Downsizing in Disguise Downsizing in Disguise
The streets of Baghdad are a swamp of crime and uncollected garbage. Battered local businesses are going bankrupt, unable to compete with cheap imports.
Jun 5, 2003 / Column / Naomi Klein
Globalization and GMOs Globalization and GMOs
With the end of the Iraq war, the globalization war is heating up around trade again, this time over the issue of genetically modified food. George W.
Jun 5, 2003 / Editorial / Tom Hayden
Guns or Butter Guns or Butter
"Our job is to make sure that the labor movement talks about how the militarization of US foreign policy hurts workers at home."
May 28, 2003 / Feature / Bob Muhlenkamp
Socking It to the States Socking It to the States
Sentient observers know that American state and local governments face a historic crisis--that they are cutting vital services and raising taxes, mainly on those already most s...
May 22, 2003 / Feature / James K. Galbraith
An Energy/Jobs Program An Energy/Jobs Program
America needs jobs, and working families are hurting. At the same time, the war in Iraq has heightened awareness of our dependence on foreign oil and the vulnerability of our e...
May 22, 2003 / Editorial / Bracken Hendricks
Wal-Mart Bans Maxim, Stuff and FHM Wal-Mart Bans Maxim, Stuff and FHM
Now Wal-Mart's banned those mags for lads But so far hasn't banned the scads Of other soft-core porn on view-- Like busty dolls that do kung fu,
May 15, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
And the Poor Pay Taxes… And the Poor Pay Taxes…
Just in case you didn't have a clue who George W.
May 15, 2003 / Editorial / Roy Ulrich
Paying for Apartheid Paying for Apartheid
Two major lawsuits--filed in the United States against multinational corporations including GM, IBM and Citigroup for aiding and abetting apartheid--are at a critical juncture.
May 15, 2003 / Editorial / John S. Friedman
Hubris Unbound Hubris Unbound
See also Tim Shorrock's March 2002 story for The Nation on the Carlyle Group.
May 8, 2003 / Feature / Tim Shorrock
Letter From Silicon Valley Letter From Silicon Valley
As unemployment soars, many workers are rethinking their libertarian views.
May 8, 2003 / Feature / Rebecca Vesely