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Recall Recalls 2000 Recall Recalls 2000

The tangled web that a narrow Supreme Court majority wove to shut down the Florida recount of presidential ballots in December 2000 made it possible for Republican George W.

Sep 18, 2003 / The Editors

The Postwar Post The Postwar Post

Their reporters had the goods, but the Washington Post editors chose not to display them.

Sep 17, 2003 / Ari Berman

From Protest to Patronage From Protest to Patronage

Bayard Rustin forged a remarkable career as a social activist. Briefly a member of the Young Communist League, he repudiated communism but remained a socialist throughout his l...

Sep 11, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Randall Kennedy

Send in the Clowns Send in the Clowns

I was a child who, when taken to the circus, spent all her time trying to see past the greasepaint and illusion.

Sep 11, 2003 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Children Left Behind Children Left Behind

In his State of the Union speech this past January, President Bush appeared to make a compassionate gesture toward children with incarcerated parents when he proposed an initia...

Sep 11, 2003 / Chesa Boudin

Why Estrada Went Down Why Estrada Went Down

A few hours after Miguel Estrada withdrew his name for a judgeship on the Court of Appeals for the Washington, DC, Circuit, a leading Senate liberal was asked about the meaning...

Sep 11, 2003 / Jack Newfield

Liberal Pieties Liberal Pieties

CORRECTION: The Fisher family of Six Feet Under is Episcopalian, not Catholic. (10/1)

Sep 4, 2003 / Books & the Arts / JoAnn Wypijewski

Our Families, Ourselves Our Families, Ourselves

Eyal Press is working on a book about the abortion wars in Buffalo, New York.

Sep 4, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Eyal Press

An Empire of Their Own An Empire of Their Own

"I have never had such a bad feeling about a war ever before," wrote Sha Twa Nee on the Prophecy Club message board in April.

Sep 4, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Melani McAlister

Homeland Insecurity Homeland Insecurity

The President claims he is doing everything he can to protect us. But he's not.

Sep 4, 2003 / Feature / David Corn

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