August 9, 2004 Volume 28, Issue 18

August 9, 2004

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Viewpoint

Cash and Kerry Craig Aaron

Growing the Green Party David Cobb

Expenses We Cannot Afford Rep. José E. Serrano

When Left is Right David Sirota

Grasping at Straw Men Cynthia Moothart

Feature

Cure a Sick Healthcare System Steffie Woolhandler and David Himmelstein

Educate All Children Barbara Miner

Prioritize Civil Rights Salim Muwakkil

Win Over Women Susan J. Douglas

Be a Good Steward Adam Werbach

Forge a Coalition with Labor David Moberg

Exercise Fiscal Responsibility Dean Baker and Heather Boushey

Make Judicious Appointments Hans Johnson

Dispatch

Deans Permanent Campaign David Moberg

Counting the Costs Phyllis Bennis and Karen Dolan

Too Little, Too Late Eric Reeves

Two Steps Forward Doug Cassel

Culture

Revenge of the Combat Cartoonist Mark Engler

Tuneful Humanism Kevin Canfield

When Yes Means No Michael Atkinson

Cure a Sick Healthcare System

Universal coverage under National Health Insurance would not increase health costs

Steffie Woolhandler and David Himmelstein

Educate All Children

Adequate and equitable funding is required for schools to provide qualified teachers, small classes and up-to-date facilities

Barbara Miner

Prioritize Civil Rights

Democrats need to redress the social and economic inequalities expressed in the United States’ foreign and domestic policies

Salim Muwakkil

Republicans have waged a 20-year war against women, mothers and families, and ensured that it’s harder to be a mother here than in any other industrialized country—unless you’re rich, of course

Susan J. Douglas

Be a Good Steward

Using Bush’s playbook, Kerry could employ executive orders to create a sustainable century

Adam Werbach

Forge a Coalition with Labor

Despite some progressives’ reservations about Kerry, he has committed himself to a wide swath of labor’s agenda

David Moberg

Exercise Fiscal Responsibility

A government should always be able to use its tax and spending policy to fight short-term economic difficulties

Dean Baker and Heather Boushey

Make Judicious Appointments

Democrats must make a campaign issue of Bush’s full-court attack on basic values, such as liberty and equal protection.

Hans Johnson

There’s No Place Like Home

Revenge of the Combat Cartoonist

Deans Permanent Campaign

Tuneful Humanism

When Yes Means No

Michael Atkinson

Growing the Green Party

Expenses We Cannot Afford

Rep. José E. Serrano

When Left is Right

Counting the Costs

With no end in sight, the price for Iraq continues to skyrocket

Phyllis Bennis and Karen Dolan

Too Little, Too Late

Colin Powell’s visit to Darfur only highlights the United States’ inaction

Grasping at Straw Men

Cynthia Moothart

Two Steps Forward

The Supreme Court delivers partial victory for rule of law

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