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This year's World Social Forum gave culture its due--and reaped the rewards.
Mar 3, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon
Going Nowhere Going Nowhere
In May 2003 the centrist Democratic Leadership Council published its yearly list of "100 New Democrats to Watch." The DLC frequently puts out these lists as a way to publicly sol...
Mar 3, 2005 / Feature / Ari Berman
The Cheese Stands Alone The Cheese Stands Alone
Beijing Plus 10, the follow-up on the momentous 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, is opening at the United Nations as I write, and like other UN gatherings since ...
Mar 3, 2005 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Dr. Arnold’s Diet: Take a Steroid, Kick a Woman Dr. Arnold’s Diet: Take a Steroid, Kick a Woman
Back in the early 1990s, the right-wing taste of the year was Newt Gingrich. He led the Republican sweep into Congress in the 1994 midterm elections.
Mar 3, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
One of the most difficult things to judge in the world today is the extent of American power.
Mar 3, 2005 / Jonathan Schell
On the Risk of Having a Notoriously Foul-Mouthed Comedian Host the Oscars On the Risk of Having a Notoriously Foul-Mouthed Comedian Host the Oscars
Though having Rock, some said, was plain insane, he Eschewed the sort of language used by Cheney.
Mar 3, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Calvin Trillin
Hunter S. Thompson Hunter S. Thompson
He said he wanted his ashes shot out of a cannon. "A great funeral" was what he wanted, he told his son. Then he walked into the kitchen and shot himself dead in the head.
Mar 3, 2005 / Warren Hinckle
Filibustering the Truth Filibustering the Truth
For more on judicial nominations, see Garrett Epps's "Judicial Jeopardy: Questions for Nominees."
Mar 3, 2005 / Judd Legum and Christy Harvey
Accounting for Torture Accounting for Torture
As an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, David Cole represents Maher Arar and Ahmed Abu Ali in their civil cases against the government.
Mar 3, 2005 / David Cole