Society

CCA, the Sequel CCA, the Sequel

James Neal is a short, muscular man with close-cropped hair who has spent the past twelve years behind bars for armed robbery.

May 20, 1999 / Feature / Eric Bates

Texaco on Trial Texaco on Trial

Like virtually everyone else in San Carlos, Ecuador, Hugo Ureña never imagined that danger might lurk in the shiny black liquid that began appearing in the water near his ho...

May 13, 1999 / Feature / Eyal Press

On the Virtual Picket Line On the Virtual Picket Line

The unfortunate flaw in From the Telegraph to the Internet is its title, which suggests a highly specialized account of an industry when in fact it is a deeply moving narrative ...

May 13, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Marcus G. Raskin

The Guns of Littleton The Guns of Littleton

Dylan Klebold "is intelligent enough to make any dream a reality," a juvenile court counselor wrote last year.

Apr 29, 1999 / Bruce Shapiro

World Culture War World Culture War

In the past ten years, nationalist, communalist and religious fundamentalist social movements have surfaced all over the world, moving into the power vacuum created as local elit...

Apr 29, 1999 / Feature / Meredith Tax

The Trials of the Millennium The Trials of the Millennium

As New York City braces itself for the trials of two sets of police officers accused in the injury of Abner Louima and the death of Amadou Diallo, perhaps it's time to cull a lis...

Apr 21, 1999 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Whose Pacifica? Whose Pacifica?

There's a scene in The Godfather when Clemenza, anticipating the outbreak of a full-scale war between the families, nonchalantly remarks to young Mikey Corleone: "This thing's go...

Apr 21, 1999 / Marc Cooper

Voucher Veto Voucher Veto

In an effort to find common political ground on the vexing issue of public school reform, The Nation passes on to its readers a set of provocative proposals from Ron K.

Apr 15, 1999 / Ron K. Unz

The Education of Mike Milken The Education of Mike Milken

"'Gotta go to Moraga!' That's what everybody says," notes a visitor to the Oz-like place where the American educational revolution is being plotted: "That's the code word for go...

Apr 15, 1999 / Feature / Russ Baker

Rebellion at Pacifica Rebellion at Pacifica

One in five people in America lives within reach of the FM frequencies of the Pacifica radio network, which consists of stations in Berkeley, Los Angeles, New York, Washington an...

Apr 8, 1999 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

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