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Section 10-131, subparagraph (g)1, of the administrative code of the City of New York provides that: "It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale, possess or us...

Mar 9, 2000 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Cops and Dogs Cops and Dogs

In California, as in most states, any election aftermath involves a wan hunt for silver linings. As always, it's hard to find them.

Mar 9, 2000 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

A Robertson Republican A Robertson Republican

(A Gilbert and Sullivan Solo for George W. Bush)

Mar 9, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Stealth Candidate The Stealth Candidate

On the morning after, people awoke to the drear prospect of "gush and bore" for the next six months, and excitement flew out the window.

Mar 9, 2000 / William Greider

Many a US President Pays the Pardon Piper Many a US President Pays the Pardon Piper

The media coverage of the Clinton pardons has been so biased, overblown and vituperative as to call into question the very purpose of what currently passes as journalism. It is d...

Mar 6, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

The Secret History of Lead The Secret History of Lead

Research support was provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute. Follow-ups: "Amplification," June 19, 2000 and letters exchanges: "Lead--Balloons and Bouquets," Ma...

Mar 2, 2000 / Feature / Jamie Lincoln Kitman

From Crimson to Coal Seam From Crimson to Coal Seam

I first heard about Powers Hapgood while working at the United Mine Workers, an organization he had tried to change fifty years earlier.

Mar 2, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Steve Early

Timeline Timeline

8,5000 Years of LEAD... 79 Years of LEADED Gasoline BC:

Mar 2, 2000 / Feature / Jamie Lincoln Kitman

Cemetery Road Cemetery Road

Progressives are really grasping at straws these days. First we're supposed to get excited because Ralph Nader is running for President as a Green.

Mar 2, 2000 / Column / Katha Pollitt

AFL-CIO Goes Global AFL-CIO Goes Global

Seattle changed many things, and one of them is American labor. Nothing lifts the spirit or one's vision like winning.

Mar 2, 2000 / William Greider

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