Articles

Civil Society Civil Society

"Why do you care so much?" said a white friend to me during a debate about suspect profiling. "Don't take it so personally--the police aren't after you in the black middle class.

Jul 1, 1999 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Media Matters Media Matters

A new bride returns from a romantic honeymoon and opens a locked door in the family home, only to discover the mutilated corpses of her husband's six ex-wives.

Jul 1, 1999 / Column / Tara Zahra

On Rumors of a Plea Deal for Webster Hubbell On Rumors of a Plea Deal for Webster Hubbell

If Webster Hubbell Is out of trouble, The end for Starr Cannot be far. We hope these guys Live peaceful lives With little fuss--

Jul 1, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Social Security for Women Social Security for Women

Despite the rosy projections and numerical alchemy that proponents employ to push their cause, privatizing Social Security won't build much wealth for women, and it will leave el...

Jul 1, 1999 / Trudy Lieberman

On the Brink in Kashmir On the Brink in Kashmir

In early May, as the snows melted along the Karakoram Range, Indian troops on routine border patrols discovered that three strategic salients--Dras, Kargil and Batalik--in the In...

Jul 1, 1999 / Sumit Ganguly

Rehnquist’s Revenge Rehnquist’s Revenge

William Rehnquist may be the most patient and unyielding radical ever to occupy high office in America.

Jul 1, 1999 / The Editors

Millions for Viagra, Pennies for Diseases of the Poor Millions for Viagra, Pennies for Diseases of the Poor

Almost three times as many people, most of them in tropical countries of the Third World, die of preventable, curable diseases as die of AIDS.

Jul 1, 1999 / Feature / Ken Silverstein

Born Cool Born Cool

The title character in Run Lola Run lives underneath a fibrous growth that in shape resembles a neglected patch of lawn and in color brings to mind a fire engine--or maybe a fire...

Jun 24, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Republic of Pain Republic of Pain

Quick, name a recent Nobel Peace Prize laureate accused of colluding in a program of mass murder. No, not Henry Kissinger--that's old news.

Jun 24, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Roane Carey

Holocaust Creationism Holocaust Creationism

Between 1945 and 1947 the United States underwent perhaps the most breathtaking ideological transformation in its history.

Jun 24, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

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