Bush’s Abortion Flip-Flop?

Which current candidate for President reversed the abortion stand he espoused as a Congressional candidate in the seventies and adopted a position more acceptable to the mainstream of his party

David Corn

Labor’s Love Lost

After the House passed President Clinton’s China trade bill, Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer, issued a threat: “The 163 Republicans and 73 Democrats that voted for China trade yeste

David Corn

The Beat

ELECTION BEAT California State Senator Hilda Solis has become the first woman to receive a John Fitzgerald Kennedy Profile in Courage Award from the J

John Nichols

A Rise in Unemployment Arrives on Schedule

You cannot find a job? No cash is flowing?
You haven’t paid your bills, which have been growing?
You’ll never get the money you’ve been owing?

Calvin Trillin

Prince Albert in a Can

What’s the meaning of Al Gore? Or George Bush?

David Corn

Dad Slinks Off Into Silence on Alcohol

Robert Scheer

The Man Who Won NAFTA Emerges Victorious on China Trade

So Clinton’s found the key once more
To triumphs he can savor:
He takes the lead on issues that
Republicans all favor.

Calvin Trillin

Little House in the ‘Hood

I was wandering around Harlem recently, late on a warm Sunday afternoon: I saw Dominican families chatting on stoops. I saw African-American families walking home from church.

Patricia J. Williams

Amplification

With recent reports linking high blood levels of lead to juvenile delinquency, the lead story grows.

The Editors

Star Wars II: Here We Go Again

Research assistance provided by the Nation Institute’s Investigative Fund.

William D. Hartung and Michelle Ciarrocca