The Ugly Face of American Politics The Ugly Face of American Politics
There was a huge outcry in France this summer over a move by allies of French President Jacques Chirac to narrow the character and quality of that country's political competition....
Aug 27, 2002 / John Nichols
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
THE EMPEROR OF OCEAN PARK.
By Stephen L. Carter.
Knopf. 657 pp. $26.95.
Aug 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
‘America’s Army’ Targets Youth ‘America’s Army’ Targets Youth
The universe of online computer games is home to 200,000 players at any time. It's also where you can find the newest innovation in military recruiting.
Aug 23, 2002 / Feature / Jacob Hodes and Emma Ruby-Sachs
Turkey, Israel and the US Turkey, Israel and the US
In a 1996 Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies paper prepared for Binyamin Netanyahu, the authors---including Richard Perle and Douglas Feith, now, respectively...
Aug 23, 2002 / Feature / Jason Vest
Greens at the Crosswords Greens at the Crosswords
Greens at the Crosswords Micah Sifry's August 1, 2001 Nation Online article, "Greens at the Crossroads," sparked a number of letters from many of those active in the Gree...
Aug 23, 2002 / Micah L. Sifry and Stanley Aronowitz
Simplistic Hunt for Evil in a Complex World Simplistic Hunt for Evil in a Complex World
Doomed by the incoherence of a foreign policy defined largely by biblical notions of the struggle between good and evil, the Bush Administration thrashes about in its hunt for th...
Aug 21, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Mayor of My Hometown The Mayor of My Hometown
It's only August, but I'll go out on a limb and congratulate the Village Voice's Keith Harris for what I feel confident will stand the test of time as the stupidest comment of ...
Aug 15, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Gilded Age II Gilded Age II
How did it all start? What triggered the 1990s political corruption, its inequality in wealth and its stock market bubble? This is the decade that Kevin Phillips rails against in ...
Aug 15, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Alice H. Amsden
Fight-Back in Bolivia Fight-Back in Bolivia
In 1998 the World Bank notified the Bolivian government that it would refuse to guarantee a $25 million loan to refinance water services in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba unless ...
Aug 15, 2002 / Feature / Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke
Water Apartheid Water Apartheid
In South Africa, the only country in the world where people's right to water is actually written into the Constitution, the townships surrounding cities like Johannesburg and Durb...
Aug 15, 2002 / Feature / Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke