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
GM Food–Another View GM Food–Another View
Genetically modified food has been the object of extensive criticism by many, including in the pages of this magazine. Here is a different perspective. --The Editors The ...
Mar 30, 2001 / Danny Kohl
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
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
The Nation Indicators The Nation Indicators
Click here to read "Wealth Report," the latest installment of Doug Henwood's quarterly Nation column "Indicators" in PDF format. Acrobat Reader required.
Mar 22, 2001 / Doug Henwood
In Fact… In Fact…
'FREELANCE' DOESN'T MEAN FOR FREE The case of Tasini v. New York Times, which the Supreme Court will hear soon, turns on technical language in copyright law, but it has raised...
Mar 22, 2001 / The Editors
The Worst Drug Laws The Worst Drug Laws
Adrian Wilson can't make a lobbying trip to Albany anytime soon: The New York State Department of Corrections does not escort its prisoners to the state capital for teach-ins. B...
Mar 22, 2001 / The Editors
Nation Notes Nation Notes
We are pleased to announce that Maria Margaronis and D.D. Guttenplan, who have been contributing editors to the magazine since 1998, will serve as our London bureau. Margaronis,...
Mar 22, 2001 / The Editors
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
Bush’s Global Warmers Bush’s Global Warmers
Four days after the press reported that he was about to cut climate-altering carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, George W. Bush caved in to the Neanderthal wing of the ...
Mar 22, 2001 / Ross Gelbspan