The Original Valley Girl The Original Valley Girl
Bette Midler got her first starring role in the movies in 1979, playing the lead in The Rose, a thinly disguised biopic about Janis Joplin.
Feb 3, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Sweating Out the Words Sweating Out the Words
CLARIFICATION: A sidebar to Debbie Nathan's February 21 "Sweating Out the Words," about The New Yorker's literary contest and the publishing and informatics industries (converting ...
Feb 3, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Debbie Nathan
Bobby, He Hardly Knew Ye Bobby, He Hardly Knew Ye
Robert Scheer was the last journalist to interview Robert Kennedy.
Feb 3, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Robert Scheer
The Pinochet Principle The Pinochet Principle
The arrest of Augusto Pinochet in England more than a year ago stunned the world and emboldened those seeking to bring dictators and war criminals to justice.
Feb 3, 2000 / Feature / Roane Carey
Medical Rebels Medical Rebels
Research support for this article was provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute.
Feb 3, 2000 / Feature / Katherine Eban Finkelstein
Justice for Bernard Baran Justice for Bernard Baran
On January 30, 1985, 19-year-old Bernard Baran was convicted of molesting five 3-, 4- and 5-year-old boys and girls at the Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) in Pittsfield...
Feb 3, 2000 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Orrin Hatch Ends Whatever It Was Orrin Hatch Ends Whatever It Was
The Orrin Hatch campaign is done-- Kaput at last, without a doubt. And now, perhaps, could someone please Explain what that was all about?
Feb 3, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Morning After in NH Morning After in NH
It was the last question at the last New Hampshire town meeting for Bill Bradley.
Feb 3, 2000 / David Corn
Bush’s Sop to the Right Hits Women Worldwide Bush’s Sop to the Right Hits Women Worldwide
George W. Bush has a sweet appealing face until he reveals his dark side, as when he, in one of his first official acts, cut off funds to international population control groups....
Jan 30, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer