial / William Greider
Iraq’s Rehabilitation Iraq’s Rehabilitation
When members of the Arab League gathered for an emergency summit in Cairo on October 21 to discuss "the grave situation in the Palestinian Territories and its impact on the peace...
Oct 26, 2000 / Editorial / Dilip Hiro
In Fact… In Fact…
LIES AND DAMN LIES What's a political campaign without politicians calling each other liars? This one's been marked, however, at the presidential level, by strategic civility, a ...
Oct 26, 2000 / Editorial / The Editors
Bush–Rush to Judgment Bush–Rush to Judgment
"The death penalty's very serious business, Leo," Governor Bush condescendingly told a questioner in the third presidential debate. "There've been some tough cases come across my...
Oct 26, 2000 / Editorial / Doug Magee
Save the Mall Save the Mall
On Veterans Day, November 11, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt will appear on the Mall at a spot between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial to break ground for the ...
Oct 26, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
More Corporate Welfare More Corporate Welfare
Who says this is a do-nothing Congress? Sure, it can't agree on expanding the childcare tax credit or approve an increase in the minimum wage. Yet, as Congress prepares to adjour...
Oct 19, 2000 / Editorial / Rep. Peter DeFazio
Bitter Facts in the Mideast Bitter Facts in the Mideast
The fundamentals in the Middle East have changed so drastically--unalterably--that the recent agreement at Sharm el Sheik was just a strip of gauze on a gaping wound. The complac...
Oct 19, 2000 / Editorial / The Editors