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June 2004Kids Aren't Us Children's programs have gained ($5.6 billion was spent in 1984, $51.7 billion in 1999), but their economic security blanket has been ripped to shreds. June 29, 2004 | | web only Domestic Bliss As soon as the domestic-policy debate moves off "the economy" and toward social-policy issues, Democrats will win every time. June 29, 2004 | | web only The Impostor Conservatives in Arizona. Right-wing groups in Oregon. Pat Buchanan. But not the Green Party. Meet Ralph Nader's real constituents. June 28, 2004 | | web only No Tie -- Cobb! The true story of how a man you've barely heard of beat Ralph Nader for the Green Party nomination. June 28, 2004 | | web only 24-Hour Party People Tom Daschle wants everybody to set aside their differences and be friends -- at least after 6 p.m. But Republicans still want to play hardball -- no matter what time of day it is. June 28, 2004 | | web only Nader's Dubious Raiders Exclusive: Ralph's Arizona ballot tactics are worse than this week's Democratic lawsuit alleges. Some petitions piggybacked on a reactionary anti-immigrant initiative -- and others were paid for by a former executive director of the state GOP. June 25, 2004 | | web only Nader's Dubious Raiders Exclusive: Ralph's Arizona ballot tactics are worse than this week's Democratic lawsuit alleges. Some petitions piggybacked on a reactionary anti-immigrant initiative -- and others were paid for by a former executive director of the state GOP. June 25, 2004 | | web only Alternative Universe Welcome to the Green Party Convention 2004, where anything can happen -- and probably will. June 25, 2004 | | web only A Global Vision for Labor Andy Stern sees a new mission for the biggest unions -- and it'll require some major changes. June 25, 2004 | | web only Kerry's Catch-22 President Bush has set a fiscal trap. If elected, President Kerry would have to work hard to spring free of it. June 25, 2004 | | web only Fahrenhaughty 9/11 Michael Moore's new film is powerful, sure -- but it's also sanctimonious, callous, and cheap. June 25, 2004 | | web only Good Bill Hunting The Hunting of the President's director/screenwriter talks about Clinton's gift, Larry Case's fantasy car, and what his movie has in common with The Stepford Wives. An interview with Harry Thomason. June 25, 2004 | | web only Thucydiots Two weeks ago, conservatives cast themselves as Reagan's children. But their Iraq adventure makes them look more Nixonian than Reaganesque. June 25, 2004 | | web only Purple People Watch Senate races are shaping up, with appearances from Heritage Foundation and the Coors Light Twins. A weekly roundup from the states. June 24, 2004 | | web only Dodge the Draft There are rumblings in Washington to bring back the draft -- but when it comes to the military, "bigger" and "better" don't go hand in hand. June 24, 2004 | | web only Gun Nut Uh, Mr. President, your Freudian slip is showing. June 24, 2004 | | web only Bell's Curveball Publicly, House Democrats distanced themselves from Chris Bell after he filed an ethics complaint against Tom DeLay. But privately, they exult. June 24, 2004 | | web only Iraq and the Fed Donald Rumsfeld's war in Iraq is having an impact on Alan Greenspan's war on inflation. June 23, 2004 | | web only Diplomatic Dissent What could make 26 former senior diplomats and military commanders publicly air their grievances? TAP talks to Amb. William C. Harrop. June 23, 2004 | | web only Backstage Pass How David Bossie and Citizens United snuck their anti-Clinton ad onto 60 Minutes (in seven markets, anyway). June 23, 2004 | | web only The Last Hurdle John Kerry's biggest problem -- still -- is the national security gap. Here's how he can close it. June 23, 2004 | | web only Big Foot Bubba Is Clinton's book helping or hurting Kerry? The American Prospect staff weighs in. June 22, 2004 | | web only It Ain't Lyin' If… Bush's words may be semantically secure, but his intent has always been to mislead. June 22, 2004 | | web only Never Mind Bob Bullock Bush is talking again about bipartisanship. It's gonna take a lot more to fool voters this time. June 22, 2004 | | web only Her Life Why Michiko Kakutani's review of Bill Clinton tells us more about reviewer than reviewee. June 21, 2004 | | web only Get Over Yourselves Our columnist slaps around Margaret Cho and Tom Hanks and tells them to stop being so incredibly smug. June 21, 2004 | | web only America's Hidden Issue Both political parties turn a blind eye to working-class poverty. June 18, 2004 | | web only See Dick Run, Part II On Wednesday, Matthew Yglesias listed the reasons Dick Gephardt should not be vice-president. He was right -- but he forgot a few. June 18, 2004 | | web only The Anti-Reagan The Gipper left the Democratic Party in shreds. Now Bush has united Dems -- and brought 11 key House seats a little bit closer. June 18, 2004 | | web only Honey, I Sold the Kids If you were born after 1984, you're a prime target for marketers. Here's an inside look at how advertisers go after Generation Y. An interview with Susan Linn. June 17, 2004 | | web only Radical Gay Movement No, they're not headed to an S&M party. They're pushing for civil rights -- by using the market. June 17, 2004 | | web only Estelle at 90 Where do you learn how to respond to abuses of power? Go ask your