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Feature
Old Guard vs. New in Michigan
John Dingell and Lynn Rivers are locked in a battle caused by redistricting.
John Nichols
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Titans of the Enron Economy
The Ten Habits Of Highly Defective Corporations
Scott Klinger and Holly Sklar
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The Port Huron Statement at 40
On its anniversary, two of its authors assess its relevance for today.
Tom Hayden and Dick Flacks
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Is This America’s Top Corporate Crime Fighter?
William Lerach’s legal crusade against Enron and infectious greed.
William Greider
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War in Colombia’s Oilfields
Counterinsurgency aid will be a big boost to Occidental Petroleum.
Steven Dudley
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Our Gang in Venezuela?
The National Endowment for Democracy has been busy–and far from alone.
David Corn
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Greens at the Crossroads
The US Green Party held its first-ever midterm convention since becoming a full-fledged national party in Philadelphia a week ago, and the gathering of seventy-nine delegates from thirty-nine stat
Micah L. Sifry
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Big Pharma, Bad Science
In June, the New England Journal of Medicine, one of the most respected medical journals, made a startling announcement.
Nathan Newman
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A 12-Step Program for Media Democracy
These days, it’s the media conglomerates who are drunk with power–demanding a larger share of the nation’s airwaves and threatening to turn the World Wide Web into an electronic theme park–and
Jeffrey Chester and Gary O. Larson
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Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore, conceived in the 1920s as a tourist attraction, was quickly recast by the sculptor as an icon of democracy, freedom and hope.
Jesse Larner
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Dying for Work
Close to 3,000 progressive activists from all walks of life joined Jim Hightower for his third “Rolling Thunder/Down-Home Democracy Tour” in Tucson on July 26.
Tom Hayden
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Reproductive Freedom
The Nation reported on Dr. Pendergraft’s troubles in “Abortion on Trial” by Hillary Frey and Miranda Kennedy, June 18, 2001.
Hillary Frey
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Brits and Drugs
“Tell me about the hash bars.”
“OK, what do you want to know?”
“It’s legal there, right?”
“It’s legal, but it ain’t 100 percent legal.”Stacey Butterfield
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Editorial
A Different Israel
“How do you feel, being there?” my friend asked on the phone from America…
Martha C. Nussbaum
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Mexico Opens the Files
Now that a freedom of information bill has been passed, Mexico faces its real battle: convincing the public to use it.
Kate Doyle
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The DLC Comes to Manhattan
This past weekend, the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) convened a national conversation in New York City.
Robert L. Borosage
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Column
A Spirited Defense of George W. Bush Against Accusations That He Dumped His Harken Stock Because of Inside Information
He says he had no clue the stock would tank.
About the details he is still evasive.
Though “on the board but clueless” could sound lame,
With Bush, a clueless claim sounds quite persuasive.Calvin Trillin
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Another Bankrupt Idea From Congress
Thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbor by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.
Robert Scheer
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The Boom or Bush Cycle
The public’s love affair with the Bush Administration is souring. Polls show that voters are deeply worried about its handling of the economy, although they still claim to like George W.
Robert Scheer
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Books & the Arts
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The Port Huron Statement at 40
On its anniversary, two of its authors assess its relevance for today.
Tom Hayden and Dick Flacks
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What Are They Reading?
Roane Carey has edited two collections of writings on the Middle East: The New Intifada (Verso, 2001) and The Other Israel (The New Press, 2002).
Roane Carey
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