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September 2000
Saturday, September 30
Ralph Nader: Why Voters Will Lose Out In Tuesday's Debate
Marie Cocco: Oil Issue Too Slick for Gore, Bush
Dennis Roddy: Washington Needs To Clean Up Its Act Or Hollywood Will Step In
Independent/UK: Endangered Species: Time To Apply The Brakes Before We Go Over The Cliff
Raleigh News & Observer: So Much For Clean Industry. Computer Age Dross As Toxic As That Of The Machine Age
Friday, September 29
Katharine Viner: Instead Of Vilifying The Prague Protesters, We Could Learn From Them
San Jose Mercury News: RU-486: The 21st-Century Pill
Erik Stowers: Philadelphia Story: The Press Ignored Issues
David Bacon/Judy Goff: Law Shouldn't Allow High-Tech Industry To Indenture Immigrants
B. Cayenne Bird: Imprisonment Should Not Be Revenge
St Petersburg Times: Neck-Deep In Pentagon Pork
Jeremy Brecher/Brendan Smith: Globalization - Yes, But Globalization From Below
Thursday, September 28
Norman Solomon: Level the Playing Field: What A Media Concept!
Donella Meadows: Consumer Power Reforms Chicken Factories -- But Not Enough
Mokhiber/Weissman: Withering Democracy
Larry Eichel: Clearing A Green Space: Ralph Nader Tries To Break New Ground in American Politics
George Monbiot: UK's High Court Is To Examine A Remarkable Ruling Against Trident
John Nichols: From Prague to Pennsylvania Avenue -- Bringing the IMF/World Bank Protests Back Home
Wednesday, September 27
Naomi Klein: Capitalism And Communism Look Equally Bad In Prague
Julie Light: Protesters Parade Through Prague
Larry Elliott: Anti-Globalisation Protests Have Succeeded - Up To A Point
Tom Turnipseed: Football and Flags and the "The Lost Cause"
Norman Solomon: A Season Of News Coverage: No Cure for Political Blues
William Harris: Invest In Children
Tuesday, September 26
Maude Barlow: NAFTA Guarantees That
Clinton Can Top Up His Country's Tank With Canada's Fuel
Christopher Flavin: It's Time to Quit Our Damaging Addiction to Oil
Sean Gonsalves: Corporate Marketing To Children: Selling With Shrink Think
Ralph Nader: Pension Takeaway:
Stop Corporate Schemes To Undermine Pension Benefits
Donella Meadows: The Death Tax Does Not Deserve to Die
Monday, September 25
Elizabeth Nickson: Nader's New Devotees A Sobering Force; Bush And Gore Can Muster Only A Tenth Of The Turnout
Phil Donahue: Give Ralph Nader His Night on Broadway
Mark Weisbrot: Protests Keep Spotlight on IMF and World Bank Failures
Pietro Parravano/Lee Crockett: Who Should Own the Oceans? Congress To Consider Privatizing One Of America's Vital Natural Resources
Helen Ladd/Edward Fiske: Limits Of Vouchers Exposed: What Happens To Those Left Behind?
Ellen Goodman: Nike's Horror Ad Reflects 'Genius' Of Madison Avenue
Salim Muwakkil: Spanking & Violence: A Link We'd Rather Ignore
Sunday, September 24
Studs Terkel: At The Age Of 88 I Added My Name To The Ralph Nader For President Committee
Robert Kuttner: Ironically, Gore's Biggest Worry May Be About Oil
Lord Melchett: 'We Were Right': Genetic Pollution & Civil Disobedience
Jerry Della Femina: They've Got Us Where They Want Us
Frank Edward Allen: Boy Scouts of America: A Symbol of Prejudice
Saturday, September 23
Katharine Viner: Hand-To-Brand-Combat: A Profile Of Naomi Klein
Susan Linn/Diane Levin: Golden Marble Awards 'Celebrate' Corporate Marketing To Our Children
Derrick Jackson: Drug Price Cuts Won't Kill Industry
Friday, September 22
Larry Elliot/Charlotte Denny: The IMF and World Bank in Prague: As Always, It's The Poor That Get The Blame
Robert Borosage: The IMF, Peddling Misery
Susanna Rodell: Schools' Codes Of Conformity
Katha Pollitt: Presidential Politics, Cont'd., Cont'd: If Gore Is Still Up In New York On Election Day, I'm Voting For Ralph
New York Times: Free Lori Berenson
Thursday, September 21
George Monbiot: The World Bank And The IMF Are Beyond Reform. Shut Them Down
Jeff Cohen: Can We Trust The Debates Commission?
