Friends at Court Friends at Court
The Supreme Court, in the final week of June, handed down three decisions, each of which seems to endorse a valuable social principle. In the first, involving the right...
Jun 28, 2001 / The Editors
The Berenson Verdict The Berenson Verdict
Last August, amid the final throes of President Alberto Fujimori's scandal-ridden administration in Peru, he bowed to US pressure and announced that Lori Berenson's conviction by ...
Jun 28, 2001 / The Editors
Open Letter to Left-Wing Magazines, Including Us Open Letter to Left-Wing Magazines, Including Us
The census makes clear about Latinos what many of us have known for a long time: The power of culture and character is now reinforced by demographics. From a small minority strugg...
Jun 28, 2001 / Earl Shorris
Death and Texas Death and Texas
The state's justice system crushes poor people like Ernestina Rodriguez.
Jun 28, 2001 / Feature / JoAnn Wypijewski
Needed: Rx for Drug Costs Needed: Rx for Drug Costs
John Elias, my patient, has a dilemma. He can't afford to buy his medicines and also pay his rent. I'm sure he won't give up his apartment just to keep his veins filled with my ch...
Jun 28, 2001 / Dr. Marc Siegel
Fighting AIDS in the UN Cafe Fighting AIDS in the UN Cafe
Read Richard Kim's report on the Stop Global AIDS March here. Read the UN Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS here.
Jun 28, 2001 / Feature / Ben Winters
Supreme Injustice Supreme Injustice
Click here to review some of the more perceptive comments on the Scalia Five's judicial coup d'etat.
Jun 23, 2001 / Steve Cobble
Stop Global AIDS Stop Global AIDS
New York City; Saturday, June 23, 2001--The Stop Global AIDS March today brought together thousands of AIDS, debt relief, anti-racist and anti-globalization activists from around ...
Jun 23, 2001 / Feature / Richard Kim
The AIDS Fund Fight The AIDS Fund Fight
Behind closed doors at the UN and in Western capitals, government and corporate officials are arguing over the size and governance of a fund that is going to be the primary interna...
Jun 21, 2001 / Feature / Robert Weissman
Global Apartheid Global Apartheid
The concept captures fundamental characteristics of today's world order.
Jun 21, 2001 / Feature / Salih Booker and William Minter