The People’s Power The People’s Power
Act I We're on the edge of the twentieth century and Mayor James Phelan of San Francisco concludes that without abundant water and electrical power San Francisco is stymie...
Jun 28, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
STOP THE PRESSES! (Tabloid Edition) STOP THE PRESSES! (Tabloid Edition)
WILLIAM KRISTOL KIDNAPPED BY ALIENS-- REPLACED BY SILLY, DISHONEST IMPOSTER "I admit it. The liberal media were never that powerful, and the whole thing was often used as...
Jun 28, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman
Needed: Rx for Drug Costs Needed: Rx for Drug Costs
John Elias, my patient, has a dilemma. He can't afford to buy his medicines and also pay his rent. I'm sure he won't give up his apartment just to keep his veins filled with my ch...
Jun 28, 2001 / Dr. Marc Siegel
Fighting AIDS in the UN Cafe Fighting AIDS in the UN Cafe
Read Richard Kim's report on the Stop Global AIDS March here. Read the UN Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS here.
Jun 28, 2001 / Feature / Ben Winters
Letter From Palestine Letter From Palestine
I'm sitting in a drab back room in the Gaza Strip's Deir al Bala refugee camp, discussing the latest stage of the Israel-Palestine conflict with a half-dozen or so young Palestini...
Jun 28, 2001 / Feature / Roane Carey
Stop Global AIDS Stop Global AIDS
New York City; Saturday, June 23, 2001--The Stop Global AIDS March today brought together thousands of AIDS, debt relief, anti-racist and anti-globalization activists from around ...
Jun 23, 2001 / Feature / Richard Kim
Supreme Injustice Supreme Injustice
Click here to review some of the more perceptive comments on the Scalia Five's judicial coup d'etat.
Jun 23, 2001 / Steve Cobble
Letters Letters
'YO MAMA' IS A BIGOT New York City Arthur C. Danto contends that Renee Cox's Yo Mama's Last Supper is not anti-Catholic and deserves First Amendment protec...
Jun 21, 2001 / Eric Alterman, Arthur C. Danto, Maria Margaronis, and Our Readers
The AIDS Fund Fight The AIDS Fund Fight
Behind closed doors at the UN and in Western capitals, government and corporate officials are arguing over the size and governance of a fund that is going to be the primary interna...
Jun 21, 2001 / Feature / Robert Weissman
A Former Fraternity President Deals With the Nuclear Proliferation Issue A Former Fraternity President Deals With the Nuclear Proliferation Issue
Though Bush intends to drop the missile treaty, He's happy that this Putin guy's so neat, he Will prove to be the nicest sort of Roosky. So just relax, and crack yourself a br...
Jun 21, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin