Science and Health

No Last Rights No Last Rights

Attorney General John Ashcroft throws out Oregon's assisted suicide law, against the wishes of a majority of Oregonians and in defiance of a 1997 Supreme Court ruling.

Nov 21, 2001 / David Sarasohn

Big Pharma’s Payoff Big Pharma’s Payoff

Talk about good times for Washington's mercenary culture. Even as officials scrambled to explain why they had not acted more quickly to protect postal workers from anthrax contami...

Oct 25, 2001 / The Editors

You Can Use God to Justify Anything You Can Use God to Justify Anything

The country was founded on the idea of keeping religion and politics separate--but you'd hardly know this by the way the idea of the Almighty has intruded itself into political...

Aug 21, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

Baby, It’s Cold Inside! Baby, It’s Cold Inside!

Should the question of personhood at the embryo stage really be decided by politicians?  

Aug 9, 2001 / Column / Katha Pollitt

It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s… Superclone? It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s… Superclone?

Is human cloning a feminist issue?

Jul 12, 2001 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Needed: Rx for Drug Costs Needed: Rx for Drug Costs

John Elias, my patient, has a dilemma. He can't afford to buy his medicines and also pay his rent. I'm sure he won't give up his apartment just to keep his veins filled with my ch...

Jun 28, 2001 / Dr. Marc Siegel

Fighting AIDS in the UN Cafe Fighting AIDS in the UN Cafe

Read Richard Kim's report on the Stop Global AIDS March here. Read the UN Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS here.

Jun 28, 2001 / Feature / Ben Winters

Stop Global AIDS Stop Global AIDS

New York City; Saturday, June 23, 2001--The Stop Global AIDS March today brought together thousands of AIDS, debt relief, anti-racist and anti-globalization activists from around ...

Jun 23, 2001 / Feature / Richard Kim

Annan’s AIDS Crusade Annan’s AIDS Crusade

On a late June day that will surely have been picked by the political astrologers around him, Kofi Annan of Ghana will likely be coronated for a second five-year term as Secretary...

Jun 21, 2001 / Pranay Gupte

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

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