Giving Charter Schools a Chance Giving Charter Schools a Chance
Ask a supporter of charter schools whether that vogue new concept holds promise for inner-city children.
May 18, 2000 / Feature / Jonathan Schorr
School Colors School Colors
How can we respond most effectively to right-wing assaults on the premises of public education? Amy Wilkins: The way that you deal with th
May 18, 2000 / Feature / Luis Garden Acosta, Lisa Delpit, Harold Levy, Adam Urbanski, Deborah Wei, Amy Wilkins, and Herbert Kohl
Disinterestedness Dies Disinterestedness Dies
When, in 1980, George Will was discovered to be coaching Ronald Reagan on debating tactics one minute and pronouncing him a "thoroughbred performer" the next, journalists profess...
May 18, 2000 / Column / Eric Alterman
Corporate Responsibility Corporate Responsibility
So Ford now says the SUV Is very bad for you and me. It slurps gas to a fare-thee-well, And makes the earth as hot as hell. Its weight means any car it hits
May 18, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Beat The Beat
UNFAIR HARVARD When Harvard employees rallied for a $10.25-an-hour minimum wage in early May, backers packed the Yard.
May 18, 2000 / John Nichols
LA: Call the Feds LA: Call the Feds
When Chief Bernard Parks of the Los Angeles Police Department heard the news in mid-May, he reportedly went into rigid shock.
May 18, 2000 / Marc Cooper
China and Globalism China and Globalism
The politics of trade will always contrive to decide the most fateful questions in private while leaving public debate to chew over narrow, derivative issues.
May 18, 2000 / William Greider
Racial Justice 101 Racial Justice 101
In a presidential election year, few issues inspire more citizen anguish and less political substance than public education. This year is no exception.
May 18, 2000 / The Editors
Sartre’s Roads to Freedom Sartre’s Roads to Freedom
Asked where he was coming from, my friend's son replied, "From the demo against the death of Sartre." It was April 19, 1980, and the definition fitted perfectly, for Sartre's fun...
May 18, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Singer
Memory Lapses From Ted Olson Memory Lapses From Ted Olson
Remember when Hillary Clinton dared suggest that a vast right-wing conspiracy was behind the campaign to destroy her husband's presidency? Well, the troubles besetting the nomina...
May 15, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer