Raising a Ruckus Raising a Ruckus
Somewhere amid the dancing sea turtles and bustling WTO bureaucrats, the angry anarchists and the Al Gore entourage, the striking steelworkers and the billionaires in town to sip...
Nov 18, 1999 / Feature / John Nichols
We Can Fight, We Can Win We Can Fight, We Can Win
See our chart lining up corporations and countries--together--in order of their economic clout.
Nov 18, 1999 / Feature / Sarah Anderson, John Cavanagh, and Thea M. Lee
Anti-Choice, Anti-Child Anti-Choice, Anti-Child
One of the favorite tactics of pro-lifers--especially ones who are self-described "progressives"--is to accuse abortion rights supporters of being anti-child, hyperindividualisti...
Oct 28, 1999 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Life of a Black Man The Life of a Black Man
A stay of execution was issued October 26.
Oct 28, 1999 / Angela Y. Davis, June Jordan, and Alice Walker
How We Ended the Cold War How We Ended the Cold War
It is now ten years since the Berlin wall crumbled, but the question of how and why the cold war was concluded still lingers.
Oct 14, 1999 / Feature / John Tirman
Living La Vida ‘Loca’ Living La Vida ‘Loca’
Few Latino writers have challenged homophobia and machismo as fiercely as Jaime Manrique.
Aug 19, 1999 / Books & the Arts / George De Stefano
Ex-Prom Queen Goes Home Ex-Prom Queen Goes Home
Thomas Wolfe wrote that you can't go home again. Alix Kates Shulman disagrees.
Jul 22, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Beverly Gologorsky
The Truth About Hate Crimes Laws The Truth About Hate Crimes Laws
It took the death of a young gay white man at the hands of two other young white men to bring the issue of violence aimed at lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgendered people to n...
Jun 24, 1999 / Feature / Richard Kim
Same-Sex Spouses in Canada Same-Sex Spouses in Canada
On May 20, leaving its southern neighbor in the dust, Canada took a breathtaking leap forward in lesbian and gay rights.
Jun 24, 1999 / Feature / E.J. Graff
No Protection for Gays No Protection for Gays
There's a bill speeding its way through Congress that would shred much of the protection against discrimination provided by the dozens of local and state gay civil rights laws.
Jun 24, 1999 / Doug Ireland