Glasser and Freeh Glasser and Freeh
We are, as a nation, about to experience the changing of two guards. First, Ira Glasser, having given a year's notice, is stepping down after nearly a quarter-century as executive...
May 10, 2001 / Editorial / The Editors
Rogue Nation Rogue Nation
News that the United States has been voted off the UN Human Rights Commission and the UN international drug monitoring board has elicited vows of revenge from conservatives in Con...
May 10, 2001 / Editorial / The Editors
News and Profits News and Profits
Jay T. Harris resigned March 19 as publisher of the San Jose Mercury News, saying he was unwilling to make staff cuts necessary to meet the profit goals of Knight Ridder, the pape...
May 10, 2001 / Editorial / Jay T. Harris
In Fact… In Fact…
BUSH'S CHILDPROOF BUDGET George W. Bush pledges to "leave no child behind" even as he touts his tax cut as coming from "the surplus funds" left "after we've met our needs." But ...
May 10, 2001 / Editorial / The Editors
Bush’s Antichoice Assault Bush’s Antichoice Assault
In many respects, the recent meeting in Chicago of the National Abortion Federation (NAF), the major professional association of abortion providers in North America, looked like a...
May 10, 2001 / Editorial / Carole Joffe
The Fight for the Americas The Fight for the Americas
In Canada, Maude Barlow gave a stirring speech criticizing the free-trade agenda of the Summit of the Americas.
May 8, 2001 / Editorial / Maude Barlow
Harvard’s Shame Harvard’s Shame
A sit-in at the university highlights the gulf between a great educational institution and the unconscionable working conditions many of its employees experience there.
May 3, 2001 / Editorial / Benjamin L. McKean
War and Accountability War and Accountability
What exactly Bob Kerrey did one night in a Vietnamese community should concern every citizen.
May 3, 2001 / Editorial / Jonathan Schell
Name the President–The Winners! Name the President–The Winners!
The votes are in, and one entry has come out on top in the contest to give George W. Bush a suitable descriptive name.
May 3, 2001 / Editorial / The Editors
Take Back the Courts Take Back the Courts
President Bush's power to appoint judges is one he hardly deserves because of the way he achieved his office.
May 3, 2001 / Editorial / The Editors