Society

What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?

On January 20, 1995, Bruno Jordan is gunned down in a parking lot in El Paso, Texas, in what appears to be a botched carjacking.

Nov 7, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Ruth Baldwin

Wanted: A Few Good Girls Wanted: A Few Good Girls

Right-wing foundation seeks eligible young women for meaningful, long-term relationship.

Nov 7, 2002 / Feature / Karen Houppert

The Education of Jessica Rivera The Education of Jessica Rivera

Trading in their books for buckets, welfare recipients learn "responsibility."

Nov 7, 2002 / Feature / Kim Phillips-Fein

Just Say ‘I Do’ Just Say ‘I Do’

As Congress squabbles over how and whether to revamp the welfare law, one thing is clear: The Bush Administration has marriage on the mind. The Administration has already promi...

Nov 7, 2002 / Feature / Sharon Lerner

INS Declares War on Labor INS Declares War on Labor

Research support was provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute.

Nov 6, 2002 / Feature / David Bacon

More Danger in Sniper Case More Danger in Sniper Case

With sniper suspect now in jail, DAs are fighting tooth and nail. They're in a monumental race To see who gets to try this case

Oct 31, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Blowback: From Unruh to Muhammad Blowback: From Unruh to Muhammad

America is living in the blowback years.

Oct 31, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Theories of Relativity Theories of Relativity

During one pleasant dinner aboard the Nation cruise, one of my tablemates told an amusing story about Einstein giving a lecture in which he stated that he expected the solar sy...

Oct 31, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

In Cold Type In Cold Type

Until and unless a nonhuman animal becomes a legal person, she will remain invisible to civil law." This quote from the legal profile in Bark magazine's fall issue in many ways...

Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Amy Wilentz

The Right Way to Have Sex The Right Way to Have Sex

Debbie Nathan is an attendee of Feminist Futures, a New York-based study group whose organizers include Leonore Tiefer.

Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Debbie Nathan

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