The Right Welfare Reform The Right Welfare Reform
It was bad enough that the Bush Administration co-opted the Children's Defense Fund slogan "Leave No Child Behind." Then the most famous former board member of CDF, Hillary Rodham...
Jul 3, 2002 / Editorial / Ruth Conniff
Paul Wellstone & the Greens Paul Wellstone & the Greens
Paul Wellstone & the Greens Northfield, Minn. I was shocked to open my Nation and read the ill-informed and superficial June 17 "Beat the Devil" column, "The Fut...
Jul 3, 2002 / Letters / Our Readers
Political Cross-Dressing Political Cross-Dressing
SEC chairman Harvey Pitt lurches from lapdog to bulldog, threatening CEOs with jail time if their corporate reports mislead. George Bush demands "top floor" accountability. Republ...
Jul 3, 2002 / Editorial / The Editors
Karl Rove’s Legal Tricks Karl Rove’s Legal Tricks
Packing the judiciary with right-wingers like Priscilla Owen.
Jul 3, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols
School’s Out School’s Out
When the New York City Board of Education called on public schools to bring back the Pledge of Allegiance in the wake of 9/11, my daughter, a freshman at Stuyvesant High, thoug...
Jul 3, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Court’s Terrible Two The Court’s Terrible Two
Saving the worst for last, on the final day of the term the Supreme Court issued 5-to-4 rulings on school vouchers and drug testing that blow a huge hole in the wall of church-sta...
Jul 3, 2002 / Editorial / Herman Schwartz
On the Congressional Response to the ‘Under God’ Controversy On the Congressional Response to the ‘Under God’ Controversy
They pledge allegiance to the thought That every politician ought To take a stand that's foursquare for the Lord. They think if they say, "God is great! Don't separate him fr...
Jul 3, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Boondocks The Boondocks
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Jun 27, 2002 / Feature / Aaron McGruder
Death and Taxes 2010 Death and Taxes 2010
"How long do I have?" James Pierson asked, trying to maintain eye contact with the man behind the desk. "Three months, eleven days, seven hours and forty-three minutes," David Ba...
Jun 27, 2002 / Editorial / Calvin Trillin