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14 September 2003
On September 10, opening day of the Fifth Ministerial of the World Trade Organization, Lee Kyung Hae, leader of the Korean Federation of Advanced Farmers Association, climbed the fence that separates the excluded from the included and...
14 September 2003
Senate debate on the 2004 foreign aid bill could take place within the next week.  Included in the bill is $500 million in aid - largely military and police aid - to Colombia.  However, the Senate appears set to approve the Colombia aid...
10 September 2003
Beating up on neocons used to be a specialized sport without wide appeal. With all due false modesty, I offer myself as an earlier practitioner. Back in the mid-to-late '70s, when I had a weekly column in the Village Voice, I used to have...
10 September 2003
COLUMBUS, OHIO---The volcano that is Neil Young doing "Down By the River" was erupting to the roar of a sold-out Farm Aid crowd.  Accompanied by Crazy Horse and Willie Nelson, the patron saint of American farming, the stage sagged with...
07 September 2003
"Dear Colleague" letters-- when one member of Congress asks other members of Congress to sign a letter on a specific issue-- help keep the profile of an issue high even if there's no legislation on that topic being debated in Congress.  On...
05 September 2003
A coalition of power companies has launched a multi-million dollar campaign to convince members of Congress to support the Bush administration's misnamed "Clear Skies" air pollution bill. Through the Edison Electric Institute, hundreds of...

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