Politics

GOP Opportunity Zone GOP Opportunity Zone

This is a list of "Pro-Free-Market Ideas for Responding to Hurricane Katrina and High Gas Prices," circulated by the House Republican Study

Sep 23, 2005 / Feature / Naomi Klein

The Roberts Converts The Roberts Converts

The political chess match between the White House and Senate Democrats over the future of the Supreme Court took on new complexity as three Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Commit...

Sep 23, 2005 / Editorial / Bruce Shapiro

How to Curb Corporate Power How to Curb Corporate Power

As corporations consolidate, they grab power from the public. Here are seven modest proposals to give power back to the public and avoid another Enron.

Sep 22, 2005 / Feature / Ralph Nader

Purging the Poor Purging the Poor

Why are the poorest victims of Hurricane Katrina being kept out of perfectly livable homes?

Sep 22, 2005 / Feature / Naomi Klein

New Orleans Is Us New Orleans Is Us

New Orleans was not an unpredictable disaster--it was a model for the incompetence of the Bush Administration. And when the next disaster comes, we will all be under water.

Sep 22, 2005 / Column / Eric Alterman

Government’s the Problem Government’s the Problem

As the waters rise, how about a sea chantey for the Bush Administration?

Sep 22, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Prez on the Precipice Prez on the Precipice

The waning political power of the Bush Administration poses a huge opportunity for Democrats to revitalize the party and challenge the President's flawed vision of hurricane recove...

Sep 22, 2005 / Editorial / The Editors

The Red Cross: A Question of Competence The Red Cross: A Question of Competence

The Gulf Coast hurricanes have raised new questions about the integrity and competence of the American Red Cross to respond to national emergencies. In this report from The Nation...

Sep 21, 2005 / Feature / Linda Heller

Blackwater Down Blackwater Down

With military and law enforcement forces combing New Orleans in the wake of the storm, why did the federal government feel compelled to hire private security firms Blackwater USA a...

Sep 21, 2005 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

Doing the Math Doing the Math

Here's how we identified more than 11,000 empty, rentable homes in New Orleans:

Sep 20, 2005 / Feature / Naomi Klein

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