The Education of Jessica Rivera The Education of Jessica Rivera
Trading in their books for buckets, welfare recipients learn "responsibility."
Nov 7, 2002 / Feature / Kim Phillips-Fein
Just Say ‘I Do’ Just Say ‘I Do’
As Congress squabbles over how and whether to revamp the welfare law, one thing is clear: The Bush Administration has marriage on the mind. The Administration has already promi...
Nov 7, 2002 / Feature / Sharon Lerner
INS Declares War on Labor INS Declares War on Labor
Research support was provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute.
Nov 6, 2002 / Feature / David Bacon
More Danger in Sniper Case More Danger in Sniper Case
With sniper suspect now in jail, DAs are fighting tooth and nail. They're in a monumental race To see who gets to try this case
Oct 31, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Blowback: From Unruh to Muhammad Blowback: From Unruh to Muhammad
America is living in the blowback years.
Oct 31, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Theories of Relativity Theories of Relativity
During one pleasant dinner aboard the Nation cruise, one of my tablemates told an amusing story about Einstein giving a lecture in which he stated that he expected the solar sy...
Oct 31, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
In Cold Type In Cold Type
Until and unless a nonhuman animal becomes a legal person, she will remain invisible to civil law." This quote from the legal profile in Bark magazine's fall issue in many ways...
Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Amy Wilentz
The Right Way to Have Sex The Right Way to Have Sex
Debbie Nathan is an attendee of Feminist Futures, a New York-based study group whose organizers include Leonore Tiefer.
Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Debbie Nathan
A Nation at Risk A Nation at Risk
A year ago Congress overwhelmingly approved George W.
Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Peter Sacks
More Surveillance on the Way More Surveillance on the Way
The USA Patriot Act was passed with much fanfare last October, but it was soon clear that lawmakers passed the package without examining all the parts.
Oct 30, 2002 / Feature / Robin Mejia