February 2, 2004
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Feature
The Trouble With CAFTA
CAFTA promises to extend the harmful impacts of NAFTA to Mexico’s weaker southern neighbors.
Mark Engler
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The View From Mexico
This past November, along with six other members of the US Congress, I visited Mexico on a Teamsters-sponsored trip in order to assess what NAFTA has done to Mexico.
Sen. Bernie Sanders
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Editorial
The Kitchen-Table State of the Union
With the stock market surging and the economy growing, George W. Bush has begun touting the success of his tax cuts.
Robert L. Borosage
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Border Justice
The call by George W. Bush for major reform of our failed immigration policy was undoubtedly made with election-year eyes fixed on the growing Latino vote.
Marc Cooper
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Sectarianism in Iraq
Saddam Hussein’s capture on December 13 ended the role of the minority Sunni Arabs as Iraq’s ruling group since 1638, when the Sunni Ottoman Turks captured Mesopotamia (then comprising Baghdad an
Dilip Hiro
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We’re Not Sorry, Charlie
Although the film isn’t ready this year, there will be an event January 22 at Bluestockings bookstore in New York (172 Allen Street, 7-8:30 pm) and other events as far away as Grand Forks, North Dakota. Laura Flanders’s Your Call radio program will also feature a Roe anniversary show. Listen online at www.yourcallradio.org.
Jennifer Baumgardner
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Not-So-Special Counsel
When is a special counsel not a special counsel?
When the Ashcroft Justice Department appoints one to investigate the White House.
David Corn
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Why I’m for Clark
By the end of June last year, I had met all the Democratic candidates for President.
Barbara Lawton
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Column
Mad Cow, Internists & the Politics of Healthcare
Dr. Marc regularly answers readers’ questions on matters relating to medicine, healthcare and politics. To send a query, click here.
Dr. Marc Siegel
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Give Iraqis the Election They Want
Despite Bush’s rhetoric, the US is opposing true democratic voting.
Robert Scheer
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Schwarzenegger Just Acts Like He Cares for the Poor
Scripted campaign over, Arnold now aims to balance budget on backs of those who can least afford it
Robert Scheer
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A Spectacular Success?
On the tenth anniversary of the NAFTA accord, mainstream media accounts have voiced muted disappointment with its relatively meager effects.
Eric Alterman
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Lost in Space
A while back, in a column calling for more arts funding, I observed that a lot more people are interested in classical music, ballet, theater and museums than are interested in space exploration,
Katha Pollitt
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Herein Ralph Nader’s Latest Rationale for Another Presidential Run Is Explained Without the Use of the Word ‘Cockamamie’
It’s easy to forget, but still true
That creepy guys have ego trips too.Calvin Trillin
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Books & the Arts
The Hunt for Hussein
About a third of the way through the long, long flashback that is Crimson Gold, someone mentions that the main character, Hussein, needs to work outdoors because of his claustrophobia.
Stuart Klawans
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Bad Boy, Good Manners
Few of the good things that reward the rising–or risen–young artist have not fallen to John Currin in recent days.
Arthur C. Danto
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The Myth of the New Anti-Semitism
In 1879 the German journalist Wilhelm Marr, a former socialist and anarchist, founded an organization that was novel in two ways.
Brian Klug
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