Politics

The Oranging of America The Oranging of America

In 1980, when Ronald Reagan flattened his opponents and the religious right burst onto the national political arena, many progressives could barely believe their eyes. Only a deca...

Jul 27, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Arlene Stein

The Leader of the Last Remaining Superpower Asserts Minimal Qualifications The Leader of the Last Remaining Superpower Asserts Minimal Qualifications

To those who say he cannot do it, Who claim his head is filled with suet, He says that he is plenty able To deal with issues on the table. Though he may have no depths to plu...

Jul 27, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Violence in Genoa Violence in Genoa

Violence in Genoa

Demonstrations at the recent G-8 summit in Genoa resulted in

Jul 26, 2001 / Nicholas Jackson, Andrea Pertosa, Alex Crowley, Faith Hareldson, Troy Davis, Rob Miller, and Louise C. Hensleigh

The Battle of Genoa The Battle of Genoa

Organizers of the anti-G8 protest in Genoa say that 200,000 people came from all over Italy and Europe to join the mammoth demonstration yesterday.

Jul 21, 2001 / Feature / Walden Bello

In Fact… In Fact…

WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR REBATE? Starting the week of July 23, many Americans will begin receiving tax "rebates" as part of George W. Bush's massive tax-cut scheme aimed at helping ...

Jul 12, 2001 / The Editors

Music for Chameleons Music for Chameleons

When they came for Newton Arvin, as he had always known they someday would--the sex cops, the truth squad, the Cossacks, fathers and philistines--he spilled his beings. In the cro...

Jul 12, 2001 / Books & the Arts / John Leonard

Unite and Conquer Unite and Conquer

Los Angeles organizers may have clinched the city's title as a laboratory for cutting-edge economic justice policy with a deal concluded in late May between grassroots groups and ...

Jul 12, 2001 / Feature / Bobbi Murray

Living Wage Comes of Age Living Wage Comes of Age

An increasingly sophisticated movement has put opponents on the defensive.

Jul 12, 2001 / Feature / Bobbi Murray

Gender Unbender Gender Unbender

Pierre Bourdieu's newsworthiness has become news. The profile of him in the New York Times deals more with how bright his star is than with its substance, and quite a bit of the a...

Jul 12, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Paul Reitter

A.I. at Universal U A.I. at Universal U

Thinks..., David Lodge's new novel about cognitive science, university politics and marital infidelity, shows once again the author's knack for making intellectual concepts user-f...

Jul 12, 2001 / Books & the Arts / David L. Sweet

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