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BAN THE CLUSTER BOMB Caleb Rossiter reports: The coalition of anti-landmine advocates who helped win the 1997 treaty banning the devices, which has been signed by more t...

Jun 13, 2002 / The Editors

Bad for Business Bad for Business

"How many times can you say 'unbelievable'?" my wife asked the other morning, as I was rattling the newspaper and again exclaiming over the latest outrageous news from American ca...

Jun 13, 2002 / William Greider

Fighting the Gay Right Fighting the Gay Right

They're here...they're queer...they're conservative!

Jun 13, 2002 / Feature / Richard Goldstein

Home Security System Home Security System

The timing of George W. Bush's proposal for a Cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security--hastily unveiled when revelations about FBI lapses were hitting the front pages--smack...

Jun 13, 2002 / The Editors

Dialing for Clean Dollars Dialing for Clean Dollars

If a definition of news is something that hasn't happened before, readers of the New York Times may be excused for wondering why the paper featured a front-page story on June 8 on...

Jun 13, 2002 / The Editors

A Bombmaker of Conscience A Bombmaker of Conscience

We are all fascinated by the lives of the powerful and famous, and in the last part of the twentieth century Andrei Sakharov became one of Russia's most famous. He burst onto the ...

Jun 13, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Dusko Doder

Anthrax and the Military Anthrax and the Military

The Pentagon's recent decision to limit anthrax vaccine shots to those at high risk does not address the fundamental objection to the shots, which is the lack of informed consent....

Jun 13, 2002 / Feature / Mary L. Cummings

France: The Film Vote France: The Film Vote

Politics were never far from anyone's mind at this year's fifty-fifth Cannes International Film Festival, which unfolded in a France still reeling from the shock of far-right cand...

Jun 13, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Leslie Camhi

Affirmative Action Reaction Affirmative Action Reaction

Affirmative action, while generally a good and necessary thing, has always been more complicated than its supporters admit. It inspires a backlash; it often promotes people who...

Jun 13, 2002 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Shame of Prison Health The Shame of Prison Health

Just-released inmates with infectious diseases need continuous treatment.

Jun 13, 2002 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

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