Society

Thurow’s Infonomics Thurow’s Infonomics

We are entering, techno-boosters breathlessly proclaim, a "third industrial revolution," that of the "knowledge-based" or "new" economy.

Oct 14, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Robert J. Crawford

Navigating The Atlantic Navigating The Atlantic

Michael Kelly said all the right things upon being appointed to head the 142-year-old beacon of American letters, The Atlantic Monthly.

Oct 7, 1999 / Column / Eric Alterman

You’re Not Entitled! You’re Not Entitled!

According to the 1996 welfare law, Gail Aska was a model recipient.

Oct 7, 1999 / Feature / Karen Houppert

Bradley Does Healthcare Bradley Does Healthcare

With his recent speech on healthcare, Bill Bradley has moved the worsening plight of the uninsured back into the spotlight.

Oct 7, 1999 / Jacob S. Hacker

Standardized Schools Standardized Schools

Wielding high-stakes tests, a noisy alliance of politicians, corporate CEOs and media pundits seems intent on standardizing education, proclaiming that every kid in America shoul...

Sep 30, 1999 / Susan Ohanian

Swatting at Art Swatting at Art

After successfully attacking jaywalkers with curbside barriers and adult-oriented businesses with zoning curbs, New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is now waging war on two fronts at...

Sep 30, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Art Winslow

Noise From Underground Noise From Underground

For more information about Positive Force, or to send donations to the Arthur S. Flemming Center, write to Positive Force, 3510 North 8th Street, Arlington, VA 22201. Checks should...

Sep 30, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Johnny Temple

A Euro Without a Europe A Euro Without a Europe

"The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting," writes Milan Kundera in The Book of Laughter and Forgetting. But in the US media today, nothing ...

Sep 23, 1999 / Column / Eric Alterman

Out of East Timor Out of East Timor

On September 19, as the UN peacekeeping force was deploying in the ashes of Dili, our correspondent Allan Nairn was deported from West Timor to Singapore.

Sep 23, 1999 / The Editors

From Pacifica to the Atlantic From Pacifica to the Atlantic

The summer of 1999 will be remembered by many progressives as the time of the great KPFA lockout--when Pacifica's management tried to muzzle the nation's oldest community radio s...

Sep 23, 1999 / Robert W. McChesney

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