Bad Hair Day Bad Hair Day
We have reached the point that the idea of liberty, an idea relatively recent and new, is already in the process of fading from our consciences and our standards of morality, t...
Feb 7, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
The Liberator Released The Liberator Released
In the issue of January 4, 1866, The Nation--itself founded by a group of abolitionists--paid tribute to the final issue of William Lloyd Garrison's fiery anti-slavery newspaper,...
Feb 7, 2002 / Feature / Michele Willens
Indian Giving Indian Giving
"I see Native people dying every day because they can't afford health insurance," Elouise Cobell said over the phone in mid-January from Washington, DC, as she prepared to testi...
Feb 7, 2002 / Feature / Chris Lombardi
Letter From Pôrto Alegre Letter From Pôrto Alegre
PÔRTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL--In their last full day of discussion and debate, the thousands of delegates attending the World Social Forum were asking themselves not only what they...
Jan 31, 2002 / Feature / Marc Cooper
Victory for Viet Vets Victory for Viet Vets
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Jan 31, 2002 / Peter Montague and Maria B. Pellerano
Politically Incorrect Politically Incorrect
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Jan 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
Fusion Biopolitics Fusion Biopolitics
In the next few weeks the Senate will hold hearings and vote on legislation that would outlaw the cloning of human embryos, either for the purpose of medical experimentation or t...
Jan 31, 2002 / Jeremy Rifkin
A Walk in the Valley of Greed A Walk in the Valley of Greed
What would Jesus do? It's a no-brainer; he would leave the Christian Coalition, take a consulting job with Enron and then use his divine power to make George W. Bush president.
Jan 29, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
‘Whacking’ the Liberal Media ‘Whacking’ the Liberal Media
The New York Times's Martin Arnold calls the success of Bernard Goldberg's Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News "perhaps the most astonishing publishing eve...
Jan 24, 2002 / Column / Eric Alterman