Society

Too Much Monkey Business Too Much Monkey Business

I received the news of paleontologist and popular science writer Stephen Jay Gould's death, at age 60, in the week I was reading Jonathan Marks's new book on genetics, human evolu...

Jun 20, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Micaela di Leonardo

Vitamin Giants: The Sequel Vitamin Giants: The Sequel

Price-fixing fines behind them, the firms are close to achieving a monopoly.

Jun 20, 2002 / Feature / Jock Ferguson

Flicking Fallen Angels Off the Head of a Pin Flicking Fallen Angels Off the Head of a Pin

Never did I expect to feel sorrow and pity for the Catholic Church, yet I confess that I do.

Jun 19, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer

Ripped, Mixed-Up and Burned Ripped, Mixed-Up and Burned

On May 14, 2002, the first wave of Internet file-sharing died.

Jun 14, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Daphne G. Carr

Backbeat in China Backbeat in China

A hundred days ago Wu'er Kaixi was a fugitive.... Yesterday, before an audience of 800 Americans and Chinese at Brandeis University, he showed what brought a 21-year-old Beijing N...

Jun 13, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jeffrey Wasserstrom

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

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

Globalizing Clinical Research Globalizing Clinical Research

Big Pharma tries out First World drugs on unsuspecting Third World patients.

Jun 13, 2002 / Feature / Sonia Shah

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

Fighting the Gay Right Fighting the Gay Right

They're here...they're queer...they're conservative!

Jun 13, 2002 / Feature / Richard Goldstein

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