Society

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

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

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