Society

Supreme Court v. Unions Supreme Court v. Unions

The recent decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board makes it plain that the Court's majority lives in denial...

May 2, 2002 / David Bacon

Extreme Solutions Extreme Solutions

Extreme Solution I: Priests The old movies used to feature a priest walking alongside the condemned man toward the scaffold, offering last seconds of comfort, plea-barga...

May 2, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Gayness Becomes You Gayness Becomes You

Nearly fifty years ago, in Eros and Civilization, Herbert Marcuse suggested that homosexuals (then the current term) might someday--because of their "rebellion against the subjuga...

May 2, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Martin Duberman

Militants on the Steppes Militants on the Steppes

It was an early November morning when I met Gairam Muminov on the steps of a courthouse on the outskirts of Tashkent, the sprawling capital of Uzbekistan. He was leaning against a...

May 2, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Raffi Khatchadourian

Jews for Justice Jews for Justice

They call us "self-hating" Jews when we raise criticisms of Israeli policies. Yet most of those Jews who risk this calumny as the cost of getting involved actually feel a specia...

May 2, 2002 / Rabbi Michael Lerner

On Justifying Intervention On Justifying Intervention

The twentieth century was arguably the bloodiest in modern history, earning from one commentator the moniker of the Age of Barbarism. From the Nazi genocide, to the killing fields...

May 2, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Joseph Nevins

The Wonder Years The Wonder Years

Since this is going to be a story about sex and children, let's start with a bit of groping in the priests' chamber. I must have been 12. My confederates and I, all suited out ...

May 2, 2002 / Books & the Arts / JoAnn Wypijewski

Aiming for a Conviction Aiming for a Conviction

Anyone looking for evidence that the death penalty should be abolished need only look at the case of Zacarias Moussaoui, the so-called twentieth hijacker, now on trial for his lif...

May 2, 2002 / Feature / Dave Lindorff

Investigating Jenin Investigating Jenin

The Jenin refugee camp's jagged concrete hillside of homes-turned-into-graves has yet to yield all its secrets.

May 1, 2002 / Feature / Charmaine Seitz

Blame Church Arrogance, Not Oversexed Society Blame Church Arrogance, Not Oversexed Society

While it might appear to be sweet revenge for the Inquisition, it is best to resist the impulse to burn some Catholic priests--and the cardinals who covered up their criminal a...

May 1, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer

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