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The Politics of Food The Politics of Food

Case sawed shakily at his steak, reducing it to uneaten bite-sized fragments, which he pushed around in the rich sauce.... "Jesus," Molly said, her own plate empty, "gimme that.

Dec 9, 1999 / Feature / Maria Margaronis

On the Release of John McCain’s Psychological Records On the Release of John McCain’s Psychological Records

Still reason to worry.

Dec 9, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Kosovo: On Ends and Means Kosovo: On Ends and Means

The spectacle of human beings acting out mindless violence through pack behavior instills more terror in the heart than perhaps any other event in the natural world.

Dec 9, 1999 / Books & the Arts / George Kenney

Exploding Plastic Inevitable Exploding Plastic Inevitable

The fifties may have been the last great moment when Americans entrusted their dreams of transformation to the material world.

Dec 9, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Joanne Jacobson

‘Rock’ in a Hard Place ‘Rock’ in a Hard Place

Not since Charlton Heston painted the Sistine Chapel has there been so epic a film about arts patronage as Cradle Will Rock. Heston, you will recall, had to cope only with the Va...

Dec 9, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Democracy Bites the WTO Democracy Bites the WTO

Seattle was indeed a milestone for a new kind of politics. 

Dec 9, 1999 / The Editors

The Battle Beyond Seattle The Battle Beyond Seattle

A little broken glass in the streets of Seattle has transformed the World Trade Organization into a popular icon for the unregulated globalization that tramples human values on e...

Dec 9, 1999 / William Greider

Punk, Progressive & Political Punk, Progressive & Political

Chicago

Dec 9, 1999 / Our Readers

Back to Beginnings Back to Beginnings

Cheick Oumar Sissoko, who lives and works in Mali, has looked around and noticed that his fellow filmmakers in sub-Saharan Africa are few--"and due to our financial need (great w...

Dec 2, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Algren Speaks Algren Speaks

Dear Joe,

Dec 2, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Nelson Algren

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