Operation Enduring Protest Operation Enduring Protest
Liza Featherstone will be reporting periodically on the antiwar movement for The Nation. This article is part of the Haywood Burns Community Activist Journalism series, sponsored ...
Oct 18, 2001 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
NYC’s Mayoral Muddle NYC’s Mayoral Muddle
In our August 20 issue we endorsed Mark Green, a lifelong liberal who has been running as a liberal centrist, for mayor of New York City. Two weeks before a runoff election aga...
Oct 4, 2001 / Editorial / Michael Tomasky
The Sultan’s Brother Does a Service to Humanity The Sultan’s Brother Does a Service to Humanity
The brother of the Sultan of Brunei Set out to see how much a guy could buy, And fifteen billion's what he finally spent Before the sultan voiced some discontent. The guilt o...
Aug 23, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Mark Green for Mayor Mark Green for Mayor
He is the most promising candidate progressives can look to for leadership.
Aug 9, 2001 / Editorial / The Editors
Homeless in San José Homeless in San José
Under pressure from activists, the city agreed to assist its poorest residents.
Aug 9, 2001 / Feature / Gabriel Thompson
The People’s Power The People’s Power
Act I We're on the edge of the twentieth century and Mayor James Phelan of San Francisco concludes that without abundant water and electrical power San Francisco is stymie...
Jun 28, 2001 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
Not This Time in LA Not This Time in LA
Politics, they say, is the art of the possible. And for much of the spring it seemed possible that America's second-largest city would elect as its mayor a progressive Latino who ...
Jun 7, 2001 / Editorial / John Nichols
‘Violence’ in Cincinnati ‘Violence’ in Cincinnati
The urban rebellion in Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine neighborhood that followed the April 7 death of yet another black man, Timothy Thomas, at the hands of police shocked city resid...
May 31, 2001 / Editorial / Thomas A. Dutton
Villaraigosa’s Hot in Los Angeles Villaraigosa’s Hot in Los Angeles
His mayoral campaign platform is the most progressive in modern city history.
May 17, 2001 / Feature / Marc Cooper
Those Big Town Blues Those Big Town Blues
New York City voters aren't thrilled with their options in the fall elections.
May 17, 2001 / Feature / Doug Ireland