Dying for Work Dying for Work
Close to 3,000 progressive activists from all walks of life joined Jim Hightower for his third "Rolling Thunder/Down-Home Democracy Tour" in Tucson on July 26.
Jul 31, 2002 / Feature / Tom Hayden
Malign Neglect Malign Neglect
Children in New York City's public schools are being shortchanged--again.
May 23, 2002 / Feature / Jonathan Kozol
DC’s Virtual Panopticon DC’s Virtual Panopticon
A camera system in the nation's capital is making civil libertarians nervous.
May 16, 2002 / Feature / Christian Parenti
Renewing Urban Renewal Renewing Urban Renewal
One of the things we do not do well in this country is learn from our mistakes. This is particularly true in the strengthening and rejuvenating of cities.
May 16, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Roberta Brandes Gratz
Four Rms, Rent Slashed, Sad Vu Four Rms, Rent Slashed, Sad Vu
Having a hard time finding a new apartment to fit your budget? Consider a move to the blocks around Ground Zero. The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, the body set up by f...
Apr 11, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Housing: An LA Story Housing: An LA Story
Two years after a tragic accident, activists are celebrating a major victory.
Mar 28, 2002 / Feature / Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
Shocked, Shocked! Enronian Myths Exposed Shocked, Shocked! Enronian Myths Exposed
Those who place the blame on executive greed may be missing the larger point.
Mar 21, 2002 / Feature / Thomas Frank
Mayor Jerry Brown, Take II Mayor Jerry Brown, Take II
He's created new projects, made new friends--and some bitter enemies.
Feb 28, 2002 / Feature / Marc Cooper
Vouchers–Phony Choice Vouchers–Phony Choice
Ever since the 1954 Brown decision outlawing "separate but equal" schools, various popular movements have upheld a vision of public schools as essential to democracy and have dem...
Feb 28, 2002 / Barbara Miner
NYC Campaign Reform NYC Campaign Reform
The success of Michael Bloomberg's $69 million race for Mayor of New York against Mark Green was widely seen as a setback for campaign finance reform. But the Bloomberg campaign de...
Feb 14, 2002 / Richard Kirsch