Bush’s Black Faces Bush’s Black Faces
Many of George Bush's supporters say that his recent nominations of Colin Powell as Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice as National Security Adviser and Rod Paige as Secretary o...
Jan 11, 2001 / Editorial / Michael Eric Dyson
Treasury Nominee Paul O’Neill: Just in Time for Trouble Treasury Nominee Paul O’Neill: Just in Time for Trouble
Something doesn't add up about the new Treasury Secretary nominated by George W. Bush. The supply-side conservatives who live for more big tax cuts on capital and upper-bracket i...
Jan 11, 2001 / Feature / William Greider
Teaching Test-Taking? Teaching Test-Taking?
The establishment verdict is in: President-elect Bush made an astute choice by tapping Rod Paige, Houston's School Superintendent, to head his Education Department. The New York ...
Jan 11, 2001 / Feature / Stephen Metcalf
Labor’s Fight Has Just Begun Labor’s Fight Has Just Begun
In the end, Linda Chavez undid her own nomination through her disingenuousness. Bush's first nominee as Labor Secretary withdrew after a storm of publicity about her relationship...
Jan 11, 2001 / Feature / David Moberg
The Right Stuff The Right Stuff
It was one of those odd little paragraphs that leap out at you, so filled with unexpected images it was. "What would Al Sharpton do if Bush calls him?" inquired Peter Noel in a r...
Jan 11, 2001 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Block Ashcroft–I Block Ashcroft–I
John Ashcroft's nomination as Attorney General is the first installment on George W. Bush's enormous political debt to the radical right. Remember back in early February when Bus...
Jan 5, 2001 / Editorial / Burt Neuborne
Bush’s Phony ‘Bipartisanship’ Bush’s Phony ‘Bipartisanship’
The danger: He might sell the idea, and his agenda, with the help of a few Democrats.
Jan 5, 2001 / Feature / John Nichols
Block Ashcroft–II Block Ashcroft–II
Just how bad an Attorney General would John Ashcroft be? And is his nomination worth fighting? To answer the first question, talk to those who have experienced Ashcroft up close ...
Jan 5, 2001 / Editorial / Bruce Shapiro
George Bush’s Democrats George Bush’s Democrats
Who are George Bush's bipartisan Democrats?
Jan 5, 2001 / Feature / Jesse Jackson Jr.
Powell Will Make Heard the Voice of the Common Man… Powell Will Make Heard the Voice of the Common Man…
Some reasons (personal and political) for applauding Colin Powell's new appointment.
Dec 19, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer