Childcare Scare Childcare Scare
Studies on the effects of childcare on the young are colored by researchers' views about educated women who go to work.
Apr 26, 2001 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Black Entertainment Television’s ‘Lifestyle’ Choice Black Entertainment Television’s ‘Lifestyle’ Choice
The departure of Tavis Smiley leaves a hole in the programming calendar of BET, but that's only part of the problem.
Apr 26, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Makani Themba
Indigenous Activists Converge Indigenous Activists Converge
While Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien promised to "dialogue with indigenous peoples and listen carefully to their concerns" and Mrs.
Apr 26, 2001 / Feature / Carolyn Lovejoy
Sex, Lies and Politics Sex, Lies and Politics
Congress is poised to reauthorize fearmongering "abstinence-only" sex ed.
Apr 19, 2001 / Feature / Marjorie Heins
Bush’s Contra Buddies Bush’s Contra Buddies
The current President George Bush, whose very name evokes a dark era many would prefer to forget, seems determined to resurrect the ghosts of America's scandal-ridden past. A numb...
Apr 19, 2001 / Peter Kornbluh
Compassionate Aversionism Compassionate Aversionism
Within weeks of taking office, President Bush started to dispense compassionate conservatism with a vengeance. As the first order of business, he moved to give a massive tax windf...
Apr 19, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Gara LaMarche
Journalism & Democracy Journalism & Democracy
On the importance of being a "public nuisance."
Apr 19, 2001 / Feature / Bill Moyers
Corporate Welfare Spoils Corporate Welfare Spoils
In one of the most foolish and cruelly ironic urban public policy decisions in recent memory, New York Governor George Pataki and New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani are planning...
Apr 19, 2001 / Ralph Nader
China: Beyond the Matrix China: Beyond the Matrix
Bill Clinton and George Will so rarely agree with each other that when they embrace the same position, we should be alarmed. This thought came to mind upon realizing that their st...
Apr 19, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Lie to the Media, Get a Job Lie to the Media, Get a Job
Perhaps I underestimate the joy of being given a silly nickname by the Leader of the Free World, but I'm having a hard time understanding why media big feet are so taken by the n...
Apr 19, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman