Society

Media Matters Media Matters

Record numbers of students are going online, according to UCLA's annual survey of college freshmen released this past January.

Apr 8, 1999 / Column / Logan Hill

Parents and Police Parents and Police

David Dinkins, Susan Sarandon and other celebrities got the headlines, submitting to arrest at New York's One Police Plaza to protest the death of unarmed Amadou Diallo at the h...

Apr 8, 1999 / The Editors

Political Chapter, Bible Verse Political Chapter, Bible Verse

After writing this, her fourth book on the Christian right, Sara Diamond donated fourteen years' worth of research--right-wing pamphlets, fliers and position papers--to the Unive...

Apr 8, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Abby Scher

Sodomy for the Masses Sodomy for the Masses

It's a good thing Bill and Monica held their trysts in the White House rather than just across the Potomac, in Falls Church or Arlington, Virginia.

Apr 1, 1999 / Feature / Debbie Nathan

The Shame of our Nursing Homes The Shame of our Nursing Homes

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

Mar 11, 1999 / Feature / Eric Bates

More Beds, More Money More Beds, More Money

Beverly Enterprises controls more than 60,000 nursing-home beds, more than any other company worldwide.

Mar 11, 1999 / Feature / Eric Bates

Women’s Rights: As the World Turns Women’s Rights: As the World Turns

Does it seem to you that feminism this past year was just one long gargle over the meaning of Monica? That the biggest women's issue was whether oral sex is sex?

Mar 11, 1999 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Feminine Mystiquers Feminine Mystiquers

For Danielle Crittenden, the "click" came when she was going to play tennis with her husband and a couple of acquaintances. She left her racket on one side of the court.

Mar 11, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein

Escalation=More Drugs Escalation=More Drugs

Washington has begun the annual spring drug certification ritual.

Mar 11, 1999 / Eva Bertram and Kenneth Sharpe

On the Dismissal of Ken Bode On the Dismissal of Ken Bode

'Cause Washington Week in Review Had made insufficient ado, A jazzy new boss Gave Bode the toss, Not knowing a storm would ensue.

Mar 4, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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