Money Talks Money Talks
In this gilded-age election, big money is speaking louder than ever. And voters and large contributors to both parties agree that when money talks, politicians listen.
Aug 10, 2000 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage and Celinda Lake
Vote for Gore Vote for Gore
Ralph Nader, America's indomitable public citizen, is the one great man in this presidential election.
Aug 10, 2000 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage
Vote for Nader Vote for Nader
It must be some playful new postmodernist form of politics: First you spend years ranting about the plutocracy that has supplanted American democracy and is rapidly devouring t...
Aug 10, 2000 / Feature / Barbara Ehrenreich
Goodbye Keynes, Hello Coolidge Goodbye Keynes, Hello Coolidge
Paying off the national debt used to be an obsession of Calvinist fundamentalists on the fringes of the Republican Party, but this year it is the boldest banner held aloft by t...
Aug 10, 2000 / Feature / William Greider
The Other America The Other America
On the eve of the Democratic convention, the challenge to Democrats is to recognize the limits of the current economic boom and act boldly to assist those left behind.
Aug 10, 2000 / Feature / Jan Schakowsky
Planks for a People’s Platform Planks for a People’s Platform
The draft Democratic Party platform doesn't speak forcefully to the concerns of ordinary people.
Aug 10, 2000 / Feature / Various Contributors
Paul Newman:In His Own Words Paul Newman:In His Own Words
Paul Newman refers all letters relative to this article to Toys "R" Us.
Aug 10, 2000 / Paul Newman
Gore’s Surrender Gore’s Surrender
Less than a hour after George Bush concluded his party's have-a-nice-election convention with a vapid but beyond-the-expectations acceptance speech, a source deep within the Go...
Aug 10, 2000 / David Corn
California Scheming California Scheming
Democrats gather in Los Angeles facing large questions not just about their success in November but also about the direction of their party. George W.
Aug 10, 2000 / The Editors
The Beat The Beat
CENTERING GORE "They chose to close ranks instead of opening up dialogue," California State Senator Tom Hayden said after the Democratic Platform Comm
Aug 10, 2000 / John Nichols