Nick Kristof’s Brothel Problem Nick Kristof’s Brothel Problem
Nicholas Kristof produces a steady stream of titillating reports on child prostitution in the Third World. Better to focus on draconian economic reforms driven by the World Bank th...
Jan 26, 2006 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
Harry Magdoff Harry Magdoff
The late socialist economist Harry Magdoff read Marx at fifteen and never looked back. A self-educated co-editor of the Monthly Review, he not only fought for a just and humane wor...
Jan 5, 2006 / Books & the Arts / The Nation
Hunger Is Not a Place Hunger Is Not a Place
It's not true that only the rich can help the poor. We must work to empower nations like Bangladesh that are addressing the problem of hunger by creating networks of schools, healt...
Jan 5, 2006 / Editorial / Frances Moore Lappé
Bolivia’s Home-Grown President Bolivia’s Home-Grown President
The election of former coca farmer Evo Morales as Bolivia's first indigenous president appears to be an enormous victory for the left, as yet another Latin American nation turns aw...
Dec 21, 2005 / Feature / Daphne Eviatar
The Delphi Oracle The Delphi Oracle
The cynical restructuring plan for bankrupt Delphi Automotive calls for massive wage and benefit givebacks for 51,000 American workers. Governors of affected states must craft stra...
Nov 10, 2005 / Editorial / The Editors
Rising Prices + Higher Interest Rates = Middle-Class Misery Rising Prices + Higher Interest Rates = Middle-Class Misery
Interest rates nosed higher today as the Federal Reserve Board sought to control inflation. But the impact of runaway inflation is already being felt by workers whose wages will st...
Nov 1, 2005 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman
Gore Vidal, Octocontrarian Gore Vidal, Octocontrarian
Marc Cooper interviews Gore Vidal about an America that is increasingly controlled by corporations and suggests that the Gulf Coast hurricanes and the Iraq debacle signal the break...
Oct 20, 2005 / Feature / Marc Cooper
Robbing the Poor Robbing the Poor
As House Republicans use the cost of recovery from Gulf Coast storms as an excuse to rip last-minute holes in the social safety net, it's not too late to change priorities.
Oct 20, 2005 / Editorial / Sharon Lerner
Goodbye, Mr. Goodwrench Goodbye, Mr. Goodwrench
Delphi's bankruptcy is a marker of a new America in which there is no collective security, no union to make you strong, no government to give you shelter, in which workers stand al...
Oct 14, 2005 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman
Bono Meets Dr. Shock Bono Meets Dr. Shock
It's easy to scoff at a rock star like Bono pairing up with economist Jeffrey Sachs. But their tireless lobbying for debt relief for the poorest nations could make a real differenc...
Oct 13, 2005 / Editorial / Doug Henwood