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Free Trade and the ‘Starving Child’ Defense Free Trade and the ‘Starving Child’ Defense

Ajit Singh Ajit Singh, who graduated from Punjab University and obtained his PhD at the University of California, Berkeley, is professor of economics at Cambridge University.

Apr 5, 2000 / Feature / Various Contributors

Raising a Ruckus: Students Take the Bus to DC Raising a Ruckus: Students Take the Bus to DC

Students heading for DC are bringing more than a toothbrush and a change of underwear.

Apr 5, 2000 / Feature / Jane Spencer

Jubilee 2000: Paying Our Debts Jubilee 2000: Paying Our Debts

A massive natural disaster reminds us why people worldwide have been engaged by the issue of debt relief.

Apr 5, 2000 / Feature / Robert W. Edgar

Time to Rein in Global Finance Time to Rein in Global Finance

The financial crisis that collapsed Asian economies in mid-1997 and then bounced around the world was a distant sideshow to most Americans until it reached Wall Street.

Apr 5, 2000 / Feature / William Greider

Still With Us Still With Us

The editors of The New York Times Magazine had a good idea recently.

Apr 5, 2000 / Column / Eric Alterman

Extending the Elián González Policy Extending the Elián González Policy

Yes, any Cuban kid would thrive right here. At Disney World he'd surely have a ball. And over there he lacks what we revere. So maybe we should simply snatch them all.

Apr 5, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Beat The Beat

From Seattle to Washington After last fall's anti-WTO protests rocked Seattle and the world, activists asked, "What next?" The answer is a week of teach-ins, lobbying, ma

Apr 5, 2000 / John Nichols

Microsoft: Judgment Day Microsoft: Judgment Day

Despite all the palaver, the denouement came quickly.

Apr 5, 2000 / Eben Moglen

Seattle Sequel in DC Seattle Sequel in DC

"Seattle East," "A16," "Mobilization for Global Justice"--by whatever name you call it, a coalition of Teamsters and turtles, students and scholars, church, human rights, consume...

Apr 5, 2000 / The Editors

Talking ‘Anarchy’ With Chomsky Talking ‘Anarchy’ With Chomsky

Noam Chomsky is a longtime political activist, writer and professor of linguistics at MIT.

Apr 5, 2000 / Books & the Arts / David Barsamian

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