Articles

Ungood Fellas Ungood Fellas

The last decade of the twentieth century was not a happy one for the Mafia.

Jan 20, 2000 / Books & the Arts / George De Stefano

‘The First Environmentalists’ ‘The First Environmentalists’

For thirty years, since the publication of Silent Spring and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, the growth of the environmental movement has been fueled with sorrow for the decimatio...

Jan 20, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Mindy Pennybacker

The Woman Who Would Be Senator The Woman Who Would Be Senator

As you may have heard once or twice, we have a little Senate race going here in New York.

Jan 20, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Michael Tomasky

A Man of Straw A Man of Straw

In principle, I rather detest articles or items that begin or end with the words, "You heard it here first." Nonetheless, this is what I told the readers of this column on Decemb...

Jan 20, 2000 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

Beelzebub’s Buzzwords Beelzebub’s Buzzwords

These excerpts are from Jim Hightower's If the Gods Had Meant Us to Vote They Would Have Given Us Candidates (HarperCollins).

Jan 20, 2000 / Feature / Jim Hightower

Our Virtual Primaries Our Virtual Primaries

As the first voting of the 2000 presidential election approaches, in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primaries, public disinterest is palpable.

Jan 20, 2000 / Feature / Jonathan Schell

If Politics Got Real… If Politics Got Real…

If politics got real, the debate on campaign finance reform would focus on how ordinary citizens can acquire a measure of power in America's money-drenched democracy.

Jan 20, 2000 / William Greider

The Russians in Chechnya The Russians in Chechnya

It seems so familiar to me: They know one more tank, one more gun'll Allow best and brightest to see The light at the end of the tunnel.

Jan 20, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Why I Support Bradley Why I Support Bradley

As I travel across the country, I am often asked why progressives should support Bill Bradley for President, as I do.

Jan 20, 2000 / Paul Wellstone

The ‘Cuba Exception’ The ‘Cuba Exception’

The law governing the case of Elián González, the 6-year-old Cuban boy found clinging to an inner tube after his mother drowned on the way here from Cuba, could not...

Jan 20, 2000 / David Cole

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