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The Life of a Black Man The Life of a Black Man

A stay of execution was issued October 26.

Oct 28, 1999 / Angela Y. Davis, June Jordan, and Alice Walker

Turning Back the Clock On Voting Rights Turning Back the Clock On Voting Rights

Research assistance was provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute and the Fund for Investigative Journalism.

Oct 28, 1999 / Feature / Ron Nixon

Fashion Statements Fashion Statements

October is here, and once again it's time for post-season playoffs, foliage and fashion magazines thicker than the Old Testament with seasonal guidance for the young and voguish.

Oct 21, 1999 / Column / Eric Alterman

Bertelsmann’s Revisionist Bertelsmann’s Revisionist

The Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute provided research assistance.

Oct 21, 1999 / John S. Friedman and Hersch Fischler

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

Catholic Bashing? Catholic Bashing?

My father disapproved of the "Sensation" show at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. He thought it was bad for the Jews.

Oct 14, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt

Buchanan-Fulani: New Team? Buchanan-Fulani: New Team?

When Pat Buchanan showed up to tout his new book on Tim Russert's CNBC show, Russert asked about his recent lunch date with Lenora Fulani, former presidential candidate of the New ...

Oct 14, 1999 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro

Mourning and America Mourning and America

He's not dead yet, but the spirit of Ronald Reagan is omnipresent these days, and nowhere is it more damnably profane than in politicians' relentless invocations of the Almighty.

Oct 14, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Michael Joseph Gross

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

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