…and the Poor Get Poorer …and the Poor Get Poorer
Collateral damage mounts in Bush's ideological war on the welfare state.
Jul 17, 2003 / Feature / Kim Phillips-Fein
No, Newt, the Ends Don’t Justify the Means No, Newt, the Ends Don’t Justify the Means
Whatever happens in Iraq, lying to Americans and the world about the reasons for war is not acceptable.
Jun 25, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
Privatizing Medicare Privatizing Medicare
The Medicare bills passed by the Senate Finance Committee on June 12 and the House Ways and Means Committee on June 17 move the thirty-eight-year-old social insurance program o...
Jun 19, 2003 / Editorial / Trudy Lieberman
Selling (Off) Iraq Selling (Off) Iraq
How to "privatize" a country and make millions.
Jun 5, 2003 / Feature / Tim Shorrock
Nonagenarians Against Cynicism Nonagenarians Against Cynicism
Nothing deepens your cynicism quicker than the power of money in American politics.
May 29, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman
ALEC Meets His Match ALEC Meets His Match
Challenging the right's powerhouse.
May 22, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols
The Judiciary Wars The Judiciary Wars
Senate Democrats, who were so divided on the war and tax cuts, are holding together impressively to stop the Worst of the Worst of President Bush's judicial nominees.
May 15, 2003 / Editorial / Jack Newfield
Axing Higher Ed Axing Higher Ed
One of the many casualties of our national obsession with the war on Iraq is the emerging crisis of America's public colleges and universities.
May 1, 2003 / Editorial / Stanley Aronowitz
The Republican Party’s Goal Is to Destroy the Federal Government The Republican Party’s Goal Is to Destroy the Federal Government
For years, their driving ambition has been to get government “down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub.”
Apr 24, 2003 / Feature / William Greider
Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice
How do we know the economy is in bad shape? Unemployed white male hotshots are back in the news. "This man used to make $300,000 a year," reads the New York Times Magazine's co...
Apr 17, 2003 / Column / Katha Pollitt