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Rainbow School Colors Rainbow School Colors

On March 27, a federal district court struck down the University of Michigan Law School's affirmative action admissions plan, ruling that the school's interest in a diverse studen...

Mar 30, 2001 / David Cole

According to Doyle According to Doyle

Which Booker Prize-winner could give Hollywood the boot in the arse it needs and secretly craves? Roddy Doyle, that's who. His Barrytown Trilogy (The Commitments, The Snapper, The...

Mar 30, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Tim Appelo

The Black Box The Black Box

OK, no Lifelines, no 50-50s, no Audience Participation if you want to be a millionaire: Name the first great African-American sitcom of the New Millennium... Correct! The 2000 pre...

Mar 30, 2001 / Books & the Arts / John Anderson

The Activist Response The Activist Response

When the FDA recently released its proposed new rules regarding genetically engineered foods Greenpeace and the Center for Food Safety didn't like the taste.

Mar 30, 2001 / Kathryn Lewis

Senate Shocker! Senate Shocker!

US Senator Russ Feingold, the Wisconsin Democratic side of the McCain-Feingold juggernaut that is on the verge of winning Senate approval of the most significant campaign finance ...

Mar 28, 2001 / Feature / John Nichols

Some Dare Call It Treason… Some Dare Call It Treason…

Some Dare Call It Treason... With "None Dare Call It Treason" [Feb. 5], an exposé of the crime committed by the Supreme Court when it appointed George W...

Mar 22, 2001 / Our Readers

On Bush Breaking His Campaign Pledge To Limit Carbon Dioxide Emissions* On Bush Breaking His Campaign Pledge To Limit Carbon Dioxide Emissions*

Yes, W. once took the view That CO2 is bad for you. He says he's had a turnabout: We make this stuff when breathing out, So dangerous is what it's not. From lobbyists you le...

Mar 22, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Hymn Hymn

Sounds that twisted around the room like smoke, bludgeoning, blossoming, where I did not want to find them, but I find them over and over. Father, bless your hair. Bless your hamm...

Mar 22, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Yerra Sugarman

Gleaners Over Gladiators Gleaners Over Gladiators

During the false calm that descends between the announcement of Oscar nominations and the bad-TV night of their awards, the smug nominees are routinely re-released to a presumably...

Mar 22, 2001 / Books & the Arts / B. Ruby Rich

Auschwitz: The Counterlife Auschwitz: The Counterlife

There is a brief but arresting passage in Primo Levi's 1947 classic memoir Survival in Auschwitz (originally titled If This Is a Man) about a French Jewish inmate he identifies...

Mar 22, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Lawrence N. Powell

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