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OH CHADS, POOR CHADS... Hayward, Calif. I share William Greider's glee about the election stalemate ["Stupefied Democracy," Dec. 4] and the opportunity ...

Dec 7, 2000 / Our Readers

Back to the Back of the Bus Back to the Back of the Bus

Montgomery's transit system isn't segregated anymore. It barely exists.

Dec 7, 2000 / Feature / JoAnn Wypijewski

By the Dawn’s Early Light By the Dawn’s Early Light

I write from shipboard, on the Nation cruise. The boat has just pulled away from port and chugs toward the horizon, leaving land behind. We are fourth in a line of cruise ships d...

Dec 7, 2000 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Middle East Divide Middle East Divide

Jerusalem One of the many casualties of the Palestinian intifada in the occupied territories, now entering its third month, is the alliance between the Palestinian nationa...

Dec 7, 2000 / Graham Usher

Shut It Down Shut It Down

(Another Republican sea chantey) They all went down to stop Miami-Dade From making counts the judges had OK'd. Unlikely toughs, with ties and crisp white shirts, They w...

Dec 7, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Keepers of the Word Keepers of the Word

O Marvel, that one can give to another what one does not possess. O Miracle of our empty hands.       --George Bernanos, Diary of a Country Priest ...

Dec 7, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Dan Simon

Human Rights–The Next Step Human Rights–The Next Step

We must hold countries accountable for economic abuses just as we do for torture.

Dec 7, 2000 / Feature / Eyal Press

In Our Orbit In Our Orbit

STILL LOSING RUSSIA "As a result of the Yeltsin era, all the fundamental sectors of our state, economic, cultural and moral life have been destroyed or looted," lamented Alexand...

Dec 7, 2000 / Books & the Arts / The Editors

The Beat The Beat

BEYOND SEATTLE The one-year anniversary of the "Battle in Seattle" saw embattled World Trade Organization chief Michael Moore peddling the argument that the WTO had weathered the s...

Dec 7, 2000 / Column / John Nichols

Marital Color Line Marital Color Line

On November 7, voters in Alabama erased from that state's Constitution a provision dating from 1901 that declared that "the legislature shall never pass any law to authorize or l...

Dec 7, 2000 / Randall Kennedy

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