Society

Scalia’s Kind of Privacy Scalia’s Kind of Privacy

One of the most surprising decisions of the Supreme Court term just concluded was Justice Antonin Scalia's ruling in favor of a criminal defendant who claimed that a thermal imagi...

Jul 12, 2001 / David Cole

Eminem: Grammy’s Homecoming Queen? Eminem: Grammy’s Homecoming Queen?

So if you managed to endure CBS's three-plus hours of Grammy cov erage, if you survived the sparsely attended protests from GLAAD and NOW, host Jon Stewart's lame commentary, the ...

Jul 9, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kim

Pacifica Myths and Realities Pacifica Myths and Realities

Since our very beginning, Pacifica Radio has been a tumultuous and controversial experiment, striving to mesh together divergent views and passionate factions.

Jul 9, 2001 / KPFK-LA Management

Questions for Ashcroft Questions for Ashcroft

As the Senate begins its hearings on the nomination of John Ashcroft as Attorney General, it is important to focus on the different roles that his office plays in the administrati...

Jul 9, 2001 / Leon Friedman

DynCorp’s Drug Problem DynCorp’s Drug Problem

Could the State Department's antidrug contractors in South America possibly be dabbling in narcotics trafficking?

Jul 3, 2001 / Feature / Jason Vest

STOP THE PRESSES! (Tabloid Edition) STOP THE PRESSES! (Tabloid Edition)

WILLIAM KRISTOL KIDNAPPED BY ALIENS-- REPLACED BY SILLY, DISHONEST IMPOSTER "I admit it. The liberal media were never that powerful, and the whole thing was often used as...

Jun 28, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman

Friends at Court Friends at Court

The Supreme Court, in the final week of June, handed down three decisions, each of which seems to endorse a valuable social principle. In the first, involving the right...

Jun 28, 2001 / The Editors

The Berenson Verdict The Berenson Verdict

Last August, amid the final throes of President Alberto Fujimori's scandal-ridden administration in Peru, he bowed to US pressure and announced that Lori Berenson's conviction by ...

Jun 28, 2001 / The Editors

Open Letter to Left-Wing Magazines, Including Us Open Letter to Left-Wing Magazines, Including Us

The census makes clear about Latinos what many of us have known for a long time: The power of culture and character is now reinforced by demographics. From a small minority strugg...

Jun 28, 2001 / Earl Shorris

Death and Texas Death and Texas

The state's justice system crushes poor people like Ernestina Rodriguez.

Jun 28, 2001 / Feature / JoAnn Wypijewski

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