Articles

Another Course in Kosovo Another Course in Kosovo

There are principled differences within the progressive community about the war in Yugoslavia, including the use of ground troops.

May 27, 1999 / Kai Bird

White Shirt, Blue Collar White Shirt, Blue Collar

In 1992, as the United States wallowed in recession, presidential candidate Bill Clinton began to use the term "working middle class" to describe millions of Americans who were b...

May 27, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stanley Aronowitz

Emancipation Proclamation Emancipation Proclamation

Upon his death in 1994, Ralph Ellison left behind some 2,000 pages of a never-finished second novel--more than forty years of fine-tuning what his literary executor, John F.

May 27, 1999 / Books & the Arts / John Leonard

Oppose a Wider War Oppose a Wider War

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright now reportedly endorses sending NATO troops into a "nonpermissive environment," a chilly euphemism for wreaking new havoc on the Balkans and...

May 27, 1999 / The Editors

Port Huron Piffle Port Huron Piffle

Tom Hayden's editorial essay ["The Liberals' Folly," May 24] was an offense to reason and an offense to principle. Why don't I begin with the principle?

May 27, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

Leisurely Pleasure Leisurely Pleasure

This brief essay is taken from the latest book by Amos Oz, The Story Begins: Essays on Literature (Harcourt Brace).

May 27, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Amos Oz

Neoliberals’ Paleomarkets Neoliberals’ Paleomarkets

In a book of interviews published a few years ago, Chronicles of Dissent, Noam Chomsky recounted a childhood incident that shaped his life.

May 27, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Neve Gordon

Tiananmen Plus Ten Tiananmen Plus Ten

On May 10, as tens of thousands of students rallied here for the third day of government-approved protests against NATO's bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, magazine edi...

May 27, 1999 / Sophie Beach

A Bronx Tale A Bronx Tale

You're 19, single, on welfare. You breast-feed your baby because you know breast is best. When the baby fails to gain weight, your mother says not to worry, you were even smaller...

May 27, 1999 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Post-Littleton Gun Vote in the Senate Post-Littleton Gun Vote in the Senate

When guns became the issue of the day, Republicans, as is their custom, put Their party right behind the NRA, And shot themselves quite badly in the foot.

May 27, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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