Stories by Arianna Huffington
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Election 2000 cast a shadow across America's entire electoral system but Jimmy Carter's Commission on Election Reform thinks states should handle the problem on their own.
Posted on Aug 7, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
Close to 100,000 children are in custody in California, drop out rates are rising, but young people have had enough and are mobilizing against a "Super Jail for Kids."
Posted on Aug 1, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
Bush has nominated Mary Sheila Gall to head the Consumer Product Safety Commission, despite her tendency to let manufacturers whose products kill off the hook.
Posted on Jul 31, 2001, Source: AlterNet
Grassroots movements led by grieving parents are frequently the only way to bring about real change and focus attention on underreported problems.
Posted on Jul 24, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
Not only does the public overwhelmingly support energy conservation over a massive build up of new power plants, so do Republicans, by a ratio of two-to-one.
Posted on Jul 10, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
As if we needed any more evidence of Washington's distorted priorities, Bush and Congress are pushing ahead with plans to build the controversial National World War II Memorial.
Posted on Jun 12, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
After three nights with Barbara Ehrenreich's "Nickel and Dimed" as my bedside reading, I've started having bad dreams.
Posted on Jun 5, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
Arianna Huffington is very sorry she missed last week's National Rifle Association convention...
Posted on May 30, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
Bush pledges to make a huge shift in national drug policy by closing the nation's massive "treatment gap," but is nominating as drug czar a man who derides the idea that "we need to embrace treatment."
Posted on May 22, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
To get around Plan Colombia provisions that limit the involvement of American troops, the CIA hired private security firms that employ U.S. civilians.
Posted on May 15, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
When it comes to educational reform, one rule applies in Washington: "If it's broke, don't fix it."
Posted on May 8, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
Last week pharmaceutical companies dropped their suit against South Africa's importing of generic AIDS drugs -- proof that public pressure and grassroots protest work.
Posted on Apr 23, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
The president's signature issue is being treated to an
11.5 percent spending increase -- a measly response to the magnitude of the crisis in the educational system.
Posted on Apr 17, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
According to a just-released survey by the National Sleep Foundation, Americans are seriously sleep deprived: Almost two-thirds of us fail to get the recommended eight hours of nightly shut-eye.
Posted on Apr 3, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
Worst Idea for a Sequel
Movies: "Little Nicky 2"
Politics: Al Gore 2004
Posted on Mar 27, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
A just-released study makes it clear why one key component of the McCain-Feingold bill -- the restricting of so-called issue ads -- is so desperately needed.
Posted on Mar 20, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
OK, everybody, listen up: The time has come for the nation to stage an intervention. We need to come together and convince the vice president that his coronary heart disease requires that he step down. And not just to save his life, but potentially to save the lives of millions of Americans.
Posted on Mar 13, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
Forget Mark Rich. The real political quid pro quo is MBNA's political contributions for H.R. 333, the bill that will make it harder for consumers to declare bankruptcy.
Posted on Mar 6, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
400 millionaires -- including heavy-hitters Warren Buffet, George Soros, David Rockefeller Jr. and William Gates Sr. -- have come out against repealing the estate tax. Why is President Bush still doggedly pursuing it?
Posted on Feb 19, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
When I heard that a new poll found that George W. Bush holds a 5-point lead over Al Gore in the race to occupy the White House in 2004, I almost blew away my TV. They haven't even finished cleaning up the confetti from Inauguration 2000, and pollsters are already handicapping Election 2004.
Posted on Feb 12, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
What's the most effective way to combat poverty? A new book by Peter Edelman can help rekindle this debate by taking us beyond the sterile squabbling of the Great Society vs. the Rising Tide.
Posted on Jan 30, 2001, Source: OverthrowTheGov.com
The President has clearly decided to spend his final days in office paying homage to all the things he did nothing about when he had the power to do almost anything.
Posted on Jan 16, 2001, Source: AlterNet
Drug Czar Barry McCaffrey is gone. New Mexico governor Gary Johnson, a Republican who favors harm reduction, is just the man Bush should appoint to replace him.
Posted on Jan 9, 2001, Source: AlterNet
The nomination of Democratic Fundraiser-in-chief Terry McAuliffe as the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee confirms the devolution of political parties into fundraising machines. McAuliffe has no public policy experience, but anything he touches turns to gold.
Posted on Jan 4, 2001, Source: AlterNet
The Supreme Court justices who ruled in favor of George W. Bush put partisanship above democracy. Has the nation's highest court lost its legitimacy?
Posted on Dec 14, 2000, Source: AlterNet
The huge disparity between Florida's black and white discarded votes is a reminder that we are indeed two Americas, even when it comes to voting.
Posted on Dec 8, 2000, Source: AlterNet
The "will of the people" is all the rage these days. Dubious ballots have been counted and recounted in the Presidential election out of respect for it. But government has largely ignored the one issue on which the people have given a clear mandate. Give the people a cease-fire in the war on drugs.
Posted on Nov 27, 2000, Source: AlterNet
Congress recently approved new mandatory minimums for possession of methamphetamine, but specifically excluded so-called "club drugs" such as ecstasy (which is a methamphetamine-based drug). Why the disparity? Could it be because meth, like crack, is associated primarily with minority users, while "X" is favored by middle- and upper-class white kids?
Posted on Oct 2, 2000, Source: Salon
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