Who’s Vouching for Vouchers? Who’s Vouching for Vouchers?
Cammillia Mays is an African-American single parent who, like millions of parents across the country, faced a difficult decision when her daughter turned 4 years old.
May 18, 2000 / Feature / Barbara Miner
The School That Wasn’t The School That Wasn’t
Fernando Contreras points to the area behind a green mesh fence where his family home used to be. He is about to be a grandfather for the first time.
May 18, 2000 / Feature / Susan Anderson
Testing, Testing Testing, Testing
With education among the electorate's top priorities, the phrase "higher standards" has become ubiquitous in political campaigns across the country.
May 18, 2000 / Feature / Gary Orfield and Johanna Wald
School Colors School Colors
How can we respond most effectively to right-wing assaults on the premises of public education? Amy Wilkins: The way that you deal with th
May 18, 2000 / Feature / Luis Garden Acosta, Lisa Delpit, Harold Levy, Adam Urbanski, Deborah Wei, Amy Wilkins, and Herbert Kohl
The NRA Wants You The NRA Wants You
Research assistance was provided by the Elections 2000 Fund of the Nation Institute.
May 11, 2000 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
What Monsanto Knew What Monsanto Knew
In a small brick house strung year-round with Christmas lights, behind curtains made of flowered sheets, Jeremiah Smith is listening to his favorite preacher on the radio.
May 11, 2000 / Feature / Nancy Beiles
Gore’s Oil Money Gore’s Oil Money
Research assistance was provided by the Investigative Fund of the Nation Institute.
May 3, 2000 / Feature / Ken Silverstein
The Details of Life The Details of Life
This article is adapted from Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope (Crown).
May 3, 2000 / Feature / Jonathan Kozol
Copyright as Censorship Copyright as Censorship
The British government, increasingly desperate to silence a former MI5 intelligence officer who has been campaigning to expose government misconduct, has sued him and a London ne...
May 3, 2000 / Feature / Jon Wiener
The New Student Movement The New Student Movement
This article is part of the Haywood Burns Community Activist Journalism series.
Apr 27, 2000 / Feature / Liza Featherstone