The Humanitarian Temptation The Humanitarian Temptation
In 2000, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan posed a question to the Millennium Summit of the UN: "If humanitarian intervention is, indeed, an unacceptable assault on s...
Nov 21, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Ian Williams
Shmeer the Kids In Shmeer the Kids In
(An Upper East Side Sea Chanty
Sung to the tune of 'Blow the Man Down')
Nov 20, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
A Silver Spoon Is Gouging Unions A Silver Spoon Is Gouging Unions
President Bush, a scion of great wealth who has never had to earn an honest living, has abruptly wiped out the jobs, retirement security and health benefits of 850,000 blue- ...
Nov 19, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Alien Nation Alien Nation
When immigrant janitors in Boston went on strike this fall, they attracted some unlikely allies.
Nov 14, 2002 / Jennifer C. Berkshire
Big Labor’s Little Problem Big Labor’s Little Problem
At a "Lean Workplace School" for union members, sponsored by the monthly magazine Labor Notes in 1996, the discussion centered around how to fight employers' speed-up and worke...
Nov 6, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jane Slaughter
INS Declares War on Labor INS Declares War on Labor
Research support was provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute.
Nov 6, 2002 / Feature / David Bacon
Can Coke Prevent AIDS? Can Coke Prevent AIDS?
As one of the largest private employers in Africa, the Coca-Cola Company could dramatically alter the course of HIV/AIDS.
Oct 24, 2002 / Feature / Lisa Weinert
Spending for Growth Spending for Growth
One of the great disappointments of recent decades is that Democrats have more or less swallowed whole the underlying economic theories of their Republican rivals.
Oct 24, 2002 / Jeff Madrick
Labor Plays Its Hand Labor Plays Its Hand
Unions have improved their political game but are unhappy with the results.
Oct 24, 2002 / Feature / David Moberg
A Union on the Line A Union on the Line
With its future at stake, the ILWU will not go down without a fight.
Oct 10, 2002 / Feature / David Bacon