Hip-Hop Politics on Campus Hip-Hop Politics on Campus
"You have no idea how much love I got for this," says David Jamil Muhammad, referring to his role as a student organizer of "Hip-Hop Generation--Hip-Hop as a Movement." The confe...
Apr 27, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Johnny Temple
The New Student Movement The New Student Movement
This article is part of the Haywood Burns Community Activist Journalism series.
Apr 27, 2000 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
Dr. Laura, Be Quiet! Dr. Laura, Be Quiet!
Dr. Laura Schlessinger has said a lot of hurtful and irresponsible things on the radio during her many years as a right-wing religious "therapist" and yenta.
Apr 27, 2000 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Beat The Beat
County Fairs and Fairness Vermont's passage of "civil union" legislation, which provides gay and lesbian couples most rights and protections aff
Apr 27, 2000 / John Nichols
Elián Sí, Cold War No Elián Sí, Cold War No
It will be a long time before we forget the picture flashed around the world of Elián González being rescued at gunpoint.
Apr 27, 2000 / The Editors
Extra! Extra! Read Less About It Extra! Extra! Read Less About It
* * * When legendary media critic A.J. Liebling issued that warning some decades ago about the corrosive effect of media monopolies on the First Amendment, media ownership...
Apr 24, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
Final Cut on Final Solution? Final Cut on Final Solution?
Since you presumably know the basics about the Holocaust--if you don't, I would suggest that a movie review is no place to learn them--I will jump to the main question about The ...
Apr 20, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Art of the Free and Brave Art of the Free and Brave
A woman I know once agreed to take a young Asian child to visit a school in New York, to which her distant parents considered sending her.
Apr 20, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
In Moby-Dick, in the chapter "The Fossil Whale," Ishmael proclaims: "To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme." The theme of Joyce Carol Oates's Blonde--well, it'...
Apr 20, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Lawrence Joseph