A Bombmaker of Conscience A Bombmaker of Conscience
We are all fascinated by the lives of the powerful and famous, and in the last part of the twentieth century Andrei Sakharov became one of Russia's most famous. He burst onto the ...
Jun 13, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Dusko Doder
Anthrax and the Military Anthrax and the Military
The Pentagon's recent decision to limit anthrax vaccine shots to those at high risk does not address the fundamental objection to the shots, which is the lack of informed consent....
Jun 13, 2002 / Feature / Mary L. Cummings
France: The Film Vote France: The Film Vote
Politics were never far from anyone's mind at this year's fifty-fifth Cannes International Film Festival, which unfolded in a France still reeling from the shock of far-right cand...
Jun 13, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Leslie Camhi
Affirmative Action Reaction Affirmative Action Reaction
Affirmative action, while generally a good and necessary thing, has always been more complicated than its supporters admit. It inspires a backlash; it often promotes people who...
Jun 13, 2002 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Shame of Prison Health The Shame of Prison Health
Just-released inmates with infectious diseases need continuous treatment.
Jun 13, 2002 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
Arafat, by Feeding on Martyrdom, Dooms His People Arafat, by Feeding on Martyrdom, Dooms His People
Yasser Arafat should step aside.
Jun 13, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Letter From London Letter From London
A specter is haunting the Jews of Europe: the specter of anti-Semitism. A synagogue is firebombed in Belgium; three more are burned in France, where Jean-Marie Le Pen's National F...
Jun 13, 2002 / D.D. Guttenplan
The Arms Lobby The Arms Lobby
William D. Hartung is the author of "About Face," a World Policy Institute report on the role of the arms lobby in shaping the Bush nuclear doctrine. Click here.
Jun 13, 2002 / Feature / William D. Hartung
Department of Earth Security Department of Earth Security
The EPA cites chapter, and some verse, To show this warming's making matters worse. It's getting worse no matter how you score it. So here's the plan: They think we should ign...
Jun 13, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Terrorism as Normalcy Terrorism as Normalcy
Gangbangers with dirty bombs! Now we're talking. The big news about the latest suspected terror bomber is not that he now calls himself Al Muhajir but that he was formerly Jos&...
Jun 13, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn