Society

The Black Box The Black Box

OK, no Lifelines, no 50-50s, no Audience Participation if you want to be a millionaire: Name the first great African-American sitcom of the New Millennium... Correct! The 2000 pre...

Mar 30, 2001 / Books & the Arts / John Anderson

Rainbow School Colors Rainbow School Colors

On March 27, a federal district court struck down the University of Michigan Law School's affirmative action admissions plan, ruling that the school's interest in a diverse studen...

Mar 30, 2001 / David Cole

The Times v. Moyers The Times v. Moyers

On March 26, PBS carried something that has become increasingly rare in our media-besotted land: genuine journalism. The program was an explosive investigation by Bill Moyers and ...

Mar 30, 2001 / The Editors

In the Place of Nations In the Place of Nations

Big Pharma's dark underside.

Mar 22, 2001 / Feature / John le Carré

The Pardons & the Press The Pardons & the Press

The reporting was scandalous, too.

Mar 22, 2001 / Feature / Eric Boehlert

The Noise on I-40 The Noise on I-40

Drive across the United States, mostly on Interstate 40, and you have plenty of time to listen to the radio. Even more time than usual if, to take my own situation, you're ...

Mar 22, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

The Worst Drug Laws The Worst Drug Laws

Adrian Wilson can't make a lobbying trip to Albany anytime soon: The New York State Department of Corrections does not escort its prisoners to the state capital for teach-ins. B...

Mar 22, 2001 / The Editors

AIDS and Profits AIDS and Profits

This is not about profits and patents; it's about poverty and a devastating disease." That statement did not come from AIDS activists struggling to provide sub-Saharan Africa's...

Mar 22, 2001 / The Editors

Zapatistas on the March Zapatistas on the March

Many compared it to marching through a dream. After seven years under siege by 70,000 Mexican Army troops in the jungles and highlands of Chiapas, the Zapatista National Liberat...

Mar 22, 2001 / Al Giordano

Fallen Idols Fallen Idols

In many instances, those who fetishize holy objects or sacred places are the very ones who exhibit the most depraved indifference to human life.

Mar 15, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

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