Society

You Can’t Be a Moderate and Pick Ashcroft for Justice You Can’t Be a Moderate and Pick Ashcroft for Justice

Senate Democrats must save George W. Bush from his scarier self. They must reject the appointment of John Ashcroft as attorney general, an appointment that gives the extreme ri...

Jan 9, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

Home Discomforts Home Discomforts

Isn't it curious how often the policy disaster that is posited as the thing that will never happen takes place within minutes?

Jan 6, 2000 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Who Owns the Fourth Estate? Who Owns the Fourth Estate?

Dentists and cardiologists warn their patients about plaque, harmful to both teeth and arteries.

Jan 6, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Carlin Romano

Brownout at School Brownout at School

The Color of School Reform represents the kind of scholarship that by rights should influence the design of smart policy.

Jan 6, 2000 / Books & the Arts / David Kirp

A Far-Right Nominee Who’s All Wrong A Far-Right Nominee Who’s All Wrong

How ironic that Ashcroft's supporters now ask that he be treated with kid gloves during his own nomination hearings.

Jan 2, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

The ‘Single Standard’ in Kosovo The ‘Single Standard’ in Kosovo

Cambridge, Mass.

Dec 15, 1999 / Christopher Hitchens and Noam Chomsky

The Prattle on Seattle The Prattle on Seattle

The ideological rigidity that governs punditocracy trade debate transcends right/left dichotomies.

Dec 15, 1999 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Battle Beyond Seattle The Battle Beyond Seattle

A little broken glass in the streets of Seattle has transformed the World Trade Organization into a popular icon for the unregulated globalization that tramples human values on e...

Dec 9, 1999 / William Greider

The Politics of Food The Politics of Food

Case sawed shakily at his steak, reducing it to uneaten bite-sized fragments, which he pushed around in the rich sauce.... "Jesus," Molly said, her own plate empty, "gimme that.

Dec 9, 1999 / Feature / Maria Margaronis

Food Fight Comes to America Food Fight Comes to America

As the international uprising against genetically engineered (GE) foods continues to grow, the worst fear of US government and business officials is that the commotion abroad wil...

Dec 9, 1999 / Feature / Maria Margaronis

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