Society

Reproductive Freedom Reproductive Freedom

The Nation reported on Dr. Pendergraft's troubles in "Abortion on Trial" by Hillary Frey and Miranda Kennedy, June 18, 2001.

Jul 25, 2002 / Feature / Hillary Frey

A 12-Step Program for Media Democracy A 12-Step Program for Media Democracy

These days, it's the media conglomerates who are drunk with power--demanding a larger share of the nation's airwaves and threatening to turn the World Wide Web into an electronic...

Jul 23, 2002 / Feature / Jeffrey Chester and Gary O. Larson

Farewell, My Cokie Farewell, My Cokie

Speaking on NPR recently, Cokie Roberts, the soon-to-retire co-host of ABC's This Week, falsely informed her listeners that "the President was exonerated by the Securities and ...

Jul 18, 2002 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Wages of Greed The Wages of Greed

Events in Washington are potentially momentous, but hold the applause. In late May, the Dow was at 10,300, but by mid-July it had dropped almost 2,000 points. The Nasdaq and S&...

Jul 18, 2002 / The Editors

Doublespeak on Guns Doublespeak on Guns

In a brief filed in connection with an appeal to the Supreme Court in a gun possession case, the Bush Justice Department, breaking with sixty years of jurisprudence, asserts that ...

Jul 18, 2002 / Julian Epstein

Librarians Under Siege Librarians Under Siege

It used to be a matter of flashing a badge and appealing to patriotism, but these days federal agents are finding it a little harder to get librarians to spy. Under an obscure pro...

Jul 18, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Laura Flanders

Is This America’s Top Corporate Crime Fighter? Is This America’s Top Corporate Crime Fighter?

William Lerach's legal crusade against Enron and infectious greed.

Jul 18, 2002 / Feature / William Greider

The Port Huron Statement at 40 The Port Huron Statement at 40

On its anniversary, two of its authors assess its relevance for today.

Jul 18, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Tom Hayden and Dick Flacks

Titans of the Enron Economy Titans of the Enron Economy

The Ten Habits Of Highly Defective Corporations

Jul 18, 2002 / Feature / Scott Klinger and Holly Sklar

Sex, Morality and AIDS Sex, Morality and AIDS

At the fourteenth international AIDS conference, the gulf between the United States and the rest of the world widened as US officials touted policies that world health experts agr...

Jul 18, 2002 / Jordan Lite

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