Science and Health

Bhopal’s Legacy Bhopal’s Legacy

Every December for the past nineteen years, marchers in Bhopal, India, have paraded an effigy of Warren Anderson through town and burned it. Anderson is despised because he was...

May 6, 2004 / Mark Hertsgaard

Educating Senator Frist Educating Senator Frist

George W. Bush has declared that tort reform will be a major part of his forthcoming campaign.

Apr 15, 2004 / Paul Brodeur

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

Bush, AIDS, Big Pharma Bush, AIDS, Big Pharma

When George W. Bush announced a $15 billion Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in his 2003 State of the Union address, he compared the fight against AIDS to the war on terrorism.

Apr 8, 2004 / The Editors

Antidepressants a Problem? We’re Shocked! Antidepressants a Problem? We’re Shocked!

Six years after Kip Kinkel, dosed up with Prozac, killed his parents and two students at Thurston High, in Oregon; five years after Eric Harris, dosed with Luvox, embarked on his...

Apr 1, 2004 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?

In the midst of a wicked winter, I like to curl up with some sultry nature writing. My father instilled in me a fascination with the natural world.

Mar 9, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Teresa Stack

Toothpaste, Cough Drops, Aspirin, Contraception Toothpaste, Cough Drops, Aspirin, Contraception

Please forward widely: "An Open Letter About Emergency Contraception," by Katha Pollitt and Jennifer Baumgardner

Feb 26, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The New Scopes Trials The New Scopes Trials

Eric Alterman and Mark Green would like to thank Jenny Stepp for her research on this article.

Feb 19, 2004 / Feature / Eric Alterman and Mark Green

The Junk Science of George W. Bush The Junk Science of George W. Bush

It's more fiction than fact.

Feb 19, 2004 / Feature / Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Lost in Space Lost in Space

A while back, in a column calling for more arts funding, I observed that a lot more people are interested in classical music, ballet, theater and museums than are interested in s...

Jan 15, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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