Enter Steve Forbes Enter Steve Forbes
In '96 poor Forbes was thought To be less zealous than he ought To be on things like baby-killing. So now he's showing that he's willing
Apr 1, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
If Poverty Is the Question… If Poverty Is the Question…
What does it mean to be poor in America? We can offer no single description of American poverty.
Apr 1, 1999 / Paul Wellstone
Part of Our Time, Too Part of Our Time, Too
Given the late Dalton Trumbo's various claims to verbal fame--highest-paid screenwriter of his day, most vocal member of the Hollywood Ten, polemicist extraordinaire, winner und...
Mar 18, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Dalton Trumbo and Murray Kempton
On Movies, Money & Politics On Movies, Money & Politics
The Nation asked six politically active members of the entertainment community to comment on recent developments in the realms of politics and popular culture.
Mar 18, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Peter Biskind
American Graffiti American Graffiti
It's true--and a cliché--that Hollywood films hold up a mirror to American society. It's equally true--and equally a cliché--that Hollywood films fail to reflect Am...
Mar 18, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Susie Linfield
Red Fox? Red Fox?
The contracts are signed, the treatment is being written and Fox Television plans to fast-track production on a ten- to twelve-hour miniseries based on lefty historian Howard Zin...
Mar 18, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Tom Gogola
Shud He Have Been a Contendah? Shud He Have Been a Contendah?
The inevitable controversy--presenting name-naming film director Elia Kazan with a Lifetime Achievement Award--has unfolded like an accident waiting to happen, aggravating the A...
Mar 18, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Cliff Rothman
Postcards From the Left Postcards From the Left
As the limos and their glitterati cargo pull up to the Oscars ceremony this year, they may have to share a bit of screen time with a band of angry picketers.
Mar 18, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Marc Cooper
A Nike Sneak A Nike Sneak
On January 11 Joseph Ha, a Nike vice president, sent what he thought was a confidential letter to Cu Thi Hau, Vietnam's highest-ranking labor official.
Mar 18, 1999 / Eyal Press
The Forgotten Oscar The Forgotten Oscar
In the run-up to Sunday's Oscar ceremony the focus was on Elia Kazan and whether the Motion Picture Academy was doing the right thing by honoring him with a Lifetime Achievement ...
Mar 18, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky