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A River Runs Through It
BY DANIEL SHERMAN
It's big bad G.E. versus the E.P.A. in upstate New York. Dan Sherman explains why this one is more complicated than it seems.
12.16.2000 | ENVIRONMENT

No Justice, No Golf!
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
Sure conservatives dress funny, talk funny and think funny. Now we know they protest funny too. Freezerbox looks back at the Miami Golfers riot of 2000.
12.01.2000 | POLITICS

Once Again, America Stands Alone
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
America's responsibility for the collapse of the recent climate conference at The Hague taught the world an important lesson: neither to be beaten nor joined, the USA should just be ignored.
11.28.2000 | ENVIRONMENT

Rutherford B. Hayes Speaks Out
BY MATTHEW CALLAN
Our 19th President, who knew a thing or two about electoral controversy, offers his services as a talking head.
11.15.2000 | POLITICS

Alphabet Soup and the Asshole of Europe
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
Our Balkans correspondent reports on his afternoon with the KLA and Miss Albania 2000.
11.06.2000 | POLITICS

Ignorance is Bliss
BY MIKE JASIK
The three debates held this year were a total sham. And it was all the fault of the Commission on Presidential Debates, their partisan membership, their corporate obsequiousness, a shameful affront to Democracy.
11.01.2000 | POLITICS

Industrial Revolution Day
BY MICHAEL MANVILLE
Greed is good! Sing along with the Center for the Moral Defense of Capitalism.
10.31.2000 | POLITICS

Campaign Finance Reform
BY JOHN STOEHR
Now that another round of sham debates are over, we can get down to the business of making sure it doesn't happen again. Target #1: corporate television.
10.28.2000 | POLITICS

Ralph Nader Super-Rally at MSG
BY MOLLY BUCK AND ADAM BULGER
Our New York correspondents finally disentangle their notes from the Nader super-rally at MSG. If you couldn't make it, Adam and Molly provide the home movie version.
10.27.2000 | ACTIVISM

The Taming of the Italian Stallion
BY HEATHER HADDON
Heather Hadden looks at car-free days in Europe, tourism, smog and what it feels like to see politicians ride bicycles to work.
10.18.2000 | ENVIRONMENT

Two Modest Proposals For the Upcoming Presidential Debates
BY ETTA NEEYA
Two other candidates that should have been included in the debates. Etta Neeya introduces us to the fringe—and their toolsheds.
10.16.2000 | POLITICS

Reform the WTO! But Where Are The Ideas?
BY JOHN BUNZL
Give me a program, a paradigm--anything!
09.14.2000 | POLITICS

What Has the IMF Done For You Lately?
BY CHRISTOPHER LORD
As Prague girds itself for the biggest social protests in Central Europe since 1989, Chris Lord weighs up the two sides, and throws his weight behind one of them. With reservations, of course.
09.05.2000 | POLITICS

What Moves Us?
BY MARCO X
As anti-capitalist summit hopping increases its popularity and profile, activists have to ask: Is this enough? What next?
08.26.2000 | ACTIVISM

I'm Still Voting for Nader
BY JONAH WEISS
Only one man running for President deserves a single honest vote, and don't let anybody scare you into thinking otherwise. Jonah explains why it's actually quite easy being Green.
08.25.2000 | POLITICS

Banking on Disaster
BY DR. PAUL KAIL
As the World Bank gets ready for its upcoming summit meeting in Prague, Paul Kail goes behind the rhetoric to look at the recently approved WB oil project in Chad-Camaroon. The Bank has not changed a stripe, just its public relations melody.
08.25.2000 | POLITICS

If You Preach It, They Will Come: Reverend Billy and the Gospel of Anti-Consumerism
BY HEATHER HADDON
In the light of the recent IMF/WTO/R2k protests, activism appears to be on the rise in this country once again. Reverend Billy, spokesman against the franchised and multinational corporations mushrooming throughout New York City, unites this political spirit with a flagrant fatiousness and fundementialist ferver. You too will follow the fold to "stop Starbucks".
08.16.2000 | ACTIVISM

A Return to the Poll Tax?
BY MATTHEW FELLING
As political coverage moves into the internet age, Matthew Felling reminds us that not everyone is wired. Is this progress, or a new poll tax?
08.10.2000 | POLITICS

First Human Case of West Nile Virus
BY ROBERT LEDERMAN
Robert Lederman takes a hard look at the West Nile Virus hysteria in New York City.
08.09.2000 | ACTIVISM

The FBI Comes to Prague
BY EZEKIAL FORD
Anti-IMF protestors are already preparing for this September's meeting in Prague, but they aren't alone. The FBI just came to town, and they are watching.
06.29.2000 | ACTIVISM