More From Mother Jones
NEWS: Mother Jones articles, audio, and video on the Bush legacy, plus resources to help you find out more.
September 2, 2008
|
|
Mother Jones' Bush legacy coverage:
Are You Better Off?
Bush's legacy by the numbers.
The Audacity of Hype?
Is Barack Obama exaggerating when he compares his campaign to the great progressive moment in US history? We asked two dozen writers, thinkers, and historians to weigh in on the above question; read their responses below. Later this fall, join Washington Bureau Chief David Corn for an online forum on the topic.
Bill's Anatomy
How the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Became Law.
Bush's Burgeoning Body Count
Casualties of the Bush administration.
Bush's European Blind Spot
Why is the Bush administration so willing to antagonize Europe at a time when the continent's global influence is growing so quickly?
Bush's Reign of Error: A Timeline
"You never know what your history is going to be like until long after you’re gone."–W.
Bush's State of Exception
With the Bush administration, power trumps law and even reality.
The Chinavore's Dilemma
Pathogenic snacks. Deadly dog chow. Toxic seafood. Why is the FDA looking the other way on Chinese food imports?
Climate of Meddling
From Exxon lobbyist memos to White House-deleted notes on the health impact of global warming, seven key dates in the Bush administration's 8-year scuffle with a green planet.
A Crossroad for Wilderness
If the Bush administration gets its way, roads will be slashed through the Tongass, the largest intact temperate rain forest on earth.
Dollar Diplomacy
Want an ambassadorship? Make the check payable to the White House.
Don't Let the Screen Door Hit You, Mr. President
Compared to W, Herbert Hoover is starting to look awfully good.
Failure to Launch
Inside the Bush administration's dream of resurrecting the nuclear weapons complex—and the old-school Republican congressman who stood in its way.
Five Good Things Bush Has Done
Yes, when not steering the country into domestic and international crisis, the president did get some things right.
Flight of the Diplomats
Midlevel foreign-service officers are fleeing the US State Department in droves. Guess who's taking their place?
The Fundamental John Ashcroft
Until Sept. 11, John Ashcroft seemed content to lie low as the Bush administration's ambassador to the right. But now the attorney general has been reborn-and rooting out terrorists is just the beginning.
Guerrilla Warfare in Washington D.C.
The bureaucracy strikes back: The Bush administration's fallen legion, part 3.
Homeland Security and Other Boondoogles
The unintended consequences of the Bush administration's signature reforms.
How to Burn the Speculators
Why is the price of oil so high? Because the Bush administration did to the commodities market what it did to housing.
How to Squander Moral Capital
In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, the world expressed its sympathy and solidarity with America. One year later, the Bush administration's illogic and arrogance have pumped new life into anti-Americanism.
The Hunt for Kurdish Oil
Inside the Bush administration's Kurdish oil paradox.
Is the Bush Administration on Steroids?
An illustration by Barry Blitt.
Journalism Under Pressure
Frontline documentary examines how the Bush administration, Wall Street, and technology are squeezing the news media.
Mission Creep Dispatch: Robert Kaplan
Analysis from Robert D. Kaplan, a national correspondent for The Atlantic and senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security.
The Opportunists
The Bush administration is dismissing critics of its war designs, calling them political opportunists and questioning their patriotism. But the questions and concerns those critics have raised can't be so easily brushed aside.
The Pentagon's Futurist
The Pentagon looks back to four great empires for tips on how to rule the world.
Political Islam vs. Democracy
The Bush Administration's deadly waltz with Shiite theocrats in Iraq and Muslim Brotherhood fanatics in Syria, Egypt, and elsewhere.
Relief Disaster
Foreign assistance to African nations hard hit by AIDS could have been the administration's greatest success. Then ideology interfered.
Reporters Behind Bars
The video blogger who went to prison for refusing to turn over his tapes.
Return to Reason
For eight long years, the Bush administration has trashed and politicized the government's science agencies. How to kick out the hacks and flat-Earthers and let the geeks reign.
The Right to Be Wild
With its ruling against protecting public lands as wilderness, the Bush administration is challenging a fundamentally American idea.
The 'Secret' Scandal
Under the Bush administration, secrecy has become standard fare, and most of it has very little to do with national security.
Sex Trafficking: Zero Tolerance
The Bush administration's interpretation and use of anti-trafficking laws like the TVPA are too simplistic, and often do as much harm as good.
Tuna Surprise
How the Bush FDA helped industry suppress the bad news about mercury.
Whither the Bushwhacked?
Our guide to which administrationites hit the private sector with a splash, a thud, or a shrug. Plus, who landed in jail.
Will the Bush Administration's New Nukes Program Bomb?
As the administration continues to condemn countries it believes are pursuing nukes, it has sought to develop its own new warheads program despite congressional opposition.
Withdrawal on the Agenda
What to make of the most recent proposals to pull the US out of Iraq—and the fierce Bush administration response to them.
W's Worst Judges: The Sorry Six
In eight years, Bush installed 310 federal judges. Here are some to keep an eye on, along with their more notable rulings before and after elevation.
Your Drug Dollars at Work
A spending breakdown for the top four drug companies.
Additional resources:
The Center for Global Development
This not-for-profit think-tank conducts research and analysis on education, globalization, health, migration, and trade.
The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
Information hub for U.S. global HIV/AIDS policies and related issues, including reproductive and sexual health, access to treatment, and health care systems.
American Foreign Service Association
Resources provided by the AFSA, which represents active and retired Foreign Service employees.
American Civil Liberties Union
A list of actions you can take to restore Habeas Corpus, and FAQs about Habeas Corpus.
Boumediene v. Bush
The historic US Supreme Court ruling that allowed Guantanamo detainees to challenge their imprisonment.
News War
Frontline's four-part investigation into the future of news, with more than 80 interviews.
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic
CIA analyst, scholar, and author Chalmers Johnson argues that US military and economic overreach may lead to the nation's collapse as a constitutional republic.
Center for Marriage and Families
Based at the Institute for American Values, the center issues fact sheets on marriage, families, and children.
Save the Children
Save the Children works in poor rural communities in Appalachia, the Southeast, the Mississippi River Delta, the Gulf Coast, the Southwest and California's Central Valley.
Project for Excellence in Journalism
This research organization publishes The State of the News Media, an annual report on American journalism.
Polling Report
An independent, nonpartisan resource for national surveys of the American public on issues ranging from elections and national security to abortion and immigration.
Got Mercury?
The Turtle Island Restoration Network's online calculator uses EPA and FDA data to determine mercury intake.
Mercury Policy Project
Works to reduce mercury exposures at the local, national, and international levels.
The Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA provides information about Mercury, including legal actions taken by EPA and others, and the effects of mercury on people and
the environment.
Wilderness Action Center
This Wilderness Society group provides wilderness activism resources.
Bureau of Land Management
Contact information and other resources offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Nine Mile Canyon Coalition
Group works to preserve prehistoric art work, structures, and artifacts spanning an 8,000 year time frame.
What Works Clearinghouse
U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences' source for education research.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Research, litigation and media outreach promoting ethics and accountability in government and public life.
Reading Recovery Council
Information depot for early literacy advocates.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Explore which products are routinely refused entry into the U.S. by the FDA and learn where they are imported from.
Recalls, Market Withdrawals and Safety Alerts
The Food and Drug Administration's lates recalls, updated every 60 days.
Foreign Agricultural Service
Educate yourself on U.S. trading trends at the Department of
Agriculture.
TradeStats Express
Department of Commerce's latest annual and quarterly state and national trade data.
World Trade Organization
Explore global trade prospects, reports, trade news, and events.
Food and Water Watch
Group lobbies for the quality and safety of food and water and provides resources for activism.
The Interrogation Documents: Debating U.S. Policy and Methods
Memo from the Department of Defense summarizing approved methods of interrogation, with annotation from Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
ADC is a grassroots civil rights organization which welcomes people of all backgrounds, faiths and ethnicities as members.
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU's database of government documents on torture, a national security letter database, and a petition to reform the Patriot Act.
Electronic Privacy Information Center
EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. that focuses public attention on emerging civil liberties issues.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF is a donor-funded nonprofit that works to defend citizens' digital rights.
National Priorities Project
Military Recruiting 2007 Report: Army Misses Benchmarks by Greater Margin.
GlobalSecurity.org
Background information and news stories in the fields of defense, space, intelligence, WMD, and homeland security.
American Library Association
ALA's Advocacy Resource Center provides information from focus groups, interviews, usability tests, surveys and other feedback loops.
GovernmentDocs.org
An online database of government documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act and other public disclosure, or sunshine laws.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
CREW is a nonprofit organization uses research, litigation and media outreach to promote ethics and accountability in government and public life.
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
The main investigative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Think Progress
Leahy: Missing White House Emails Found, But Still Witheld From Congress.
