Was Strom a Rapist? Was Strom a Rapist?
Months after Strom Thurmond's African-American daughter, Essie Mae Washington-Williams, stepped into history, commentators continue to step around the most explosive aspect of ...
Feb 26, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
Press Watch Press Watch
The conduct of our major newspapers in the run-up to the Iraq war calls to mind William Hazlitt's famous appraisal of the Times of London.
Feb 26, 2004 / Scott Sherman
Candidate Nader Candidate Nader
Ralph Nader got a lot of things right when he appeared on NBC's Meet the Press and accused "Katherine Harris and Jeb Bush and their cohorts from Tallahassee to the Supreme Court"...
Feb 26, 2004 / The Editors
Israel’s Failing Wall Israel’s Failing Wall
With the specter of an international boycott looming, Sharon has begun to waver.
Feb 19, 2004 / Hillel Schenker
Dean’s Rough Ride Dean’s Rough Ride
In forty years of observing presidential contests, I cannot remember another major candidate brutalized so intensely by the media, with the possible exception of George Wallace.
Feb 19, 2004 / William Greider
Trade Wins Trade Wins
Paul Wellstone would have loved the turn the race for the Democratic presidential nomination has taken.
Feb 19, 2004 / John Nichols
Soprano Republicans Soprano Republicans
For some time, we've argued that the most significant deficit George W. Bush has overseen is his own credibility gap.
Feb 19, 2004 / The Editors
Progressives Should Vote Kucinich Progressives Should Vote Kucinich
Click here to read Joel Rogers's editorial in favor of John Edwards and here to read Antonio Villaraigosa's arguments for John Kerry.
Feb 17, 2004 / Ronnie Dugger