magazine April 26, 2004

Bought and Paid For

Who’s behind the president’s fundraising machine—and what they expect in return

By Craig Aaron    corporations economy election 2004 media politics regulation

No Choiceђ

Wal-Mart prepares to bury the left under a mountain of money

By Glen Ford and Peter Gamble    corporations economy politics

The China Syndrome

More than 1,200 workers from the Tieshu Textile Factory in the Chinese city of Suizhou peacefully blocked railroad… more

By David Moberg    asia civil liberties labor

Strange Motives

What was the logic behind Israel’s assassination of the founder and spiritual leader of Hamas?

Cola Wars

Striking unionists battle Coke and paramilitaries

Meltdown Madness

Easing regulations on an apocalyptic industry

Outside the Inside

Last March, as U.S. troops were preparing to launch the invasion of Iraq, a much quieter war was… more

books

The Price is Wrong

You’ve got bladder cancer. Or maybe it’s chronic bronchitis. Same difference, right? Both are extremely painful and debilitating… more

By Jeff Shaw    economy

movies

The Weathered Men

The Motor City Five, from Detroit, were a hell of a ’60s band. Musically they blew minds with… more

By James Parker   

music

The Weathered Men

The Motor City Five, from Detroit, were a hell of a ’60s band. Musically they blew minds with… more

By James Parker   

movies

Life During Wartime

From a country torn by religious divisions and ethnic violence, Broken Wings breaks past the headlines to deliver… more

By Todd Lillethun    middle east

music

Punk the Vote

President Bush had better watch his back. A growing number of punk rockers are gunning for him and… more

By Don Thrasher   

books

Nowhere Men

George W. S. Trow is a sort of tragic hero. His essays offer us clues to how we… more

By Curtis White   

House Call

Transparency Now

We wanted to know why intelligence, which often resides in shades of gray, was presented in such stark black and white terms.

Editorial

Halfway There

His corporate supporters profited from tax cuts, war contracts and legislative subsidies—and the resulting kickbacks to Bush/Cheney ’04 have made the campaign the largest payola scam in history.

The Third Coast

Shades of 1983

Obama’s crowd wasn’t diversity cobbled together by good intentions. This was people coming together with shared concerns and hopes—a genuine coalition.

Power Pop

Death of the Cool

It’s a slow news season. The election is seven months away, summer has yet to bestow its blockbusters and the possibility that… more