Testing Times in Higher Ed Testing Times in Higher Ed
The SAT has been on the ropes lately. The University of California system has threatened to quit using the test for its freshman admissions, arguing that the exam has done more ha...
Jun 6, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Peter Sacks
A Proposal to American Labor A Proposal to American Labor
Let's create "open-source unions," and welcome millions into the movement.
Jun 6, 2002 / Feature / Joel Rogers and Richard B. Freeman
Unions on the Net Unions on the Net
Unions are gradually making fuller use of the Internet's capacities to improve communication with their own staffs or members. But increasingly they are also using the web to recr...
Jun 6, 2002 / Feature / Joel Rogers and Richard B. Freeman
Special Rights for the Godly? Special Rights for the Godly?
Let's say I'm a Jehovah's Witness, and I get a job in an understaffed emergency room where, following the dictates of my conscience, I refuse to assist with blood transfusions ...
Jun 6, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt
‘Blue Clear Down’ ‘Blue Clear Down’
Late in her life, Lorine Niedecker collected several dozen of her poems in handmade books that she gave to three friends. One poem common to all three books is "Who Was Mary Shell...
Jun 6, 2002 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella
Global Rights: The Movies Global Rights: The Movies
As all reputable news outlets assure us, privatization benefits everyone--which is lucky, since these same outlets report that privatization is inevitable. We live out a happy fat...
Jun 6, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Saying No to Nuclear Arms Saying No to Nuclear Arms
Calls for an end to nuclear weapons are growing--including in Washington.
Jun 6, 2002 / Feature / Raffi Khatchadourian
Oslo or Helsinki? Oslo or Helsinki?
The pervasive assumption among nearly all of Oslo's proponents was that the undemocratic nature of Yasser Arafat's regime, far from being an obstacle to peace, was actually a strat...
Jun 6, 2002 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Sinn Fein Rising Sinn Fein Rising
Sinn Fein, generally known for its historical association with the Irish Republican Army and the peace process, has made a breakthrough in the twenty-six-county Irish Republic by ...
Jun 6, 2002 / Tom Hayden