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
The Twilight-Zone Court The Twilight-Zone Court
The attacks of September 11, 2001, ushered in a multitude of legal transformations that restrict civil liberties in the name of national security.
Sep 4, 2003 / Feature / Steven Donziger
Patriots vs. the Patriot Act Patriots vs. the Patriot Act
When Attorney General John Ashcroft felt obliged to go out campaigning in August in defense of the USA Patriot Act, his problem wasn't just what people were saying about the ac...
Sep 4, 2003 / Feature / David Sarasohn