Who Is Putin?
Russia's third presidential election, on March 26, should have been historic--the first democratic transfer of Kremlin power via the ballot box.
Print Magazine
April 17, 2000 Issue
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Editorial
Column
Progressive Presidential Politics (Continued)
Remember Barry Commoner's presidential campaign in 1980 on the Citizens' Party ticket? I thought not.
Kosovo on Hold
Clouds of blackbirds still do go wheeling and shrieking above Kosovo Polje, the bleak and windy site of the great Turkish victory over Serbia (and Albania) in 1389.
Feature
Whose Millennium March?
Scheduled for April 30, the Millennium March on Washington for Equality--the fourth national lesbian and gay rally on the Mall--may sound like your standard, good old-fashione...
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
The front-loaded primary regime produced its expected result by the first week in March: George W. Bush and Al Gore wrapped up the Republican and Democratic presidential nomin...
Pakistan on the Brink
Pakistan today is a complete mess, a sad example of what can happen when a once-favored "frontline state" is reduced to the status of a cold war orphan.
Books & the Arts
Legionnaire’s Disease
If you squint long enough at Claire Denis's amazing Beau Travail--you'll have to squint, given the African sunlight--you will make out the faint contour of a story.
The New U
While the public has been napping, the American university has been busily reinventing itself.
