Articles

The Shame of Meatpacking The Shame of Meatpacking

Workers in the country's most dangerous industry are struggling for safety.

Aug 29, 2002 / Feature / Karen Olsson

Miami Heat Miami Heat

An antigay ballot initiative spurs some surprising political coalitions.

Aug 29, 2002 / Feature / Donna Minkowitz

Auteur, Auteur! Auteur, Auteur!

The streets of lower Manhattan are deserted--also spotlessly clean and glowing in the light of the golden hour--when the studio head takes the movie director outside to tell hi...

Aug 29, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Letter from Iraqi Kurdistan Letter from Iraqi Kurdistan

Kurds want Saddam Hussein gone but are wary about joining a US-led attack.

Aug 29, 2002 / Feature / Michael Howard

Hijackers I Have Known Hijackers I Have Known

I have met three hijackers in my life, and I hope I do not sound crabby and disillusioned if I add that the standard of hijacking is not what it used to be.

Aug 29, 2002 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

The Imperial Presidency The Imperial Presidency

The August 26 speech by Vice President Dick Cheney at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Nashville has made at least two things clear: first, that the Bush Administration ...

Aug 29, 2002 / The Editors

Mitchell Paints a Picture Mitchell Paints a Picture

In Empire Falls, Richard Russo’s neo-Dickensian novel of a dying mill-town in central Maine, the high school art teacher is portrayed as something of a soul-killer. Indiffere…

Aug 29, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

Book Reviewing, African-American Style Book Reviewing, African-American Style

On April 14, my review of Maya Angelou's A Song Flung Up to Heaven appeared in the Los Angeles Times Book Review. I finally assessed the book thusly: In writing that is bad to ...

Aug 29, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Wanda Coleman

As Brazil Goes… As Brazil Goes…

"In the Roman empire, only Romans voted. In modern global capitalism, only Americans vote," declared George Soros in June. "Brazilians do not vote." He spoke too soon. With only ...

Aug 29, 2002 / Mark Weisbrot

Bad Meat Bad Meat

The Scandal of Our Food Safety System

Aug 29, 2002 / Eric Schlosser

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