Pardons in Perspective Pardons in Perspective
We learned a few things from Dan Burton's hearings into the Clinton pardons. We learned that Bill Clinton's pardon of billionaire expatriate Marc Rich was no last-minute rush job....
Mar 8, 2001 / Editorial / The Editors
Getting the Money Out Getting the Money Out
The emerging fight over the McCain-Feingold campaign finance bill, which Senator John McCain has promised to bring up right after George W. Bush's installation as President, has ...
Jan 11, 2001 / Editorial / The Editors
Clinton Follows the Money Clinton Follows the Money
Bill Clinton is moving to install Terry McAuliffe as the head of the DNC, a cynical move in this day of pay-to-play politics.
Dec 22, 2000 / Editorial / William Greider
Measures That Mattered Measures That Mattered
As the media obsessed over the seesaw presidential poll, voters across the country quietly made their choices on more than 200 disparate ballot measures and initiatives. For prog...
Nov 10, 2000 / Editorial / Marc Cooper
Taking the Initiatives Taking the Initiatives
In Michigan, it's a battle over school vouchers. In Alaska the fight is over medical marijuana. Nebraskans are being asked to outlaw civil unions. In Colorado, Amendment 25 would...
Oct 26, 2000 / Editorial / The Editors
Influence Peddling, Bush Style Influence Peddling, Bush Style
Democrats weren't the only ones who benefited from knowing wealthy Asians.
Oct 5, 2000 / Feature / David Corn and Dan Moldea
‘Controlling Authority’ ‘Controlling Authority’
In campaign speeches George W. Bush repeats Al Gore's defense of his 1996 campaign fundraising phone calls from his government office--"there is no controlling legal authority"--...
Sep 28, 2000 / Editorial / Robert L. Weinberg
First Amendment for the Rich? First Amendment for the Rich?
At stake is whether the twenty-first-century First Amendment will be a protector of the powerful or a resource for the weak and disfranchised.
Sep 25, 2000 / Feature / Burt Neuborne
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
In the Eighth Circle of Thieves In the Eighth Circle of Thieves
The power and sovereignty of corporations is an enormous humiliation to a society of free people.
Jul 27, 2000 / Feature / E.L. Doctorow