Rainbow School Colors Rainbow School Colors
On March 27, a federal district court struck down the University of Michigan Law School's affirmative action admissions plan, ruling that the school's interest in a diverse studen...
Mar 30, 2001 / David Cole
The Activist Response The Activist Response
When the FDA recently released its proposed new rules regarding genetically engineered foods Greenpeace and the Center for Food Safety didn't like the taste.
Mar 30, 2001 / Kathryn Lewis
The Times v. Moyers The Times v. Moyers
On March 26, PBS carried something that has become increasingly rare in our media-besotted land: genuine journalism. The program was an explosive investigation by Bill Moyers and ...
Mar 30, 2001 / The Editors
Here Come the Judges Here Come the Judges
All signs point to an all-out drive by the Bush Administration to slot judicial conservatives into the eighty-nine current vacancies on the federal bench. The recent to-do about e...
Mar 30, 2001 / The Editors
The French Act Up The French Act Up
The election this March of an openly gay Mayor of Paris--the Socialist Bertrand Delanoë--would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. That's one reason the American edit...
Mar 30, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Doug Ireland
Times Letters Unfit to Print Times Letters Unfit to Print
Praising its coverage, not criticizing it, is the best route to getting published.
Mar 30, 2001 / Feature / Michael Massing
This Warning May Be Hazardous to Your Health This Warning May Be Hazardous to Your Health
A woman two months pregnant goes to see her Ob-Gyn for prenatal care. As required by law, her doctor informs her that her condition places her at greater risk for a wide range of...
Mar 30, 2001 / Column / Katha Pollitt
He Has a Dream He Has a Dream
The grand ambition of the Rev. Al Sharpton.
Mar 30, 2001 / Feature / Scott Sherman
AIDS and Profits AIDS and Profits
This is not about profits and patents; it's about poverty and a devastating disease." That statement did not come from AIDS activists struggling to provide sub-Saharan Africa's...
Mar 22, 2001 / The Editors
Zapatistas on the March Zapatistas on the March
Many compared it to marching through a dream. After seven years under siege by 70,000 Mexican Army troops in the jungles and highlands of Chiapas, the Zapatista National Liberat...
Mar 22, 2001 / Al Giordano