Out With Gerrymanders! Out With Gerrymanders!
This April, in the case of Vieth v. Jubelirer, the Supreme Court came close to burying any hope of curing one of the worst diseases in our ailing democracy--the partisan gerryman...
Jul 1, 2004 / Editorial / Herman Schwartz
Incarceration, Inc. Incarceration, Inc.
Private prisons thrive on cheap labor and the hunger of job-starved towns.
Jul 1, 2004 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
True Patriotism True Patriotism
The Fourth of July is traditionally a time for reading the Declaration of Independence and listening to patriotic speeches.
Jul 1, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
On the Prime-Time Schedule for the Republican National Convention On the Prime-Time Schedule for the Republican National Convention
The wacko right has mostly just disdain For Schwarzenegger, Rudy and McCain. But they'll be featured at the prime-time mike As just the sort of folks swing voters like.
Jul 1, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
A No to Media Monopoly A No to Media Monopoly
Media monopolists were dealt a rare setback when the Philadelphia-based US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit blocked implementation of last year's decision by the Federal Co...
Jul 1, 2004 / Editorial / John Nichols
Election Matters Election Matters
The striking distinction between the Green Party's national gathering in late June and the Democratic and Republican national conventions, which will come later this summer, was ...
Jul 1, 2004 / Editorial / John Nichols
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
It's the first three chapters of Yuri Olesha's Envy that really bite, that really get across the impotent sting of the emotion.
Jul 1, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas Jahr
Bush’s AIDS Hypocrisy Cons the NY Times Bush’s AIDS Hypocrisy Cons the NY Times
New anti-condom CDC regs give the lie to Bush's election-year rhetoric.
Jun 30, 2004 / Feature / Doug Ireland
Truth About Iraq Finally Has Its Pants On Truth About Iraq Finally Has Its Pants On
Yet even in face of the 9/11 commission's rebuke, the White House keeps dissembling on Al Qaeda links
Jun 25, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Big Blow to Big Media Big Blow to Big Media
A federal appeals court rejects FCC rule changes that eased limits on media monopoly.
Jun 24, 2004 / Feature / John Nichols