Why I Resigned From the Clinton Administration	by Peter Edelman Former assistant secretary for planning and evaluation at the Department of Health and Human Services explains what "welfare reform" really means
Nike "Just Does It" To Vietnamese Workers -- Torture, Abuse	by Jim Hightower Nike said "great, go ahead" to Vietnamese-American businessman looking at working conditions in Asian sweatshops -- but now they're sorry
Nike Fights 2 Cent/Hour Indonesia Raise	by Jim Hightower Nike CEO Philip Knight gets all red-faced and puffs-up with indignation when confronted with his exploitation, claiming that these Asian workers are paid at least the minimum wage in their countries
Utility Deregulation Will Send Oregon's Water South -- By Wire	by Russell Sadler Northwest enviro activists were watching for pipelines. but they should have been watching for powerlines
'Volunteerism' Lets Clinton Off The Hook	by Ted Rall Americans will never appreciate the need to revoke colossal errors of government until their unpleasant consequences come fully to pass
Opening Our Eyes To The Menace of Sprawl	by Richard Moe, National Trust for Historic Preservation Local governments subsidize sprawl by providing -- at public expense -- the infrastructure that sprawl demands, but UGBs (Urban Growth Boundaries), can guide growth wisely
Strawberry Economics	by Alexander Cockburn Strawberries may be as important a labor issue in the 1990's as grapes were twenty years ago
Coal and PR Victory at Black Mesa	by Alexander Cockburn The only winner in Navajo-Hopi dispute is the Coal Company and attorney that's schemed to get their land for over thirty years
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