mother. June 17, 2004 | | web only A-Hunting We Will Go Journalists reveal how Starr dug up dirt, right-wingers set a "bear trap," and more. An interview with Joe Conason and Gene Lyons, authors of The Hunting of the President. June 16, 2004 | | web only See Dick Run As a presidential candidate, Gephardt was "a miserable failure." As a vice-presidential candidate, he's even worse. June 16, 2004 | | web only Purple People Watch Kerry has a strong lead in Maine, Rove visits Vegas, and more. A weekly roundup from the swing states. June 16, 2004 | | web only Buying Drugs in Bulk It's time to negotiate. June 16, 2004 | | web only Emeril Time Reagan has been buried, so it's safe to campaign again, and the Democratic convention is just six weeks away. Here's what Kerry has to do by then. June 16, 2004 | | web only No Exit Republicans take a break from doing nothing to waste some time. June 15, 2004 | | web only Comeuppance Week? SCOTUS on Gitmo plus Red Cross on Abu Ghraib equal more trouble still for the Bush team -- and, finally, the blowback to vanguardism. June 14, 2004 | | web only The Torturers Among Us Legalese can't protect the Bush administration from its crimes. June 14, 2004 | | web only Class Warrior Ronald Reagan gets credit for ending the Cold War, but his domestic war is still raging. June 14, 2004 | | web only Clocked Out The Republican majority in Congress has been AWOL all year. Now its members have started showing up to work, but what's the difference? June 14, 2004 | | web only The Angry Prophet The Colorado senator once warned that thousands would die in a terrorist attack in the United States. Today, he predicts what will happen next. An interview with Gary Hart. June 14, 2004 | | web only Feels Like the Third Time Newly unearthed, once-classified documents remind us that Abu Ghraib is hardly the first time that torture became policy. June 11, 2004 | | web only Kangaroo Court Fox's The Jury leaves everybody hung out to dry. Where's Judge Judy when you need her? June 11, 2004 | | web only Making Nice Democrats slog through a week of praise for a man they didn't really like -- and plot about the weeks to come. June 11, 2004 | | web only Losing Lansing Unemployment soared to 17 percent; union membership plummeted; cities emptied out: The other side of the revolution. June 11, 2004 | | web only Here Comes the Moon Reagan made conservatism the dominant paradigm, but nothing lasts forever. June 11, 2004 | | web only Pennies From Heaven He hasn't even been up there a week -- but oh, the things Ronnie has learned. June 10, 2004 | | web only Growing Apart There's a recovery under way, but guess what? You're not included. June 10, 2004 | | web only Purple People Watch Pre-election “purging” of voter rolls in Florida; stepping up the Latino outreach in New Mexico; and more. A weekly roundup from the swing states. June 10, 2004 | | web only How the East Was Really Won Enough already. The Cold War was won by Gyula Horn. Who? June 9, 2004 | | web only The End of the Grand Bargain At some point, Americans will balk at paying the cost of being the world's policeman. June 9, 2004 | | web only Hatchet Man So Reagan was the guy who saved conservatism? Actually, he buried it. June 9, 2004 | | web only Secrecy Plan If Bush won't open up for Congress and the public, we should shut down the Bush administration. June 9, 2004 | | web only What Reagan Taught Bush The top 10 lessons for counterrevolutionaries. June 9, 2004 | | web only The Permanent Raw Deal We know liberals face trouble if Kerry loses. But here's the tough choice they face if Kerry wins. June 8, 2004 | | web only The Monica Pages The best parts of Bill's new book are right here. June 8, 2004 | | web only Disconnected Think Judy Miller went batty on the WMD? Well, check out author Stephen Hayes and his neocon pals on the fabled Saddam Hussein-al-Qaeda connection. June 8, 2004 | | web only Spy Versus Spy Now that Tenet's out, Langley is buzzing about future staff changes. June 4, 2004 | | web only Monsters Inc. Agent Orange, Kathie Lee sweatshops, and an eco-friendly CEO: You'll find it all in The Corporation. June 4, 2004 | | web only Tear Down This Wal? $250 billion in sales, $9 an hour in wages: Is Wal-Mart propping up the American economy or dragging it down? A TAP debate. June 4, 2004 | | web only Whip Smart If you can make it in South Dakota and Kentucky, say House Dems, you can make it anywhere. June 3, 2004 | | web only Purple People Watch Bush support is eroding in Pennsylvania, and Kerry gains ground in Wisconsin. A weekly roundup from the swing states. June 3, 2004 | | web only Mole in Our Midst Finally, a grand unified theory that explains Bush's domestic and international policies. Little did we know. June 2, 2004 | | web only The Big Greasy How do the Bushies deal with a company being investigated over Abu Ghraib? Easy: They give it another contract. June 2, 2004 | | web only The Terrorist Channel The terrorists may never have heard of Marshall McLuhan or David Cronenberg, but they're awfully adept at making the rest of us live what those two foresaw. June 1, 2004 | | web only Breakin' All the Rules Zell Miller says the Senate is a joke -- totally inefficient, unwieldy, and obsessed with the media. But that's part of what makes it work. June 1, 2004 | | web only |
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