Why Brown Still Matters Why Brown Still Matters
Fifty years ago, African-Americans and fellow progressives hailed Brown v. Board of Education as a conclusive turning point in the struggle for racial equality.
Apr 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / David J. Garrow
The ‘Fifth Circuit Four’ The ‘Fifth Circuit Four’
How four federal judges brought the rule of reason to the South.
Apr 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jack Bass
The Long Road to Equality The Long Road to Equality
The product of black legal skill and strategy, Brown has a black copyright.
Apr 15, 2004 / Feature / Robert L. Carter
It Could Have Gone the Other Way It Could Have Gone the Other Way
At the time, the Justices had doubts that Brown was rightly decided.
Apr 15, 2004 / Feature / Michael J. Klarman
Beyond Black, White and Brown Beyond Black, White and Brown
Click here to read Brown at 50 by Eric Foner and Randall Kennedy.
Apr 15, 2004 / Feature / Various Contributors
Brown at 50 Brown at 50
Prior to the landmark Supreme Court rulings in Brown v. Board of Education and Bolling v.
Apr 15, 2004 / Feature / Randall Kennedy and Eric Foner
Drug War Led Bush Astray Before 9/11 Drug War Led Bush Astray Before 9/11
Why won't they just admit they blew it? It is long past time for the President and his national security team to concede that before the Sept.
Apr 14, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Terror at Jaslyk The Terror at Jaslyk
In the desert steppe of northwestern Uzbekistan, great dust storms lift toxic pesticides into the air, and a powdery, desiccated brine known as the "dry tears of the Aral Sea" co...
Apr 13, 2004 / Feature / Raffi Khatchadourian
Prison Without Walls Prison Without Walls
Our nation's two-decade spree of building prisons and sentencing even nonviolent criminals to long spells inside them has produced a staggering number of incarcerated people in A...
Apr 8, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Egan
Condemned to Death Condemned to Death
Thanks to the US-led drug war, AIDS is exploding among injection drug users.
Apr 8, 2004 / Feature / Daniel Wolfe