The McCain-Feingold Bill The McCain-Feingold Bill
McCain and Feingold seem to have Big Mo: Soft money could now face a total ban. Which means some folks who've bought pols in the past Need now select a different purchase plan...
Apr 5, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Beyond McCain-Feingold Beyond McCain-Feingold
The Senate's passage of McCain-Feingold was welcome if only as a comeuppance to the Trent Lotts and Mitch McConnells who had arrogantly defied popular sentiment by keeping the ...
Apr 5, 2001 / The Editors
Preserving the Urban Dynamic Preserving the Urban Dynamic
Cities that say no to new malls and superstores are enjoying regeneration.
Apr 5, 2001 / Feature / Roberta Brandes Gratz
In Fact… In Fact…
HOW THE 'MAESTRO' HAS FALLEN William Greider writes: While it is not exactly news that Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspanhas fallen from his state of infallible grace, t...
Apr 5, 2001 / The Editors
Bristling on the Subcontinent Bristling on the Subcontinent
The conflict in Kargil took place in the summer of 1999. It was the fourth war between India and Pakistan since their emergence as independent nations in 1947, but this was the...
Apr 5, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Amitava Kumar
Nation Notes Nation Notes
We're pleased to announce that Jamie Lincoln Kitman's special report, "The Secret History of Lead" (March 20, 2000), has been awarded the Investigative Reporters and Editors' hig...
Apr 5, 2001 / The Editors
Letters Letters
REFORMER IN THE DELLS Milwaukee A postscript to Frances Fox Piven's excellent "Thompson's Easy Ride" [Feb. 26], on the elevation of Wi...
Apr 5, 2001 / Our Readers
On Butterfly Wings On Butterfly Wings
This is going to be yet one more article on the never-ending recount-a-rama in Florida. But first a flashback to a pre-Election Day campaign moment: It's October. George W.
Apr 5, 2001 / Feature / David Corn
Here Come the Judges Here Come the Judges
All signs point to an all-out drive by the Bush Administration to slot judicial conservatives into the eighty-nine current vacancies on the federal bench. The recent to-do about e...
Mar 30, 2001 / The Editors
Leading Los Angeles Leading Los Angeles
Survey the political terrain of this, America's second-largest city, on the eve of the April 10 mayoral vote, and the only possible conclusion is: What a Difference a Decade Makes...
Mar 30, 2001 / Marc Cooper