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On Tyson vs. Downey On Tyson vs. Downey

I was watching Mike Tyson knock Robert Downey Jr. to the floor when the thought popped into my head, "Is this what I want from a movie?" It was a pressing question.

Apr 27, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The Intervention Blues The Intervention Blues

Perhaps one of the most fatuous theories ever promulgated was Francis Fukuyama's "End of History," put forth just as, in most parts of the world, history resumed its sanguinary p...

Apr 27, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Ian Williams

Lost in Amazonia Lost in Amazonia

After a century of repressing or deriding Woman as a symbol of beauty, high culture in the West has suddenly gone over.

Apr 27, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Wendy Steiner

Hip-Hop Politics on Campus Hip-Hop Politics on Campus

"You have no idea how much love I got for this," says David Jamil Muhammad, referring to his role as a student organizer of "Hip-Hop Generation--Hip-Hop as a Movement." The confe...

Apr 27, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Johnny Temple

The New Student Movement The New Student Movement

This article is part of the Haywood Burns Community Activist Journalism series.

Apr 27, 2000 / Feature / Liza Featherstone

Dr. Laura, Be Quiet! Dr. Laura, Be Quiet!

Dr. Laura Schlessinger has said a lot of hurtful and irresponsible things on the radio during her many years as a right-wing religious "therapist" and yenta.

Apr 27, 2000 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Beat The Beat

County Fairs and Fairness Vermont's passage of "civil union" legislation, which provides gay and lesbian couples most rights and protections aff

Apr 27, 2000 / John Nichols

Elián Sí, Cold War No Elián Sí, Cold War No

It will be a long time before we forget the picture flashed around the world of Elián González being rescued at gunpoint.

Apr 27, 2000 / The Editors

Lead–Balloons & Bouquets Lead–Balloons & Bouquets

Arlington, Mass.

Apr 27, 2000 / Our Readers

Extra! Extra! Read Less About It Extra! Extra! Read Less About It

* * * When legendary media critic A.J. Liebling issued that warning some decades ago about the corrosive effect of media monopolies on the First Amendment, media ownership...

Apr 24, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

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