Society

Homeland Security X 50 Homeland Security X 50

State officials rush to declare their own versions of the "war on terror."

May 16, 2002 / Feature / Eve Pell

Onward, Christian Soldiers Onward, Christian Soldiers

In anticipation of the Second Coming, evangelicals leap to Israel's defense.

May 16, 2002 / Feature / Deanne Stillman

Racial Prescriptions Racial Prescriptions

A recent front-page story in the Boston Globe proclaimed that New England leads the nation in Ritalin prescription levels. Somewhat to my surprise, the prevalence of Ritalin in...

May 16, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Journeys With Fecklessness Journeys With Fecklessness

The essential mystery of the 2000 election has always been this: How in the world did George W. Bush ever get close enough to invite the Republican-appointed majority on the Su...

May 16, 2002 / Column / Eric Alterman

Vigilante Justice Vigilante Justice

On Friday, September 15, four days after the terrorist attacks, an 18-year-old Moroccan boy received an unusual request from his school guidance counselor: Come see me as soon as ...

May 16, 2002 / Feature / Amy Bach

Power Politics at Yale Power Politics at Yale

As a Russian studies major at Yale in the 1970s, I observed Soviet "elections" that were conducted more fairly than the 2002 Yale Corporation's board of trustees election. Why is ...

May 16, 2002 / Sherrod Brown

Israel and ‘Anti-Semitism’ Israel and ‘Anti-Semitism’

Right in the wake of House majority leader Dick Armey's explicit call for several million Palestinians to be booted out of the West Bank, and East Jerusalem and Gaza as well, c...

May 16, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Operation Enduring Liberty Operation Enduring Liberty

As the shock of September 11 fades, courts are standing up for civil liberties.

May 16, 2002 / Feature / David Cole

The Mullahs of Marriage The Mullahs of Marriage

Although former Vice President Quayle's legacy may not be one for the history books, he will certainly be remembered for the day he took on television's Murphy Brown.

May 15, 2002 / Feature / Bill Berkowitz

Europe’s Unwelcome Guests Europe’s Unwelcome Guests

Resentment against immigrants, even those seeking asylum, is at the boil.

May 9, 2002 / Feature / Maria Margaronis

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