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Poisoned Ivy Poisoned Ivy

Much as I hate to, I'm going to start by talking about the damn money. I'm only doing it because almost everyone else is. It's not just the author profiles and publishing-trad...

Jul 3, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Gene Seymour

Rethinking the Death Penalty Rethinking the Death Penalty

Politicians and courts are taking their cues from growing public opposition.

Jul 3, 2002 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro

On the Congressional Response to the ‘Under God’ Controversy On the Congressional Response to the ‘Under God’ Controversy

They pledge allegiance to the thought That every politician ought To take a stand that's foursquare for the Lord. They think if they say, "God is great! Don't separate him fr...

Jul 3, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Paul Wellstone & the Greens Paul Wellstone & the Greens

Paul Wellstone & the Greens Northfield, Minn. I was shocked to open my Nation and read the ill-informed and superficial June 17 "Beat the Devil" column, "The Fut...

Jul 3, 2002 / Our Readers

Cartooning Terror Cartooning Terror

When Ted Rall's cartoon "Terror Widows" appeared on the New York Times website on March 6, angry letters of complaint poured into the

Jul 3, 2002 / Feature / Asa Pittman and Emma Ruby-Sachs

Sunshine on Sweatshops Sunshine on Sweatshops

It's been more than three months since twelve Florida State University students were arrested for setting up a "tent city" in front of the school's administration building.

Jul 2, 2002 / Feature / Jenny Stepp

God’s Got Nothing to Do With the Pledge of Allegiance Furor God’s Got Nothing to Do With the Pledge of Allegiance Furor

Belief in God is not the issue in the continuing brouhaha over the constitutionality of the Pledge of Allegiance. Rather, it's the government's endorsement of a monotheistic God.

Jul 2, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer

Lonely Votes for Church-State Separation Lonely Votes for Church-State Separation

Anyone searching for hypocrites on issues of prayer and patriotism would be well advised to begin the hunt on Capitol Hill. On most days when Congress is in session, the overwhe...

Jun 28, 2002 / John Nichols

Who’s Afraid of Cornel West? Who’s Afraid of Cornel West?

Writing in a forthcoming issue of The Journal of Israeli History about Israeli revisionism, Mark Lilla of the University of Chicago's Committee on Social Thought makes the obse...

Jun 27, 2002 / Column / Eric Alterman

Death, Juries and Scalia Death, Juries and Scalia

Amid all the recent assaults on the Bill of Rights, including the latest trashing in the USA Patriot Act and the denial of habeas corpus to citizens, amid all this, in the span...

Jun 27, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

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