All Together Now… All Together Now…
It was not without warning that Congress voted to end welfare-as-we-knew-it in 1996, but still, it seemed to catch the progressive community off-guard.
Jan 17, 2002 / Editorial / The Editors
Enron Conservatives Enron Conservatives
Concerned about potential taint from the metastasizing Enron scandal, George W. Bush met with reporters recently to distance himself from Enron's chairman, Ken Lay (nicknamed "Ke...
Jan 17, 2002 / Editorial / Robert L. Borosage
Enron and the Bushes Enron and the Bushes
When George W. Bush was first running for governor of Texas, Washington editor David Corn took a look at Bush family activities on behalf of Enron in Argentina--itself now suffer...
Jan 17, 2002 / Editorial / David Corn
Moe Foner, 1916-2002 Moe Foner, 1916-2002
Moe Foner, labor activist and member of a well-known left-wing family, who died January 10 at the age of 86, will be remembered with fondness and respect by Nation readers. From a...
Jan 17, 2002 / Editorial / The Editors
Enron: Crony Capitalism Enron: Crony Capitalism
The rise and fall of the house of Enron should trigger comprehensive investigations--civil, criminal and Congressional. The full scope of relations between Enron and its cronies ...
Jan 17, 2002 / Editorial / The Editors
Grief Without Portraits Grief Without Portraits
On December 10, Marc Herold, a professor of economics at the University of New Hampshire, released a report about civilian casualties in Afghanistan. Relying on news accounts fro...
Jan 17, 2002 / Editorial / Michael Massing
More Bush Poor Picks More Bush Poor Picks
When Washington gets back to business, there will be squawking over presidential appointments. Before the Christmas recess, GOPers were charging Senate majority leader Tom Daschl...
Jan 10, 2002 / Editorial / David Corn and Emily Weintraub
South Asia at the Brink South Asia at the Brink
India's Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistan's Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who gathered here with the leaders of the other five South Asian countries for a summit meeting ...
Jan 10, 2002 / Editorial / Kanak Mani Dixit
What Price Stimulus? What Price Stimulus?
"Not over my dead body will they raise your taxes," George W. Bush cryptically proclaimed. The press dutifully translated what he really meant, but few commented on the tasteless...
Jan 10, 2002 / Editorial / The Editors