Society

Bush’s Religious Language Bush’s Religious Language

George W. Bush began to take part in a Bible study group in 1985, after two decades of binge drinking. For two years he studied the Scriptures and put his heavy drinking behind h...

Dec 4, 2003 / Juan Stam

A Present for Murdoch A Present for Murdoch

The Bush Administration will make sure that no Grinch spoils Rupert Murdoch's holiday season.

Dec 4, 2003 / Jeffrey Chester

The AIDS Challenge The AIDS Challenge

This World AIDS Day we were greeted by new, more accurate data from the World Health Organization (WHO) confirming the astonishing scope of the global epidemic: Some 40 million a...

Dec 4, 2003 / The Editors

Criminalizing Motherhood Criminalizing Motherhood

More than 275 women have faced charges relating to drug use during their pregnancies.

Dec 3, 2003 / Feature / Silja J.A. Talvi

Media and Democracy Media and Democracy

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Dec 1, 2003 / Bill Moyers

Discipline and Punish Discipline and Punish

Zero tolerance policies have created a "lockdown environment" in schools.

Nov 26, 2003 / Feature / Annette Fuentes

Adam and Steve–Together at Last Adam and Steve–Together at Last

Will someone please explain to me how permitting gays and lesbians to marry threatens the institution of marriage?

Nov 26, 2003 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Killing Medicare Killing Medicare

The Medicare "reform" legislation just passed by Congress sends the program on a path to destruction.

Nov 26, 2003 / Trudy Lieberman

The Foreign Correspondent The Foreign Correspondent

How we miss Martha Gellhorn, and how we need her right now!

Nov 20, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Neal Ascherson

The Name of Love The Name of Love

In January 1948 Dutton brought out the third novel of a promising young writer named Gore Vidal. The publishing house was nervous.

Nov 20, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Adam Haslett

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