The Beat The Beat
CIVIL RIGHTS REFORM As House Republican leaders thwarted debate on the tepid Shays-Meehan campaign finance reform bill, the NAACP convention chose a radically different course by ...
Jul 27, 2001 / Column / John Nichols
All in the Family All in the Family
As bloated Hollywood blockbusters such as Pearl Harbor and A.I. disappoint to a staggering degree this summer, foreign films without huge promotional budgets are delivering offbea...
Jul 27, 2001 / Books & the Arts / B. Ruby Rich
The Oranging of America The Oranging of America
In 1980, when Ronald Reagan flattened his opponents and the religious right burst onto the national political arena, many progressives could barely believe their eyes. Only a deca...
Jul 27, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Arlene Stein
The Leader of the Last Remaining Superpower Asserts Minimal Qualifications The Leader of the Last Remaining Superpower Asserts Minimal Qualifications
To those who say he cannot do it, Who claim his head is filled with suet, He says that he is plenty able To deal with issues on the table. Though he may have no depths to plu...
Jul 27, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Violence in Genoa Violence in Genoa
Demonstrations at the recent G-8 summit in Genoa resulted in
Jul 26, 2001
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Nicholas Jackson, Andrea Pertosa, Alex Crowley, Faith Hareldson, Troy Davis, Rob Miller, and Louise C. Hensleigh
The Battle of Genoa The Battle of Genoa
Organizers of the anti-G8 protest in Genoa say that 200,000 people came from all over Italy and Europe to join the mammoth demonstration yesterday.
Jul 21, 2001 / Feature / Walden Bello
In Fact… In Fact…
WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR REBATE? Starting the week of July 23, many Americans will begin receiving tax "rebates" as part of George W. Bush's massive tax-cut scheme aimed at helping ...
Jul 12, 2001 / The Editors
Music for Chameleons Music for Chameleons
When they came for Newton Arvin, as he had always known they someday would--the sex cops, the truth squad, the Cossacks, fathers and philistines--he spilled his beings. In the cro...
Jul 12, 2001 / Books & the Arts / John Leonard
Unite and Conquer Unite and Conquer
Los Angeles organizers may have clinched the city's title as a laboratory for cutting-edge economic justice policy with a deal concluded in late May between grassroots groups and ...
Jul 12, 2001 / Feature / Bobbi Murray
Living Wage Comes of Age Living Wage Comes of Age
An increasingly sophisticated movement has put opponents on the defensive.
Jul 12, 2001 / Feature / Bobbi Murray