Out With Gerrymanders! Out With Gerrymanders!
This April, in the case of Vieth v. Jubelirer, the Supreme Court came close to burying any hope of curing one of the worst diseases in our ailing democracy--the partisan gerryman...
Jul 1, 2004 / Herman Schwartz
Body and Soul Body and Soul
In the 1960s, the New York Jewish Museum became the unlikely leading venue for contemporary avant-garde art in America.
Jul 1, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Requiem for a Dream Requiem for a Dream
In a cluster of beach bungalows in Ghana in December 2000, my wife and I encountered the Peace Corps dream.
Jul 1, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Matt Steinglass
The Rootless Cosmopolitan The Rootless Cosmopolitan
This essay appears as the foreword to Edward Said's From Oslo to Iraq and the Road Map, which will be published in August by Pantheon.
Jul 1, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Tony Judt
German Greens and Pax Europa German Greens and Pax Europa
Joschka Fischer envisions a European alternative to American hegemony.
Jul 1, 2004 / Feature / Paul Hockenos
Incarceration, Inc. Incarceration, Inc.
Private prisons thrive on cheap labor and the hunger of job-starved towns.
Jul 1, 2004 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
Letter From Athens Letter From Athens
Pre-Olympics, anxious bravado prevails.
Jul 1, 2004 / Feature / Maria Margaronis
The Rough Guide to Baghdad The Rough Guide to Baghdad
Searching for order in Sadr City.
Jul 1, 2004 / Feature / Christian Parenti
Moore 1, Media 0 Moore 1, Media 0
I had a swell time at Fahrenheit 9/11, Michael Moore's documentary about George Bush's dubious progress from Florida to Iraq.
Jul 1, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt