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In the Waiting Room In the Waiting Room

"We are in a funding emergency today," read the e-mail from the New York Abortion Access Fund.

Apr 3, 2003 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Can We Talk? Can We Talk?

CORRECTION: When this column was originally published, a fact-checking error caused the word "owner" to be removed from a reference to the Jewish "owner-editors" of U.S. News &...

Apr 3, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Press and the Myths of War The Press and the Myths of War

There is nothing glorious or gallant about combat.

Apr 3, 2003 / Feature / Chris Hedges

The Naked and the Red The Naked and the Red

Led by a former Boeing machinist, Las Vegas exotic dancers are talking union.

Apr 3, 2003 / Feature / Marc Cooper

Diversity and Its Malcontents Diversity and Its Malcontents

David L. Kirp has chronicled the Mount Laurel, New Jersey, history in Almost Home: America's Love-Hate Relationship with Community (Princeton).

Apr 3, 2003 / Books & the Arts / David Kirp

Lawyers Keep Out Lawyers Keep Out

Because September 11 "changed everything," it hasn't always been easy to find an objective yardstick by which to judge the Bush Administration's tactics in the "war on terroris...

Apr 3, 2003 / David Cole

Statement in Support of Legislation to Prohibit Cloning Statement in Support of Legislation to Prohibit Cloning

We, the undersigned, support legislation to prohibit the cloning of human embryos for either medical experimentation or for giving birth to a human being.

Apr 2, 2003 / The Nation

Assault on Diversity Assault on Diversity

On April 1 the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the University of Michigan affirmative action cases on whether to overturn the 1978 Bakke decision and ban consideration ...

Mar 31, 2003 / Feature / Alfred Ross and Lee Cokorinos

Shocks to the Constitution Shocks to the Constitution

Spring officially began on Thursday, March 20, but the first real spring day in Washington was Saturday, a blindingly sunny day, flowers just beginning to peek out, the Nationa...

Mar 27, 2003 / David Cole

Bush and God Bush and God

Not since Jimmy Carter's confession that he had lusted in his heart after women other than his wife have Americans been so interested in the religious life of the man occupying...

Mar 27, 2003 / Randall Balmer

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