School’s Out School’s Out
When the New York City Board of Education called on public schools to bring back the Pledge of Allegiance in the wake of 9/11, my daughter, a freshman at Stuyvesant High, thoug...
Jul 3, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Court’s Terrible Two The Court’s Terrible Two
Saving the worst for last, on the final day of the term the Supreme Court issued 5-to-4 rulings on school vouchers and drug testing that blow a huge hole in the wall of church-sta...
Jul 3, 2002 / Herman Schwartz
Poisoned Ivy Poisoned Ivy
Much as I hate to, I'm going to start by talking about the damn money. I'm only doing it because almost everyone else is. It's not just the author profiles and publishing-trad...
Jul 3, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Gene Seymour
Rethinking the Death Penalty Rethinking the Death Penalty
Politicians and courts are taking their cues from growing public opposition.
Jul 3, 2002 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
On the Congressional Response to the ‘Under God’ Controversy On the Congressional Response to the ‘Under God’ Controversy
They pledge allegiance to the thought That every politician ought To take a stand that's foursquare for the Lord. They think if they say, "God is great! Don't separate him fr...
Jul 3, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Paul Wellstone & the Greens Paul Wellstone & the Greens
Paul Wellstone & the Greens Northfield, Minn. I was shocked to open my Nation and read the ill-informed and superficial June 17 "Beat the Devil" column, "The Fut...
Jul 3, 2002 / Our Readers
The Right Welfare Reform The Right Welfare Reform
It was bad enough that the Bush Administration co-opted the Children's Defense Fund slogan "Leave No Child Behind." Then the most famous former board member of CDF, Hillary Rodham...
Jul 3, 2002 / Ruth Conniff
Political Cross-Dressing Political Cross-Dressing
SEC chairman Harvey Pitt lurches from lapdog to bulldog, threatening CEOs with jail time if their corporate reports mislead. George Bush demands "top floor" accountability. Republ...
Jul 3, 2002 / The Editors
Citizen Jane Citizen Jane
A half-century ago T.H. Marshall, British Labour Party social theorist, offered a progressive, developmental theory for understanding the history of what we have come to call citi...
Jul 3, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Linda Gordon