Madam President, Madam President Madam President, Madam President
As the backlash against women gets daily more open and absurd, our real-life female politicians seem paralyzed. It's up to television now: Run, Geena, run!
Oct 27, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt
State of the Magazines State of the Magazines
On both sides of the Atlantic, liberal news magazines facing declining circulation have started to play into the celebrity culture. But there are gems that have the power to carry ...
Oct 27, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky
Rosa Parks: A Woman of Substance Rosa Parks: A Woman of Substance
Frozen in memory as the simple woman who helped to bring down segregation, Rosa Parks was far more complex and formidable than the popular imagination makes her out to be . A fulle...
Oct 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
Say It Ain’t So, Big Leagues Say It Ain’t So, Big Leagues
Strip-mining the Dominican Republic for talent, Major League Baseball periodically plucks one lucky boy from his home and family and gives him a dream for a better life. But what h...
Oct 26, 2005 / Feature / Dave Zirin
The Increasingly Private Public School The Increasingly Private Public School
The privatization of the nation's greatest, once-public colleges and universities is well under way. The loss of low-cost higher education is a quiet tragedy, one that will severel...
Oct 25, 2005 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman
The Two-Way Squeeze The Two-Way Squeeze
The quiet purposefulness that characterized Rosa Parks's actions bears eloquent witness to the power of her protest.
Oct 25, 2005 / Books & the Arts / The Editors
Gun Industry Buys Bulletproof Political Protection Gun Industry Buys Bulletproof Political Protection
Congress has decided to grant the gun lobby its most fervent and irresponsible wish: blanket immunity from civil lawsuits.
Oct 25, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
Scare Scenario Scare Scenario
It has all the makings of a horror flick, but panic over a possible bird flu pandemic is following a time-honored script: sensational media reports, profit-hungry drug manufacturer...
Oct 24, 2005 / Feature / Dr. Marc Siegel
The Hidden History of Slavery in New York The Hidden History of Slavery in New York
Those who believe that slavery in America was strictly a "Southern thing" will discover an eye-opening historical record on display at the New-York Historical Society's current exh...
Oct 24, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Adele Oltman
As Brazil Votes to Ban Guns, NRA Joins the Fight As Brazil Votes to Ban Guns, NRA Joins the Fight
As Brazilians vote on a historic measure to ban the sale of guns and ammunition, foes of gun control have received help from a neighbor to the north: the NRA.
Oct 21, 2005 / Feature / Kelly Hearn