Malign Neglect Malign Neglect
Children in New York City's public schools are being shortchanged--again.
May 23, 2002 / Feature / Jonathan Kozol
The Israel Lobby The Israel Lobby
On May 2 the Senate, in a vote of 94 to 2, and the House, 352 to 21, expressed unqualified support for Israel in its recent military actions against the Palestinians. The resol...
May 23, 2002 / Michael Massing
And Another Thing… And Another Thing…
Perhaps there's a limit to female masochism after all. To the great astonishment of the New York Times, which put the story on page one, Creating a Life, Sylvia Ann Hewlett's b...
May 23, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt
As the Press Turns As the Press Turns
Quick, pinch me--am I still living in the same country? Reading and watching the same media? This "Bob Woodward" fellow who co-wrote a tough piece in the May 18 Washington Post...
May 23, 2002 / Michael Tomasky
Dick Cheney’s Primer on the Constitution Dick Cheney’s Primer on the Constitution
So what's it called if during war you criticize the President for any reason? Treason. And how long does this war go on (and this is where this theory's really pretty clever)? ...
May 23, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
In Cold Type In Cold Type
haven't done much mental spring cleaning because so much of the last month has been taken up with brooding and spewing about the crisis in the Middle East; no doubt the coming mon...
May 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Amy Wilentz
US and Evil Axis–Allies for Abstinence US and Evil Axis–Allies for Abstinence
President Dubya loves to crusade against the "axis of evil" in his war on terrorism--but he formed an unholy alliance with the countries that make up the "axis" to declare war on...
May 16, 2002 / Feature / Doug Ireland
Only the Dead Know Brooklyn Only the Dead Know Brooklyn
For more than a century, a recognizable pattern existed among those migrating to New York City: They came first either through Ellis Island or up from the American South, and m...
May 16, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Theodore Hamm
DC’s Virtual Panopticon DC’s Virtual Panopticon
A camera system in the nation's capital is making civil libertarians nervous.
May 16, 2002 / Feature / Christian Parenti
Homeland Security X 50 Homeland Security X 50
State officials rush to declare their own versions of the "war on terror."