Activism

The Student-Labor Union The Student-Labor Union

Only hours into the United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) national conference in Chicago--before half of the participants had even arrived--students were walking the picket li...

Aug 9, 2001 / Feature / Nicholas Woomer

Eminem: Grammy’s Homecoming Queen? Eminem: Grammy’s Homecoming Queen?

So if you managed to endure CBS's three-plus hours of Grammy cov erage, if you survived the sparsely attended protests from GLAAD and NOW, host Jon Stewart's lame commentary, the ...

Jul 9, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kim

ACT UP Goes Global ACT UP Goes Global

An early US AIDS group employs direct action to oppose injustice everywhere.

Jun 21, 2001 / Feature / Richard Kim

Building to Win Building to Win

In the progressive playbook for 2001, labor is called on to assume a leading role.

Jun 21, 2001 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Same-Sexers Under Siege Same-Sexers Under Siege

The right-wing crusade to roll back gay civil rights is gathering momentum.

Jun 14, 2001 / Feature / Doug Ireland

Andrew Sullivan, Overexposed Andrew Sullivan, Overexposed

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Jun 5, 2001 / Feature / Richard Kim

Abortion on Trial Abortion on Trial

When a renowned abortion doctor opened a clinic in Ocala, Florida, he was seen as a public pest. So local authorities used the courts to get rid of him.

May 31, 2001 / Feature / Hillary Frey and Miranda Kennedy

Straights Can Change, Too Straights Can Change, Too

The recent New York Times front-page headline "Scientists Say Gay Change Is Possible" left me somewhat bemused.

May 17, 2001 / Richard Kim

Bush’s Antichoice Assault Bush’s Antichoice Assault

In many respects, the recent meeting in Chicago of the National Abortion Federation (NAF), the major professional association of abortion providers in North America, looked like a...

May 10, 2001 / Carole Joffe

Harvard’s Shame Harvard’s Shame

A sit-in at the university highlights the gulf between a great educational institution and the unconscionable working conditions many of its employees experience there.

May 3, 2001 / Benjamin L. McKean

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