WBAI—The Coup on Wall Street WBAI—The Coup on Wall Street
Radio station WBAI is under attack from within in order to silence radical dissent.
Feb 15, 2001 / Mumia Abu-Jamal
Sorry, Wrong President Sorry, Wrong President
New recounts show that the wrong man is in the Oval Office.
Feb 8, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman
Porn’s Compassionate Conservatism Porn’s Compassionate Conservatism
With a more prudish administration assuming office, pornographers are carefully tailoring their product so as not to offend—or be the target of investigations.
Feb 8, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Mark Cromer
The Times and Wen Ho Lee The Times and Wen Ho Lee
The paper of record has a curiously difficult time reporting the 'Chinese espionage' case.
Feb 8, 2001 / Robert Scheer
Greedlock in Congress Greedlock in Congress
Single-payer healthcare is favored by the public, yet the insurance industry has too much to lose if it is enacted.
Feb 8, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Kip Sullivan
Bush Medicine for Africa Bush Medicine for Africa
The Bush Administration's health policies for Africa basically amount to the moral equivalent of the death penalty for 25 million people.
Feb 8, 2001 / Salih Booker
Mexico’s US Problem Mexico’s US Problem
As Mexican president Vicente Fox begins his historic administration, the most difficult and abrasive issue that both he and the United States must confront is the continuing flow ...
Feb 7, 2001 / Feature / Bob Filner
Ashcroft’s Brand of Justice Ashcroft’s Brand of Justice
John Ashcroft took office swearing on a stack of Bibles--on three of them, actually, one for each of his children--to run "a professional Justice Department that is free from poli...
Feb 6, 2001 / The Editors
Soul to Seoul Soul to Seoul
In our retrograde era, "the personal is political" might better be put "politics sure messes up progressive lives." This past December, just after the Supreme Court completed the...
Feb 1, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Micaela di Leonardo
Wiesel Words Wiesel Words
Is there a more contemptible poseur and windbag than Elie Wiesel? I suppose there may be. But not, surely, a poseur and windbag who receives (and takes as his due) such grotesque d...
Feb 1, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens