News Wire Archive
May 26, 1998
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May 26, 1998: Headwaters: What's the Deal?
After a decade of haggling over Headwaters Forest, the federal-brokered deal with logging tycoon Charles Hurwitz comes down to California lawmakers. Plus: Up a tree with Earth First! tree-sitter Julia "Butterfly" Hill
May 12, 1998: Big Tobacco's Ruse
The industry doth protest too much—the weakling McCain bill is just what they always wanted.
May 12, 1998: Organic Victory!
The USDA dumps its proposed organic standards, thanks to 200,000 vocal citizens—and their Internet.
May 5, 1998: A Corporate Takeover
Once a legitimate watchdog, the National Consumers League now celebrates sweatshop abusers and takes a fat chunk of its budget from major corporations.
April 28, 1998: Doing Business With Despots
Newly leaked memos reveal the inner workings of Anne Wexler's powerhouse lobby shop, The Wexler Group, as it works to kill human rights sanctions.
April 14, 1998: How Clean is Green?
Renewable energy in the brave new world of electricity deregulation.
April 7, 1998: A Seedy Business
A new "terminator" gene will force farmers to buy seeds more often—so why did the USDA invent it?
March 24, 1998: All the President's P.I.s
Clinton's gumshoes are just the latest tryst in the long romance between pols and private eyes.
March 10, 1998: Rumble in the Jungle
Thai protestors lose a pristine forest to a multinational pipeline—but they may be headed for an even bigger showdown.
March 3, 1998: Starr Accused of Obstructing Justice in GM Case
A South Carolina attorney has accused Kenneth Starr of committing criminal obstruction of justice when he represented GM in a 1993 case.
February 27, 1998: Starr Helped GM Cover Up Possible Perjury
Long-suppressed General Motors documents raise the question of whether U.S. Special Prosecutor Kenneth Starr behaved ethically when, as a GM lawyer, he fought hard to suppress possible evidence of perjury by a key GM witness. A MoJo Wire investigation.
February 24, 1998: Food Fights
Oprah ducks the Texas food libel law, but there's plenty more where that came from.
February 17, 1998: Deconstructing Tobacco
The newly divulged RJR documents on Camels and kids—a MoJo Wire annotation.
February 17, 1998: Tobacco's Belated Confessions
It's taken over 70 years and a lot of hedging for tobacco companies to admit the truth.
February 10, 1998: The Ex-Intern Files
In conspiracy circles all links point to Monica.
February 10, 1998: Media Culpa!
The media's hypocritcal self-blame game.
February 3, 1998: The Microsoft Media Map
Bill's well on his way to becoming the Citizen Kane of the Web.
February 3, 1998: The Borrowers
A sneak peek at Windows 98 shows how Gates acquires what he can't invent.
January 27, 1998: The Lewinsky Affair
How I learned to stop worrying and love presidential infidelity.
January 20, 1998: God's Vice-Regents
The religious right has conquered the Republican Party in California -- now they're bringing the same game plan to your state with the National Federation of Republican Assemblies.
January 13, 1998: The Anti-Privacy Lobby
Why big companies fight for the right to sell your personal information -- and why Congress goes along for the ride.
January 13, 1998: Unlawful Entry
How one woman went from filling out an offer for coupons to getting harassed by a convicted rapist.
December 16, 1997: A Puny Beginning
The Kyoto treaty is a tiny step -- but it's the beginning of the end of fossil fuels. Pulitzer Prize winner Ross Gelbspan looks at what's next.
December 9, 1997: Power Plays
Forget Kyoto: U.S. states are making their own plans to cut greenhouse emissions -- and Big Coal is fighting for its life.
December 4, 1997: Astroturf Troopers
The polluters' lobby is using phony front groups and New World Order wackos to attack the Kyoto global warming treaty.
November 25, 1997: Industry's Hot Air
Global warming is a real threat, but you'd never know it from the propaganda emitted by the big polluters. David Helvarg debunks.
November 18, 1997: Burning for Your Dollar
How you might be partly responsible for the fires in Indonesia and what you can do about it.
November 18, 1997: A Timber Tycoon's Trophies
Why is one of Asia's most unscrupulous foresters winning environmental awards?
November 11, 1997: Still Dumping After all These Years
A notorious chemical company has quit making its worst pesticides, but still dumps them overseas -- and you may be eating them.
November 7, 1997: Leaked Audit Says Nike Factory Violated Worker Laws
A confidential audit of a Nike factory in Vietnam reveals a toxic sweatshop -- and a new report details more abuses.Plus: Excerpts from the audit, and exclusive photos from inside the factory.
October 21, 1997: Pork Illustrated
A new report sniffs out 1997's worst Washington pork: outrageous paybacks to wealthy campaign donors.
October 14, 1997: For the Birds
A deadly nerve agent kills endangered birds -- and it may poison people. Will the EPA have the nerve to ban it?
September 30, 1997: Cassini Controversy
The Saturn probe packs 72 pounds of plutonium -- and a ton of critics. Plus: What Goes Up DOES Come Down: If Cassini's nuclear cargo comes raining down, it won't be the first time.
September 17, 1997: Filtered Out
Buried in the proposed tobacco agreement is a clause that restricts the FDA's authority.
September 3, 1997: More from the Exile Files The life of ex-despots isn't all jail and frozen assets. Find out which of your favorite former strongmen is collecting McDonalds Happy Meal toys and which is working above a Dairy Queen.
August 12, 1997: Stash and Destroy
Tobacco lawyers have schemed to hide damaging evidence from federal regulators, cancer victims, and the Congress since the 1960s, according to a recently released confidential memo.
July 29, 1997: Texas Death Row
Meet the doomed -- and the dead -- in photos and RealAudio interviews.
July 22, 1997: Chill Can Packs Heat
A new soda can chills itself on demand--but would heat the planet with greenhouse gases. The EPA thinks the idea should be canned.
July 14, 1997: The Smog Pushers
As the EPA finalizes its new air pollution regulations, polluters are waging a multi-million dollar campaign to soft-pedal smog and kill the new rules.
July 1, 1997: Tobacco's Lucky Strike
The proposed tobacco agreement, cut earlier this month with 40 state attorneys general, rescues Big Tobacco from its worst fears while skimping on public health measures.
June 24, 1997: On the Run
After a four-day manhunt, Texas law authorities gave Republic of Texas militia member Richard Keyes III up for dead. Then, he called our reporter.
May 12, 1997: Countering the Clios
While the ad industry celebrates itself at the Clio Awards, its critics attack at the first annual Medusa Awards.
April 28, 1997: Frequent Fliers
The White House flights database -- fully searchable by passenger, date, or miles traveled.
April 23, 1997: Loan Officer for the Corporate Welfare State
The Dole loan: Will tobacco bail out Newt so Newt will bail out tobacco?
March 31, 1997: Cash by the Cup
A searchable database of everyone who was invited to "coffees" at the Clinton White House.
March 31, 1997: Pirate Publishing
"Recycling" previously published articles is easy on the Net. But does that make it legal? See how one company is pushing the limits of copyright law.
March 24, 1997: A Lincoln Bedroom for the Rest of Us
If you're not a big enough Clinton supporter to get invited for a stay in THE Lincoln Bedroom, we've got a list of *other* Lincoln Bedrooms you can crash in, without having to see Bill in his jammies.
March 24, 1997: Executive Slumber Party
The complete, unedited list of the folks who were lucky, or wealthy, enough to spend the night at the White House.
February 4, 1997: On Further Examination
Did House Ethics Chair Nancy Johnson give Gingrich's lawyer an inappropriate pat on the back? Check out the C-SPAN video and decide for yourself.
January 17, 1997: More Bang for Their Buck
Find out just who benefitted from Newt's nonprofit empire.
January 17, 1997: A Ventriloquist?
Newt's own voice denying GOPAC involvement.
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F E A T U R E S
MoJo Updates
White House coffees are back on the front burner.
Snap Poll
Quick takes on current events: see what MoJo readers thought about the news of the week.
Newt-O-Rama
For more than ten years, Mother Jones and the MoJo Wire have been keeping an eye on Newt. And now that Newt has pled guilty to the Ethics Committee charges, read the stories that broke the story.
MoJo in the Media
March 10, 1997: Mother Jones Editor in Chief Jeffrey Klein appears on a Pacifica Radio segment on "Money and Politics" to discuss the charges of campaign finance wrong-doing that have been directed at President Clinton.
