Vouchers–Phony Choice Vouchers–Phony Choice

Ever since the 1954 Brown decision outlawing "separate but equal" schools, various popular movements have upheld a vision of public schools as essential to democracy and have dem...

Feb 28, 2002 / Barbara Miner

Fighting Pickering Fighting Pickering

Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson says it's like this: If judicial nominee Charles Pickering is confirmed by a Democratic Senate, the Bush Administration will have a green ...

Feb 28, 2002 / John Nichols

Justice, Not So Swift Justice, Not So Swift

On October 31 Governor Jane Swift of Massachusetts pardoned five women who had been convicted and executed in the Salem witch trials in 1692. Well, better late than never--what's...

Feb 28, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Anthrax Fumble The Anthrax Fumble

Bureaucratic timidity and turf battles needlessly put many Americans at risk.

Feb 28, 2002 / Feature / Dr. Marc Siegel

Bush Tells Welfare Moms to Work More–How Pro-family Is That? Bush Tells Welfare Moms to Work More–How Pro-family Is That?

It's amazing some politicians don't get whiplash when they speak. Take the President. On Tuesday, while unveiling his new welfare plan at a church in Washin...

Feb 27, 2002 / David Corn

Artists Strike a Chord Artists Strike a Chord

Johnny Temple plays bass guitar in the rock bands Girls Against Boys and New Wet Kojak and is the publisher of Akashic Books (www.akashicbooks.com).