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This Warning May Be Hazardous to Your Health This Warning May Be Hazardous to Your Health

A woman two months pregnant goes to see her Ob-Gyn for prenatal care. As required by law, her doctor informs her that her condition places her at greater risk for a wide range of...

Mar 30, 2001 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Visiting the Folks Visiting the Folks

I was born by a Kerouac stream under Eisenhower skies          --John Gorka The New Folk Movement is now about twenty years old, an...

Mar 30, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Gene Santoro

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

He Has a Dream He Has a Dream

The grand ambition of the Rev. Al Sharpton.

Mar 30, 2001 / Feature / Scott Sherman

The Black Box The Black Box

OK, no Lifelines, no 50-50s, no Audience Participation if you want to be a millionaire: Name the first great African-American sitcom of the New Millennium... Correct! The 2000 pre...

Mar 30, 2001 / Books & the Arts / John Anderson

On the Bush Administration Rescinding Stricter Limits on Arsenic in Drinking Water On the Bush Administration Rescinding Stricter Limits on Arsenic in Drinking Water

Yes, arsenic's in what we drink. That's not as scary as you think. Sure, hidden in the stroganoff It's used for knocking people off. But in your water it's OK. That's what t...

Mar 30, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin

According to Doyle According to Doyle

Which Booker Prize-winner could give Hollywood the boot in the arse it needs and secretly craves? Roddy Doyle, that's who. His Barrytown Trilogy (The Commitments, The Snapper, The...

Mar 30, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Tim Appelo

Rainbow School Colors Rainbow School Colors

On March 27, a federal district court struck down the University of Michigan Law School's affirmative action admissions plan, ruling that the school's interest in a diverse studen...

Mar 30, 2001 / David Cole

Leading Los Angeles Leading Los Angeles

Survey the political terrain of this, America's second-largest city, on the eve of the April 10 mayoral vote, and the only possible conclusion is: What a Difference a Decade Makes...

Mar 30, 2001 / Marc Cooper

A Time To Be Bold A Time To Be Bold

In recent months, as a newly elected senator, I have had to decide whether to join the Democratic Leadership Council. I have chosen not to because while I shared its founding purp...

Mar 30, 2001 / Gov. Jon Corzine

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