Email Author James Ridgeway

2001 Stories by James Ridgeway

• Sorting Fact From Fiction in Ashcroft's Record

  published January 16, 2001

  JANUARY 18, 2001—In his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week, John Ashcroft, Bush's nominee to be attorney... More >>

• Clear and Present Danger

  published January 9, 2001

  WASHINGTON, D.C.—The uphill battle to stop John Ashcroft from becoming attorney general got a boost late last week, with the... More >>

• Nation

  published January 9, 2001

  The Two Faces of Clinton Backstabbing the Poor Bubba to... More >>

• Ashcroft Files Fuel Abortion-Rights Protest; Carnahan Says No Rush to Judgment

  published January 9, 2001

  WASHINGTON D.C., JANUARY 10—Jean Carnahan, widow of Mel Carnahan, the Missouri governor who even in death beat out John Ashcroft for... More >>

• NAACP, ACLU File Suit Over Florida Election

  published January 9, 2001

  JANUARY 10—Along with a Florida woman who says she wasn't allowed to vote in the presidential election, the NAACP, the ACLU, and a... More >>

• Interior Secretary Nominee Pushed States' Rights During Heyday of Secessionist Groups

  published January 9, 2001

  WASHINGTON, JANUARY 11—Now that environmental groups have dredged up a 1996 pro-Confederacy speech by interior secretary-designate... More >>