Nation Note Nation Note
Floyd Abrams, Laurence Tribe, Robin Williams, Margaret Cho, Martin Garbus and others are supporting a petition asking New York State Governor George Pataki to pardon legendary ...
Jun 26, 2003 / The Editors
Missed Conception Missed Conception
Hawaii recently became the fifth state to make emergency contraception, also known as the morning-after pill, available directly from pharmacists. This is far from a small regulato...
Jun 26, 2003 / Kirsten Moore
The ‘Dodgy Dossier’ The ‘Dodgy Dossier’
Like Kaa the python in Disney's Jungle Book, Tony Blair has staked his career on a single hypnotic refrain.
Jun 26, 2003 / Maria Margaronis
Aiding Iran’s Students Aiding Iran’s Students
The Iranian student demonstrations that began on June 10 initially protested plans to privatize Teheran University and to raise tuition. They quickly became a forum for critici...
Jun 26, 2003 / Juan Cole
Moving on Media Reform Moving on Media Reform
It's no secret that Washington has a limited interest in the public interest these days.
Jun 26, 2003 / John Nichols
Diversity Over Justice Diversity Over Justice
Eric Foner was an expert witness in Grutter v. Bollinger, the University of Michigan law school case.
Jun 26, 2003 / Eric Foner
Affirmative Action Lives Affirmative Action Lives
In one of its most important cases in decades, the Supreme Court on June 23 upheld the prerogative of colleges and universities to give preferences to members of minority group...
Jun 26, 2003 / The Editors
The Case for Public Patents The Case for Public Patents
It seems clear that one of the keys to public health is establishing public patents.
Jun 19, 2003 / Dennis Kucinich
Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
Robert Kaplan is a hugely well-informed, indefatigable journalist who combines firsthand reporting, mostly from poor, badly governed or ungoverned countries, with wide reading ...
Jun 19, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Schell
Privatizing Medicare Privatizing Medicare
The Medicare bills passed by the Senate Finance Committee on June 12 and the House Ways and Means Committee on June 17 move the thirty-eight-year-old social insurance program o...
Jun 19, 2003 / Trudy Lieberman