Grover Norquist: ‘Field Marshal’ of the Bush Plan Grover Norquist: ‘Field Marshal’ of the Bush Plan
He's an archconservative who thinks big and knows how to get things done.
Apr 26, 2001 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
Corporate Welfare Spoils Corporate Welfare Spoils
In one of the most foolish and cruelly ironic urban public policy decisions in recent memory, New York Governor George Pataki and New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani are planning...
Apr 19, 2001 / Ralph Nader
Otto Reich, WRAP Star Otto Reich, WRAP Star
Otto Reich is the vice chairman of Worldwide Responsible Apparel Production or WRAP, a clothing-industry front founded about a year ago to undermine the growing antisweatshop move...
Apr 17, 2001 / Feature / Alec Dubro
Forked-Tongue Budget Forked-Tongue Budget
Resident Bush's budget brandishes the camouflaged conservatism that is the hallmark of this disingenuous Administration. It advertises a 4 percent increase in discretionary spendi...
Apr 12, 2001 / Robert L. Borosage
Sovereign Corporations Sovereign Corporations
When NAFTA was adopted in 1993, Chapter 11 in the trade and investment agreement was too obscure to stir controversy. Eight years later, it's the smoking gun in the intensifying a...
Apr 12, 2001 / William Greider
Diamonds of Death Diamonds of Death
A tough bill is falling victim to the power of warlords and corporations. Meanwhile, diamond sales pay for wars that are killing thousands in Africa.
Apr 5, 2001 / Feature / Ken Silverstein
A Fairness Agenda for the Bush Era A Fairness Agenda for the Bush Era
In the clash over tax cuts and social programs, much of what progressives need to do is defensive. But it would be a mistake not to float new ideas, too.
A Time To Be Bold A Time To Be Bold
In recent months, as a newly elected senator, I have had to decide whether to join the Democratic Leadership Council. I have chosen not to because while I shared its founding purp...
Mar 30, 2001 / Gov. Jon Corzine
DU at Home DU at Home
Depleted uranium constitutes one of largest radioactive and toxic-waste byproducts of the nuclear age. Over the past half-century, 700,000 metric tons of DU--more than half of a...
Mar 22, 2001 / Feature / Robert Alvarez
Zapatistas on the March Zapatistas on the March
Many compared it to marching through a dream. After seven years under siege by 70,000 Mexican Army troops in the jungles and highlands of Chiapas, the Zapatista National Liberat...
Mar 22, 2001 / Al Giordano