Tap Roots Tap Roots
It's a shame that Savion Glover is trying so hard to hide from the world, because he's the greatest tap dancer who ever breathed.
Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Diane Rafferty
Reasons for Doubt Reasons for Doubt
When I was in college, I joined a court-watching project in Roxbury, Massachusetts. We observed criminal trials, then interviewed judges, lawyers and witnesses.
Dec 12, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Lott Should Resign Lott Should Resign
Among the obscenities accumulating in the political atmosphere, the most disgusting may be Trent Lott.
Dec 12, 2002 / The Editors
Censorship 101 Censorship 101
Annals of Higher Education: If recent events at Stanford and Harvard are any indication, the past decade's earnest debates over "political correctness" are over, replaced by ro...
Dec 5, 2002 / Bruce Shapiro
Legal Victory for Airport Screeners Legal Victory for Airport Screeners
A federal judge hands nine workers an unexpected victory in their battle against a law requiring citizenship for all airport screeners.
Dec 3, 2002 / Feature / Michael Flaherty
Blacks and the Democratic Party Blacks and the Democratic Party
Voters felt devalued and heard no message, so many of them stayed home.
Nov 26, 2002 / Feature / Ron Walters
Rethinking the Movement Rethinking the Movement
As any casual observer of mega-bookstore shelves knows, the history of the modern civil rights movement is a well-studied field.
Nov 26, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Eric Arnesen
Palestine Activism Spammed Palestine Activism Spammed
Abby Aguirre's October 10, 2002, web-only piece on e-mail harassment of Palestinian activists inspired many letters to the edito
Nov 7, 2002 / Our Readers
Theories of Relativity Theories of Relativity
During one pleasant dinner aboard the Nation cruise, one of my tablemates told an amusing story about Einstein giving a lecture in which he stated that he expected the solar sy...
Oct 31, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Home on the Range Home on the Range
There's a joke circulating on the Internet: A grandmother overhears her 5-year-old granddaughter playing "wedding." The wedding vows go like this: "You have the right to remain...
Oct 17, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams