Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
The front-loaded primary regime produced its expected result by the first week in March: George W. Bush and Al Gore wrapped up the Republican and Democratic presidential nominati...
Mar 30, 2000 / Feature / Walter Dean Burnham
Whose Millennium March? Whose Millennium March?
Scheduled for April 30, the Millennium March on Washington for Equality--the fourth national lesbian and gay rally on the Mall--may sound like your standard, good old-fashioned m...
Mar 30, 2000 / Feature / Joshua Gamson
Shopping Till We Drop Shopping Till We Drop
During the past two decades, as random financial crises visited various fast-growing economies, we have become familiar, after the fact, with the profile of a developing country ...
Mar 22, 2000 / Feature / William Greider
American Beauty or American Pie? American Beauty or American Pie?
*Last year, I was the guest editor of The Nation's first issue devoted exclusively to Hollywood and politics.
Mar 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Peter Biskind
Inside Indiewood Inside Indiewood
The Nation asked seven prominent members of the independent film community, including several filmmakers who released major films this year, to take the temperature of the movem
Mar 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Peter Biskind
Mr. Hoch Goes to Hollywood Mr. Hoch Goes to Hollywood
The film Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop will be released in 2000...we hope.
Mar 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Danny Hoch
Runaway Shops Runaway Shops
Remember those great scenes in Blues Brothers 2000 that evoked the urban grit and soul of southside Chicago and Joliet? Well, sorry.
Mar 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Marc Cooper
Boys, Toys and Girl Trouble in 1999’s Top Ten Boys, Toys and Girl Trouble in 1999’s Top Ten
It was, of course, predestined that the top-grossing movie of 1999 would be Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, which outstripped its closest competition by nearly $200 mill...
Mar 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Ella Taylor
The Awful Truth The Awful Truth
Special thanks to Alison Mann.
Mar 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Manohla Dargis
Temps Demand a New Deal Temps Demand a New Deal
With this issue, we resume our 'What Works' series, which explores effective projects and strategies for improving people's lives through progressive social change. &nb...
Mar 9, 2000 / Feature / Christopher D. Cook