Rice for Peace Rice for Peace
Another antiwar action rapidly gaining supporters is the Rice for Peace program. In the 1950s, thousands of people apparently sent small bags of rice to President Eisenhower to e...
Feb 5, 2003 / Peter Rothberg
Powell’s UN Presentation Powell’s UN Presentation
Secretary of State Colin Powell's presentation wasn't likely to win over anyone not already on his side.
Feb 5, 2003 / Phyllis Bennis
Only by Swallowing Big Lies Can Powell Justify a War Only by Swallowing Big Lies Can Powell Justify a War
We know in advance that Colin Powell's performance will be flawless.
Feb 5, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
Poetic Protests Against War, Censorship Poetic Protests Against War, Censorship
A bit of advice for the Bush White House: Don't pick fights with professional wordsmiths. First Lady Laura Bush's decision to cancel a White House symposium on the poetry of Walt...
Feb 3, 2003 / John Nichols
Debating the State of the Union Debating the State of the Union
The last edition of Robert Scheer's "Column Left" (which appears originally in the Los Angeles Ti
Feb 3, 2003 / Our Readers
Ten Papers We Like Ten Papers We Like
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Jan 30, 2003 / Feature / The Nation
‘What Silent Love Hath Writ’ ‘What Silent Love Hath Writ’
At the Brooklyn Academy of Music this month, the Harvey Theater reclaims its original name--the Majestic--with the arrival of director Sam Mendes's beautiful renderings of Chek...
Jan 30, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Carol Rocamora
Among the Lotus-Eaters Among the Lotus-Eaters
In 1886 the British are fighting an imperial war on another continent with the express goal of suppressing and maintaining control of the natives. Sound familiar?
Jan 30, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Dr. Marc Siegel
Death at an Early Age Death at an Early Age
In October 1968, at the height of the Ocean Hill-Brownsville crisis, New York Mayor John Lindsay got heckled off the stage at a synagogue in Brooklyn.
Jan 30, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Michael E. Staub
Jump at de Sun Jump at de Sun
Anthropologist, novelist, folklorist, essayist and luminary of the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston dazzled her peers and patrons almost immediately upon her arrival in N...
Jan 30, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Kristal Brent Zook