http://dir.salon.com/topics/jesse_helms/?source=rss&aim=jesse_helms en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST By Mike Madden Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/01/16/senate/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/01/16/senate/index.html?source=rss As Biden and Clinton say goodbye, the Senate's Democratic majority girds for ... collegiality. By Vincent Rossmeier Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/31/race_baiting/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/31/race_baiting/index.html?source=rss Willie Horton hears a who: Beck, Limbaugh are the latest in a long and undistinguished American tradition By James Hannaham Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/11/helms_hannaham/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/11/helms_hannaham/index.html?source=rss Yes, he was hellspawn, but the left owes a great debt to the late, unlamented (racist, homophobic) senator. By Michael Lind Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/11/helms_lind/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/11/helms_lind/index.html?source=rss His politics and his methods live on -- among liberals as well as conservatives. By Ed Kilgore Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/07/07/helms_legacy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/07/07/helms_legacy/index.html?source=rss There's a reason why so many Americans can't feel charitable about the passing of the virulent warrior of the Right. By Associated Press Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/04/helms_dies/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/04/helms_dies/index.html?source=rss Former Republican N.C. Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86. By Will Evans Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/05/01/boyle/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/05/01/boyle/index.html?source=rss A Salon/CIR investigation reveals that Terrence Boyle, a key circuit court nominee touted by the White House and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, ruled in multiple cases involving corporations in which he held investments. By Sidney Blumenthal Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/03/10/john_bolton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/03/10/john_bolton/index.html?source=rss John Bolton, a man who doesn't believe in diplomacy and thinks the U.S. should be the only permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, gets yet another chance to wield his stick. By Max Blumenthal Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/07/16/haiti_coup/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/07/16/haiti_coup/index.html?source=rss Did the Bush administration allow a network of right-wing Republicans to foment a violent coup in Haiti? By Jack Bass Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/03/24/southern_strategy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/03/24/southern_strategy/index.html?source=rss How President Bush sent a message with his court appointments. By F. Timothy Martin Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/11/19/helms_web_radio/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/11/19/helms_web_radio/index.html?source=rss Small Internet radio broadcasters on the brink of financial disaster have won some breathing room, thanks to the senator from North Carolina. By Ian Williams Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/05/10/bolton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/05/10/bolton/index.html?source=rss While Colin Powell tries to present a kinder, gentler America to the world, his hard-line underling John Bolton is pushing an America-über-alles doctrine -- and winning. By Eric Boehlert Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/08/31/broder/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/08/31/broder/index.html?source=rss David Broder attacked reporters for ignoring Helms' racist career in covering his retirement last week. So why was Broder mum on the topic when Helms was riding high? By Joe Conason Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/col/cona/2001/08/28/social_security/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/cona/2001/08/28/social_security/index.html?source=rss Republicans are now playing the race card to try to sell Social Security privatization. By Ian Williams Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/08/23/helms/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/08/23/helms/index.html?source=rss Jesse Helms trashed the U.N. and drove our allies nuts. And the Bush team will keep his go-it-alone ideology alive even after he leaves office. Compiled by Salon staff Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/08/23/reacts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/08/23/reacts/index.html?source=rss Gloria Steinem, Kweisi Mfume, Phyllis Schlafly and other political observers applaud and mourn the departure of Jesse Helms. By Janelle Brown Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/06/20/pill/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/06/20/pill/index.html?source=rss With the medical establishment pushing to make it available over the counter, and anti-abortion groups fighting to stop it, little-known emergency contraception could be the next battle in the reproductive wars. By Lawrence Weschler Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/01/05/icc/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/01/05/icc/index.html?source=rss The president surprises his critics by, at the last possible moment, signing on to the treaty for an International Criminal Court. By Ian Williams Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/09/08/un/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/09/08/un/index.html?source=rss President Clinton shakes Fidel Castro's hand and sits in on a speech by Iran's president at the organization's P.R. bonanza. By Joe Conason Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/06/24/scandal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/06/24/scandal/index.html?source=rss The latest leaked charges against Al Gore are more the product of partisan politics than any new hard evidence. By Ian Williams Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/06/16/icc/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/06/16/icc/index.html?source=rss U.S. diplomats are wrecking the chance to bring future Saddam Husseins to justice -- all for the sake of domestic politics. By Sarah Vowell Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/2000/03/29/whitney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/2000/03/29/whitney/index.html?source=rss The hottest art show in America is never better than Tom Cruise in his underwear. Wouldn't a nice Kate Spade handbag be so much more practical? By Lance Gould Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/03/23/blamecanada/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/03/23/blamecanada/index.html?source=rss It's a vile, cold, wooded wasteland populated with propaganda-spewing lumberjacks and their irritating ilk. Who needs it? By Frank Houston Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/03/15/sanitation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/03/15/sanitation/index.html?source=rss Artwork that slams Rudy Giuliani's reaction to "Sensation" leads to a little dynastic squabble that may cause the family to withdraw its name -- and not-so-little fortune -- from the museum. By Camille Paglia Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/people/col/pagl/2000/02/23/scprimary/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/pagl/2000/02/23/scprimary/index.html?source=rss A speed-of-light cultural flyover covering McCain, Koresh, guns, Hillary, "G.I. Blues," a heartfelt appeal to the Winslet Brigade, "Star Trek" and, well, you get the idea.