Vouchers–Phony Choice Vouchers–Phony Choice
Ever since the 1954 Brown decision outlawing "separate but equal" schools, various popular movements have upheld a vision of public schools as essential to democracy and have dem...
Feb 28, 2002 / Barbara Miner
Justice, Not So Swift Justice, Not So Swift
On October 31 Governor Jane Swift of Massachusetts pardoned five women who had been convicted and executed in the Salem witch trials in 1692. Well, better late than never--what's...
Feb 28, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Anthrax Fumble The Anthrax Fumble
Bureaucratic timidity and turf battles needlessly put many Americans at risk.
Feb 28, 2002 / Feature / Dr. Marc Siegel
A Prayer for America A Prayer for America
I offer these brief remarks today as a prayer for our country, with love of democracy, as a celebration of our country. With love for our country. With hope for our country.
Feb 26, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Dennis Kucinich
Interview with Senator Jon Corzine Interview with Senator Jon Corzine
Corzine: You set the right context.
Feb 21, 2002 / Feature / William Greider
A Stealth Attack on Freedom of the Press A Stealth Attack on Freedom of the Press
The Federal Communications Commission is presently conducting an inquiry--a "rulemaking"--to determine whether to relax, or even to eliminate, the remaining few regulations that ...
Feb 21, 2002 / Feature / Robert W. McChesney and Mark Crispin Miller
White Must Go White Must Go
Thomas White, the former Enron vice chairman appointed by George W. Bush to be Secretary of the Army, should resign immediately. The case against White is self-evident. Touted as...
Feb 21, 2002 / Robert L. Borosage
Letters Letters
BRIDEFARE OF FRANKENSTEIN Minneapolis Katha Pollitt ["$hotgun Weddings," Feb. 4] makes many very excellent points about the horrors of "bridefare," but she...
Feb 21, 2002 / Our Readers
Iran/Contra Rehab Iran/Contra Rehab
The Bush Administration is turning into one big rehab center for the Iran/contra schemers of the Reagan/Bush White House. The latest case involves retired Adm. John Poindexter, w...
Feb 21, 2002 / David Corn