Take Back the Courts Take Back the Courts
President Bush's power to appoint judges is one he hardly deserves because of the way he achieved his office.
May 3, 2001 / The Editors
Harvard’s Shame Harvard’s Shame
A sit-in at the university highlights the gulf between a great educational institution and the unconscionable working conditions many of its employees experience there.
May 3, 2001 / Benjamin L. McKean
‘A Fair and Just Amnesty’ ‘A Fair and Just Amnesty’
A grassroots movement for immigrant legalization is gathering strength.
May 3, 2001 / Feature / Julie Quiroz-Martínez
No FTAA, No Fast Track No FTAA, No Fast Track
With NAFTA as an ugly precedent, the proposed trade pact is generating serious opposition from a number of social and economic sources.
Apr 26, 2001 / The Editors
AIDS: The New Apartheid AIDS: The New Apartheid
A campaign to help sick people in need of unaffordable medicines is clashing with forces in the global pharmaceutical industry.
Apr 26, 2001 / Mark Gevisser
Covenant With Death Covenant With Death
The death penalty needs to be thought through by liberals, and its acceptance or rejection cannot be á la carte.
Apr 26, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Kennard, the Public & the FCC Kennard, the Public & the FCC
The former FCC chairman says he's bitter about the effective dismantling of his low-power radio plan. Under his successor, such an idea won't even get raised.
Apr 26, 2001 / Feature / Robert W. McChesney
Childcare Scare Childcare Scare
Studies on the effects of childcare on the young are colored by researchers' views about educated women who go to work.
Apr 26, 2001 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Black Entertainment Television’s ‘Lifestyle’ Choice Black Entertainment Television’s ‘Lifestyle’ Choice
The departure of Tavis Smiley leaves a hole in the programming calendar of BET, but that's only part of the problem.
Apr 26, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Makani Themba
Indigenous Activists Converge Indigenous Activists Converge
While Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien promised to "dialogue with indigenous peoples and listen carefully to their concerns" and Mrs.
Apr 26, 2001 / Feature / Carolyn Lovejoy