Society

The Pull of ‘New Gravity’ The Pull of ‘New Gravity’

In an end-of-the-year column devoted to "Politics and Prose," Peter Beinart, editor of The New Republic, asserted that there had been a "new gravity" and "sobriety" to American jo...

Apr 18, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Mark Mordue

What Israel Has Done What Israel Has Done

Seeking to eliminate the Palestinians as a people, it is destroying their civil life.

Apr 18, 2002 / Feature / Edward W. Said

Big Tobacco Big Tobacco

Uncovering the industry's multibillion-dollar global smuggling network.

Apr 18, 2002 / Feature / Mark Schapiro

Sensation Sensation

A friend and I were sitting around commiserating about the things that get to us: unloading small indignities, comparing thorns. "So there I was," she said, "sitting on the bus a...

Apr 18, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Patricia J. Williams

Big Food’s Real Appetites Big Food’s Real Appetites

More than the much-reviled products of Big Tobacco, big helpings and Big Food constitute the number-one threat to America's children, especially when the fare is helpings of fats,...

Apr 18, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Ian Williams

Understanding Ashcroft Understanding Ashcroft

I am beginning to suspect that Nation readers may not fully appreciate the challenges Attorney General John Ashcroft faces. What would you do in his place? Your intelligence agenc...

Apr 18, 2002 / David Cole

Smoking Out Smuggling Smoking Out Smuggling

It's hard to imagine a tale of corporate mischief that would shock veteran observers of the US tobacco industry. But even the most jaded reader may raise an eyebrow at the allegat...

Apr 18, 2002 / The Editors

Going Down the Road Going Down the Road

o, my momma called, "Why are they letting them gouge us like this?" she wanted to know. "They" are our so-called political leaders in Washington, and "them" are the drugmakers now...

Apr 11, 2002 / Jim Hightower

An Uneasy Peace An Uneasy Peace

Afghan women are free of the Taliban, but liberation is still a distant dream.

Apr 11, 2002 / Feature / Jan Goodwin

Where Are the Peaceniks? Where Are the Peaceniks?

Do Not Employ Arabs, Enemies Should Not Be Offered a Livelihood and We Will Assist Those Who Do Not Provide Work For Arabs are just a few of the slogans covering billboards throug...

Apr 11, 2002 / Neve Gordon

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