Letter From Newark Letter From Newark
The eleventh floor of the federal building in Newark is not a place anyone visits by choice. The air-conditioning is always either too cold or not cold enough.
Nov 14, 2002 / Jim Edwards
Stand Up, Fight Back Stand Up, Fight Back
In defeat, Democrats have convened their perennial circular firing squad, issuing salvos of what Groucho Marx used to call departee--what they should have said.
Nov 14, 2002 / The Editors
Half a Victory at the UN Half a Victory at the UN
Iraq's decision to accept the United Nations Security Council resolution, passed unanimously on November 8, sets in motion a tightly scripted plan for UN arms inspectors to ret...
Nov 14, 2002 / Phyllis Bennis
And Now the Good News And Now the Good News
CORRECTION: John Eder of Maine, a Green, won state, not national, office.
Nov 14, 2002 / John Nichols
Alien Nation Alien Nation
When immigrant janitors in Boston went on strike this fall, they attracted some unlikely allies.
Nov 14, 2002 / Jennifer C. Berkshire
Gray Day in California Gray Day in California
The Republican wave that swept the country seemed to crash and recede right at the California border, but only barely.
Nov 7, 2002 / Marc Cooper
‘There’s Lula’ ‘There’s Lula’
Neoliberalism lost the elections in Brazil by a landslide on October 27, when 52.8 million people rested their hopes on Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva to revitalize the nat...
Nov 7, 2002 / Kenneth Rapoza