Dying for Work Dying for Work
Close to 3,000 progressive activists from all walks of life joined Jim Hightower for his third "Rolling Thunder/Down-Home Democracy Tour" in Tucson on July 26.
Jul 31, 2002 / Feature / Tom Hayden
The DLC Comes to Manhattan The DLC Comes to Manhattan
This past weekend, the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) convened a national conversation in New York City.
Jul 26, 2002 / Editorial / Robert L. Borosage
Mount Rushmore Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore, conceived in the 1920s as a tourist attraction, was quickly recast by the sculptor as an icon of democracy, freedom and hope.
Jul 26, 2002 / Feature / Jesse Larner
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
Roane Carey has edited two collections of writings on the Middle East: The New Intifada (Verso, 2001) and The Other Israel (The New Press, 2002).
Jul 25, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Roane Carey
The Boom or Bush Cycle The Boom or Bush Cycle
The public's love affair with the Bush Administration is souring. Polls show that voters are deeply worried about its handling of the economy, although they still claim to like G...
Jul 23, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Mexico Opens the Files Mexico Opens the Files
Now that a freedom of information bill has been passed, Mexico faces its real battle: convincing the public to use it.
Jul 18, 2002 / Editorial / Kate Doyle
Robert I. Friedman Robert I. Friedman
Robert I. Friedman, whose uncompromising investigative stories appeared in The Nation from the early 1980s onward, died July 2 in Manhattan at the age of 51. In an era of timid, c...
Jul 18, 2002 / Editorial / The Editors
Old Guard vs. New in Michigan Old Guard vs. New in Michigan
John Dingell and Lynn Rivers are locked in a battle caused by redistricting.
Jul 18, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols
Dubyaspeak Dubyaspeak
For readers of this magazine and millions of other Americans, the initial horror of September 11 was compounded by the sobering realization that George W. Bush would be at the hel...
Jul 18, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Elayne Tobin
Bennett’s Pledge of Allegiance Bennett’s Pledge of Allegiance
Jul 18, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Marcus G. Raskin