Tony Wesolowksy: Prague Protesters Bone Up Before Globalization Talks
Martin Butcher/Theresa Hitchens: Unleashing 'Mini-Nukes' Will Bring Dire Consequences
Roy Culpeper: Debt Relief Is Nice, But Not Enough
Robert Reno: Bush, Cheney Are Oil Men And Oily Guys
Wednesday, September 20
Naomi Klein: Why Big Oil Backed The Fuel Protests In Europe
Lisa Martinovic: I Am A Registered Democrat. And I'm Not Proud
Geneva Overholser: The Defense Contractor Welfare King
Medea Benjamin: America's Call For Workers' Rights Ignored At Home
Derrick Jackson: Drug Companies Can Cut Costs
Tuesday, September 19
Mokhiber/Weissman: A Not So Academic Oversight
Sean Gonsalves: Firestone, The 'Free Market'
Ruth Rosen: Activists Promote Fair Trade -- A Global Economy That Lifts Up All People Rather Than Just The Wealthy Nations
Susanna Rodell: When Will We Ever Learn? Peru's Odd Path To Progress
Sonia Ahuja: Fights Against Poverty, Disease Rights Abuses Should Use The Power Of The Internet
Maria Diamond: Corporate Gag Orders, The Real Lawsuit Abuse
Serop Nenjian: Crimes Of Genocide, And Punishment
Ralph Nader: Corporations And The UN: Nike And Others "Bluewash" Their Images
Monday, September 18
Salim Muwakkil: Drugs 'R' Us If We Were Honest
Julie Marshall: Advertisers Have Gone Back To The Bad Old Days Of Using Sex To Sell And Exploiting Women As Images Of Desire
Kathy Kelly: Through The Looking Glass: Iraqi Children Paying A Terrible Price
Matthew Lasar: Broadcasters' 'Radio Show' Comes To A Troubled Region
Caroline Grannan: Vouchers Are A Serious Threat To The Public Education System
Sunday, September 17
Kaliya Young: Why I'm Skipping The Olympics
Boston Globe: Refusal Of America To Sign The Mine Ban Treaty Is Embarrassing
Robert Naiman: An 'Underground Railroad' for Patented Drugs?
Gregory Stanford: Racial Disparity On Death Row Shows There Isn't Justice For All
Robert Kuttner: Leaving Life With Dignity
Saturday, September 16
Robert Scheer: How Can Lee - How Can We - Forget What the Government Did?
Kaimay Yuen Terry: Joy At Wen Ho Lee's Release Can't Cure Bitterness Over His Treatment
Julia "Butterfly" Hill: Clearing The Smoke From Logging Schemes
Richard Rodriguez: Eternal Flame: Am I Alone In Feeling Ambivalent Toward The Spectacle We Call The Olympics?
Friday, September 15
Rhoda/Mark Berenson: Impossibility for Fair Trial for Lori Berenson
Ali Abunimah: Let the Palestinians Go Home
Alison Feit: RATS: Despite Pundits Downplaying, Subliminal Brain Washing Does Work
Vincent Schiraldi: Prisons Are No Cure For Crime
William Greider: Prague & Globalization: Waking Up the Global Elite
Juan Gabriel Gomez-Albarello: Aid To Colombia Will Increase Peasant Deaths
Mark DePaolis: Finishing No. 37 At The Health Care Olympics
Thursday, September 14
Julie Marshall: A New Trial For Lori Berenson
John Nichols: Dems Must Get Progressives To Believe In Them
George Monbiot: Petrol Protests: As We Knew From Bombing Serbia, Refineries Are The Key
Tom Turnipseed: A Continuing Saga of Sex, Murder And Racism
- Susan Smith Is Still Scheming In Prison
Ana Carrigan: Clinton's Quagmire: The President's Seal of Approval
Seals Colombia's Fate
Scott Ritter: Reports of Iraqi Missile Threat Are Greatly Exaggerated
Edward Luttwak: The Truth Is, We Need Even Higher Oil Prices
Richard Williams: Corporate Bonanza Eats Away At Olympic Ideals
Wednesday, September 13
Tom Plate: Protesters Aren't Alone in Doubts About Globalization
Sharan Burrow: Globalization, Yes, But Be Sure To Focus On People
Stephen Most: Ginetta Sagan: The Power Of A Nobody
Mokhiber/Weissman: Ford/Firestone: Homicide?
Damien Cave: Nader to MasterCard: I Win!
Going Forward:
Amtrak Reports Record Ridership
Tuesday, September 12
Sean Gonsalves: Are There Any Lincoln Republicans Left?
James Carroll: US Should Back International Criminal Court
David Suzuki: We Don't Need Cheaper Gas, We Need Options
David Sarasohn: Firestone Recall Treads On GOP Safety Record
Molly Ivins: The Warming Of A World In Deep Denial
Monday, September 11
Ralph Nader: The Citizens' Bounty Act:
Standing Up To Government And Corporate Misdeeds
Natasha Walter: European Petrol Protests: Wake Up And Hear The Birdsong
Fran Shor: Fear and Gaming in the Presidential Election
Madeleine Bunting: Economist Hernando de Soto: Fine Words, Flawed Ideas
Mark Hertsgaard: To Defend the Earth, Defend Human Rights
Salim Muwakkil: Are Blacks Sitting Out On Marches?
