November 6, 2000 Issue

Features

A Democratic House: Why It Matters

It won't be a revolution, but progressives see support for much of their agenda.

Robert L. Borosage
A Working Third Party

Multiracial and populist, New York's Working Families Party gains ground.

Micah L. Sifry
Europe: Is There a Fourth Way?

If Western Europe is to be independent it must defend its welfare state.

Daniel Singer

Columns

Listen Up, Naderites: You’re Playing a Dangerous Game

Robert Scheer
Beware of Bush; He’s Not What He Seems

Robert Scheer
Democratic Centralism

"When the ax came into the woods, the trees all said, 'Well, at least the handle is one of us.'" There is more intellectual content in this old Turkish folk warning than in the entire output of the "lesser evil" school. Here comes Albert Gore Jr., striding purposefully toward us with a big chopper resting easily on his shoulder.

Christopher Hitchens
What Do They Want?

Katha Pollitt
Trick or Treat

The voters hear on Halloween
The country's doorbell ring.
There's Bush dressed up as real adult
And Gore as human being.

Calvin Trillin

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