What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
John Steinbeck's forlorn protagonists, Lennie and George, summon few comparisons in today's landscape of mainstream literary fiction, overstocked with tales of redemption.
Mar 6, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Johnny Temple
Challenging the Rush to War Challenging the Rush to War
Considering the fact that the Bush Administration is the planet's primary proponent of war with Iraq, Nancy Lessin wants to know why the US Congress has failed to follow the exam...
Mar 5, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols
Bush Pushes the Big Lie Toward the Brink Bush Pushes the Big Lie Toward the Brink
So the truth is out: George W. Bush lied when he claimed to be worried about Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction.
Mar 4, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
How the Other Half Still Lives How the Other Half Still Lives
In the shadow of wealth, New York's poor increase.
Feb 27, 2003 / Feature / Jack Newfield
The Crawford Conundrum The Crawford Conundrum
Say what you will about Michael Lind, at least he's never predictable. That is, of course, unless your prediction is that he's once again trying to find a way to disagree with ...
Feb 27, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Theodore Hamm
Left Coast Notes Left Coast Notes
At some point or another in their careers, just about every governor in the union faces some sort of recall effort.
Feb 27, 2003 / Feature / Marc Cooper
Kucinich’s Antiwar Bid Kucinich’s Antiwar Bid
Three days after he sued the President to force a Congressional vote on whether to attack Iraq, and one day after hundreds of thousands of antiwar demonstrators in New York che...
Feb 20, 2003 / John Nichols
Bad News, Film at 11 Bad News, Film at 11
Like almost everything these days, local TV news is awful and getting worse.
Feb 20, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman
Confronting Empire Confronting Empire
So how do we resist "Empire"? The good news is that we're not doing too badly. There have been major victories. Here in Latin America you have had so many--in Bolivia, you have...
Feb 20, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Arundhati Roy
Cleaning Up Santa Fe Cleaning Up Santa Fe
New Mexico is on the verge of joining those happy few states that have acted to rein in the extreme influence of corporate money on US politics.
Feb 19, 2003 / Feature / Matt Bivens