Society

Holocaust Creationism Holocaust Creationism

Between 1945 and 1947 the United States underwent perhaps the most breathtaking ideological transformation in its history.

Jun 24, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

Capitol Crimes Capitol Crimes

If only Columbine High School had posted the Ten Commandments next to its football trophies, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold would never have killed anyone.

Jun 24, 1999 / The Editors

No Protection for Gays No Protection for Gays

There's a bill speeding its way through Congress that would shred much of the protection against discrimination provided by the dozens of local and state gay civil rights laws.

Jun 24, 1999 / Doug Ireland

Rebuilding the Gay Movement Rebuilding the Gay Movement

When Republican Senator Al D'Amato was endorsed for re-election last November by the Human Rights Campaign--the nation's wealthiest gay civil rights lobby--the HRC's appalling de...

Jun 24, 1999 / Feature / Doug Ireland

Love and Hate in Laramie Love and Hate in Laramie

Research assistance: Robin Reardon.

Jun 24, 1999 / Feature / Donna Minkowitz

CUNY Under Attack CUNY Under Attack

The politics of America's largest urban university have entered a restless, disordered, tumultuous period, a violent whirlpool from which it seems unable to extricate itself.

Jun 17, 1999 / Frederick S. Lane

A Hard Schooling A Hard Schooling

I come here and discover that you are merely another fraud in the city university system. Of the 150 receiving degrees today, you hold only 191 jobs. That is less than two jobs p...

Jun 17, 1999 / Jimmy Breslin

Racial Ventriloquism Racial Ventriloquism

I know I'm not supposed to read too much into a movie like Episode I: The Phantom Menace, but when you're living with a 6-year-old whose entire generation role-plays and reiterat...

Jun 17, 1999 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Depression Confession Depression Confession

How will we know when women have achieved equality? Male politicians will all be bachelors.

Jun 10, 1999 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Officer and the Diva The Officer and the Diva

This spring, two important chapters in the surprising story of Israeli gay and lesbian politics concluded.

Jun 10, 1999 / Feature / Joshua Gamson

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