Pacifica on the Brink Pacifica on the Brink
Marc Cooper hosts a daily drive-time show on Pacifica's KPFK.
Jul 22, 1999 / Marc Cooper
Ulster Must Not Say No Ulster Must Not Say No
Northern Ireland's peace process faces its gravest crisis since George Mitchell negotiated the Good Friday accord--graver even than after last summer's bombing in Omagh by a sma...
Jul 8, 1999 / The Editors
The Other Y2K Crisis The Other Y2K Crisis
The presidential election is sixteen months away, but candidates are already fanning out across the land, garnering dollars and media exposure.
Jul 8, 1999 / Stephen Gillers
Meanwhile, in Iraq… Meanwhile, in Iraq…
NATO's nightly airstrikes against Yugoslavia have ceased, but the periodic Anglo-American bombing of Iraq continues.
Jul 8, 1999 / Dilip Hiro
Rehnquist’s Revenge Rehnquist’s Revenge
William Rehnquist may be the most patient and unyielding radical ever to occupy high office in America.
Jul 1, 1999 / The Editors
On the Brink in Kashmir On the Brink in Kashmir
In early May, as the snows melted along the Karakoram Range, Indian troops on routine border patrols discovered that three strategic salients--Dras, Kargil and Batalik--in the In...
Jul 1, 1999 / Sumit Ganguly
Social Security for Women Social Security for Women
Despite the rosy projections and numerical alchemy that proponents employ to push their cause, privatizing Social Security won't build much wealth for women, and it will leave el...
Jul 1, 1999 / Trudy Lieberman
Capitol Crimes Capitol Crimes
If only Columbine High School had posted the Ten Commandments next to its football trophies, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold would never have killed anyone.
Jun 24, 1999 / The Editors
America’s Disappeared America’s Disappeared
Nearly three years after the inauguration of welfare reform, Congress and the Clinton Administration would do well to reflect upon the admonition of Dorothy Day, the founder of t...
Jun 24, 1999 / Paul Wellstone
No Protection for Gays No Protection for Gays
There's a bill speeding its way through Congress that would shred much of the protection against discrimination provided by the dozens of local and state gay civil rights laws.
Jun 24, 1999 / Doug Ireland