Society

Labor Fights for Immigrants Labor Fights for Immigrants

The stage is set for a showdown over the fate of undocumented workers.

May 3, 2001 / Feature / David Bacon

Margaret Mead vs. Tony Soprano Margaret Mead vs. Tony Soprano

Feminist anthropology fights for public voice in a new era.

May 3, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Micaela di Leonardo

Take Back the Courts Take Back the Courts

President Bush's power to appoint judges is one he hardly deserves because of the way he achieved his office.

May 3, 2001 / The Editors

Harvard’s Shame Harvard’s Shame

A sit-in at the university highlights the gulf between a great educational institution and the unconscionable working conditions many of its employees experience there.

May 3, 2001 / Benjamin L. McKean

‘A Fair and Just Amnesty’ ‘A Fair and Just Amnesty’

A grassroots movement for immigrant legalization is gathering strength.

May 3, 2001 / Feature / Julie Quiroz-Martínez

AIDS and Poverty in Africa AIDS and Poverty in Africa

Prevention and treatment require a focus on overall health and development.

May 3, 2001 / Feature / Eileen Stillwaggon

The Stochastic Aptitude Test The Stochastic Aptitude Test

A parody of Gone With the Wind has run into legal trouble: too revealing of the real nature of slavery?

May 3, 2001 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Hate-Crimes Follies Hate-Crimes Follies

Charging people with a "hate crime" when their crime is essentially some type of assault is a troubling trend.

May 3, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

No FTAA, No Fast Track No FTAA, No Fast Track

With NAFTA as an ugly precedent, the proposed trade pact is generating serious opposition from a number of social and economic sources.

Apr 26, 2001 / The Editors

AIDS: The New Apartheid AIDS: The New Apartheid

A campaign to help sick people in need of unaffordable medicines is clashing with forces in the global pharmaceutical industry.

Apr 26, 2001 / Mark Gevisser

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