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Catchers in the Wry Catchers in the Wry

Ah, the films of summer. When they get it right, they win our hearts. A sublime treat with which to beat the heat, Ghost World deserves every bit of the praise that has been ro...

Aug 23, 2001 / Books & the Arts / B. Ruby Rich

Fly Mask Fly Mask

I came upon her weeping,                          &nbs...

Aug 23, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Ann Townsend

Dark Ages Ahead at the NLRB Dark Ages Ahead at the NLRB

Most Americans are probably unaware that "the Dark Ages were not all bad and the Enlightenment not all good." Or that "homosexuality [is] a sin worthy of death." Or that one of...

Aug 23, 2001 / Feature / John Nichols

The Sweat Behind the Shirt The Sweat Behind the Shirt

The Labor History of a Gap Sweatshirt

Aug 23, 2001 / Feature / Jesse Gordon

Labor of Love Labor of Love

Milwaukee's home-care workers discover each other.

Aug 23, 2001 / Feature / David Glenn

Forum: Replies to Bronfenbrenner Forum: Replies to Bronfenbrenner

Responses by Adolph Reed Jr., Kim Moody, Andrew E. Stern, Jorge Mancillas, Jennifer Gordon, Sherrod Brown, Bruce Colburn and Nelson Lichtenstein.

Aug 23, 2001 / Feature / Various Contributors

Let’s Get Organized Let’s Get Organized

When The Red Queen boasts in Through the Looking-Glass that in her country, "it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place," she could have been talking about tod...

Aug 23, 2001 / The Editors

‘Nation’ Notes ‘Nation’ Notes

We regret the loss of two valued contributors. Richard Cloward, for forty-seven years a professor at the Columbia University School of Social Work, was author of such influentia...

Aug 23, 2001 / The Editors

Nothing Could Be Finer in North Carolina Nothing Could Be Finer in North Carolina

William Kristol claims that Senator Jesse Helms's departure at the end of his term represents "the end of an era." We can only hope. Helms has championed an odious brand of cons...

Aug 23, 2001 / The Editors

More Democracy–Now! More Democracy–Now!

In a recent interview with the Washington Post, Pacifica Radio executive director Bessie Wash said that the Pacifica management's goal "is to increase listenership." In the name...

Aug 23, 2001 / The Editors

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