School’s Out School’s Out
When the New York City Board of Education called on public schools to bring back the Pledge of Allegiance in the wake of 9/11, my daughter, a freshman at Stuyvesant High, thoug...
Jul 3, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Court’s Terrible Two The Court’s Terrible Two
Saving the worst for last, on the final day of the term the Supreme Court issued 5-to-4 rulings on school vouchers and drug testing that blow a huge hole in the wall of church-sta...
Jul 3, 2002 / Herman Schwartz
Rethinking the Death Penalty Rethinking the Death Penalty
Politicians and courts are taking their cues from growing public opposition.
Jul 3, 2002 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
Cartooning Terror Cartooning Terror
When Ted Rall's cartoon "Terror Widows" appeared on the New York Times website on March 6, angry letters of complaint poured into the
Jul 3, 2002 / Feature / Asa Pittman and Emma Ruby-Sachs
Sunshine on Sweatshops Sunshine on Sweatshops
It's been more than three months since twelve Florida State University students were arrested for setting up a "tent city" in front of the school's administration building.
Jul 2, 2002 / Feature / Jenny Stepp
God’s Got Nothing to Do With the Pledge of Allegiance Furor God’s Got Nothing to Do With the Pledge of Allegiance Furor
Belief in God is not the issue in the continuing brouhaha over the constitutionality of the Pledge of Allegiance. Rather, it's the government's endorsement of a monotheistic God.
Jul 2, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Corporate Human Rights Corporate Human Rights
With the Bush Administration too often feeling the pain of its corporate sponsors, and with the Enron scandal (so far) producing little political fallout or legislative change on ...
Jun 27, 2002 / David Corn
Letter From East Timor Letter From East Timor
Inside an old courthouse in the dusty tropical town of Dili, an exhibition documents the history of East Timor's resistance to Indonesian occupation. Next to a grainy black-and-wh...
Jun 27, 2002 / Feature / Wilson da Silva
Justice for Battered Women Justice for Battered Women
Victims of domestic violence defend their right to keep their children.
Jun 27, 2002 / Feature / Chris Lombardi
Black Unlike Me Black Unlike Me
Historians have made much of the ways that the social protest movements of the 1960s unsettled the morals of the dominant culture, but it is often forgotten that activists themselv...
Jun 27, 2002 / Books & the Arts / John McMillian