Sunday, September 10
Raymond Offenheiser: World 2015: Hope On Hold
Robert Kuttner: Bush's Troubling Medicare Plan
Waleed Najeeb/Tom Seery: US Wrong On Iraqi Sanctions
Saturday, September 9
Bonnie Greer: Sink Or Swim: The United States of America Has No Friends, Only Allies And Common Interests
Pamina Firchow/Tamar Gabelnick: Uncle Sam: Arms Merchant To The World
James Hecht: Boosting Foreign Aid Would Serve US Better Than Missile Defense
Frank Rich: GW Bush: Membership Has Its Privileges
Friday, September 8
Bill Messler: Al Gore: Friend of Corporate America
John Nichols: Jesse Jackson Jr: A Different Vision
William Pfaff: The Disconnect Between US Politics And Reality
Chalmers Johnson: Does The US Really Want Peace in Korea?
Derrick Jackson: Bush's Strategy On Health Care: Like Father, Like Son
Norman Solomon: Dr. Laura Gets a TV Show - But At What Cost?
John Nichols: Roosevelt Formed A More Perfect Union
Thursday, September 7
Denver Post: Clinton's Wrong War
Mark Weisbrot: Great Myths And False Promises Dominate UN Summit
Jim Cullen: The Race Is On: Al Gore Already Owes A Debt To Ralph Nader's Insurgent Campaign
Sheryl McCarthy: Federal Case Against Scientist Smells Of Rank McCarthyism
Cesar Chelala: US Should Declassify Files On Repression In Argentina, Chile
Rabbi Anson Laytner: Religion, Politics And Peace
Robert Reno: Cheney Comes With a Load Of Baggage
Wednesday, September 6
Robert Jensen: Lingering Question: Is Dick Cheney Guilty Of War Crimes Against Iraqis?
Naomi Klein: Don't Bother Looking To The UN For Help
Richard Klovdahl: Our Leaders Lack The Vision To Cultivate A Good Life
Geneva Overholser: The Missile Defense Craziness Ends, For Now
Marsha Rosenbaum: Feds' Myths About Medical Marijuana
Tuesday, September 5
John Nichols: You Want Corporate Globalization With That?
James Carroll: America's Crude Approach To Crime And Punishment
Mokhiber/Weismann: Bobo Paradise and its Discontents
Sean Gonsalves: Collective Work, Individual Labor
Scott Ritter: We Must Break Out of the Failed 'Saddam Trap'
Lesley Abdela: UN Peacekeeping Missions: A Call To Abandon Arms
Anthony Kirkpatrick, MD: US 'Commits Child Abuse' In Cuba
Alexei Sayle: Those Who Cut Up Animals Deserve A Bit Of Harassment
Monday, September 4
Gary Chapman: Nader Shows Real Byte in His Campaign Against 'Techno-Twits'
Madeleine Bunting: The UN Has Become Nearly Useless
Natasha Walter: US Presidential Campaign: It's Policies, Not Prayers, That We Want
Joan Claybrook: Congress's Part in the Firestone Crisis
Lester Brown: Climate Change Has The World Skating On Thin Ice
Sunday, September 3
Joan Smith: The President Of Hypocrites:
Clinton's Intervention in Colombia's Drugs War Won't Help
Rhonda Chriss Lokeman: 'Plan Colombia': A Policy Recalling Vietnam, Nicaragua
Michael McCaughan: A Sacred Coca Leaf, Violent Traffickers And US Politics
Phyllis Bennis: Palestinians Have A Right To Go Home
Jim Shultz: Clinton Leaps Into Colombia Quagmire
Martha Herbert: Genetically Altered Foods: We Are Being Exposed To One Of The Largest Uncontrolled Experiments In History
Kevin Phillips: Real Economic Debate In Presidential Campaigns Has Been Reduced To Cliches
Saturday, September 2
Terry Philpot: The Unravelling Of Our Genetic Structure: What Makes Us Human?
Suzanne Gordon/Isabel Marcus: Joe Lieberman's Candidacy: Social Justice Issues Lose Out
Arianna Huffington: Colombia On Bush, Gore Radar?
Micah Sifry: Warning Signs Over Al Gore's Claim To Be A
Real Campaign Finance Reformer
Christopher Brauchli: It's So Hard To Think Like A Corporate Bigwig
Friday, September 1
Maria Cristina Caballero: The Mission in Colombia: 'There Will Be Peace. But First There Will Be War'
Rick Salutin: Colombia: This Week's Kosovo
Justin Delacour: Colombia And Einstein's Adage:
"You Cannot Simultaneously Prevent And Prepare For War"
Michael Zweig: 'Working-Class' Majority Needs a Hero
Jeff Cohen/Seth Ackerman: The Compromised Commission On Presidential Debates: A Brief History
San Jose Mercury News: Nader Is An Articulate Voice Of Dissent; Put Him In The Debates
Robert Reich: Look Who Demands Profits Above All
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