African Heart, No Darkness African Heart, No Darkness
A revealing question: Why has V.S. Naipaul come to be much better known in the West than the great African writer Chinua Achebe?
Jun 22, 2000 / Books & the Arts / James North
The Devil in Mr. Marx The Devil in Mr. Marx
At a quarter to 3 in the afternoon on March 14, 1883, one of the world's brainiest men, Karl Marx, ceased to think. He passed away peacefully in his favorite armchair.
Jun 22, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Andy Merrifield
The Devil and Mr. Hearst The Devil and Mr. Hearst
William Randolph Hearst is one of those people we all know was very, very famous but are never quite sure why, or what we are to think of him.
Jun 22, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Dana Frank
Gato and Alex–No Safe Place Gato and Alex–No Safe Place
This is the story of Gato and Alex, two Salvadorans who as children became refugees from America's war in their homeland only to become rivals in America's gang war on the street...
Jun 22, 2000 / Feature / Tom Hayden
The Vision Thing The Vision Thing
"This conference is not like other conferences."
Jun 22, 2000 / Feature / Naomi Klein
The Other Gay Media The Other Gay Media
AOL's buyout of Time Warner may have been this year's largest new media/old media merger, but in terms of sheer market consolidation, PlanetOut's purchase of Liberation Publicati...
Jun 22, 2000 / Feature / Richard Kim
Search and Destroy Search and Destroy
Gay-Baiting in the Military Under 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
Jun 22, 2000 / Feature / Doug Ireland
The Moral Property of Women The Moral Property of Women
Since 1988, when it became available in France, American women have been waiting for mifepristone.
Jun 22, 2000 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Give Us a Real Debate Give Us a Real Debate
The pernicious influence on politics of corporate money isn't confined to donations to candidates and parties.
Jun 22, 2000 / The Editors
Does President Bush Have the Guts to Abandon a Bad Idea? Does President Bush Have the Guts to Abandon a Bad Idea?
Despite early stumbles, George W. Bush has the potential to be an effective foreign policy president. But his willingness to back off from the "Star Wars" missile defense, which ...
Jun 19, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer