The Secret History of Lead The Secret History of Lead
Research support was provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute. Follow-ups: "Amplification," June 19, 2000 and letters exchanges: "Lead--Balloons and Bouquets," Ma...
Mar 2, 2000 / Feature / Jamie Lincoln Kitman
Timeline Timeline
8,5000 Years of LEAD... 79 Years of LEADED Gasoline BC:
Mar 2, 2000 / Feature / Jamie Lincoln Kitman
California Youth Take Initiative California Youth Take Initiative
Four hundred teenagers converged outside the four-star Hilton hotel in San Francisco, then pushed inside the plush lobby with whoops and chants.
Feb 23, 2000 / Feature / Robin Templeton
Why We Need a Care Movement Why We Need a Care Movement
We have the Bill of Rights and we have civil rights. Now we need a Right to Care, and it's going to take a movement to get it.
Feb 23, 2000 / Feature / Deborah Stone
Education and the Election Education and the Election
By now most of us accept as almost inevitable the idea that education, meaning school reform and access to college, is at or near the top of the political agenda, both in the sta...
Feb 16, 2000 / Feature / Peter Schrag
An Antisocial Idea An Antisocial Idea
Just because the ed whiz-biz politicians and the education bureaucrats have announced the end of "social promotion" doesn't mean that it ever existed--not for the past thirty yea...
Feb 16, 2000 / Feature / Susan Ohanian
What They Do Know Can Hurt You What They Do Know Can Hurt You
This article is adapted by permission from Database Nation: The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century (O'Reilly).
Feb 10, 2000 / Feature / Simson L. Garfinkel
Medical Rebels Medical Rebels
Research support for this article was provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute.
Feb 3, 2000 / Feature / Katherine Eban Finkelstein
The Pinochet Principle The Pinochet Principle
The arrest of Augusto Pinochet in England more than a year ago stunned the world and emboldened those seeking to bring dictators and war criminals to justice.
Feb 3, 2000 / Feature / Roane Carey
Letter From Zambia Letter From Zambia
"The problem with taking a blood sample for your malaria test is that the cockroaches may eat it in the night," announced the nurse. "Ants are an even worse problem.
Jan 27, 2000 / Feature / Mark Lynas