Society

War of Words War of Words

In May 1989 a small group of radio and newspaper journalists and media activists from Belgrade took over a small room in Central Belgrade that the Central Committee of the Yugosl...

Nov 11, 1999 / Feature / Veran Matic and Drazen Pantic

Microsoft’s Fatal Error Microsoft’s Fatal Error

Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's factual findings in United States v. Microsoft, released November 5, spell the doom of Microsoft as we have known it.

Nov 11, 1999 / Eben Moglen

Fighting the Art Bullies Fighting the Art Bullies

New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has created enormous consternation and publicity in his attempts to censor an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.

Nov 11, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Tony Kushner

The New Global Media The New Global Media

This article is adapted from Robert W. McChesney's Rich Media, Poor Democracy (Illinois). Three charts accompany this article: "Global Media Moguls," "Who Owns the Movies?" and "Wh...

Nov 11, 1999 / Feature / Robert W. McChesney

Emperor of the Air Emperor of the Air

If you combined the political roles of Republican front-runner George W.

Nov 11, 1999 / Feature / Alexander Stille

The Seven-Year (Old) Snitch The Seven-Year (Old) Snitch

Woe unto the denizens of the Washington press corps when the rest of the world discovers Bob Somerby's Web site, The Daily Howler (www.dailyhowler.com

Nov 4, 1999 / Column / Eric Alterman

California’s Gulag on Trial California’s Gulag on Trial

Welcome to Corcoran State Prison, 170 miles northwest of Los Angeles in the San Joaquin Valley; built at a cost of $271.9 million on what was once Tulare Lake, home of the Tachi ...

Nov 4, 1999 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Buchanan Inc. Buchanan Inc.

Research assistance for this article was provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute.

Nov 4, 1999 / Feature / Monte Paulsen

The ‘Right’ Books and Big Ideas The ‘Right’ Books and Big Ideas

Abigail Thernstrom, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and her husband, Harvard professor Stephan Thernstrom, would like to thank the John M.

Nov 4, 1999 / Feature / Eric Alterman

Anti-Choice, Anti-Child Anti-Choice, Anti-Child

One of the favorite tactics of pro-lifers--especially ones who are self-described "progressives"--is to accuse abortion rights supporters of being anti-child, hyperindividualisti...

Oct 28, 1999 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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