Science or Politics?

A question for the new millennium: When there is no paper, is there still a paper trail? Answer: Not unless you vacuum the Internet and print the download.

Terry J. Allen

Diamonds of Death

A tough bill is falling victim to the power of warlords and corporations. Meanwhile, diamond sales pay for wars that are killing thousands in Africa.

Ken Silverstein

A Fairness Agenda for the Bush Era

In the clash over tax cuts and social programs, much of what progressives need to do is defensive. But it would be a mistake not to float new ideas, too.

Peter Edelman

Preserving the Urban Dynamic

Cities that say no to new malls and superstores are enjoying regeneration.

Roberta Brandes Gratz

Pundits Who Predict the Future Are Always Wrong

A glance back to 1964 shows that predictions are always wrong and always political--and that the left's possibilities may be greater than they seem.

Rick Perlstein

Nation Notes

We're pleased to announce that Jamie Lincoln Kitman's special report, "The Secret History of Lead" (March 20, 2000), has been awarded the Investigative Reporters and Editors' highest honor for 2000: the IRE Medal. The IRE, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of investigative reporting, singled out Kitman's revelations of continuing sales of leaded gas to the Third World after it was banned in the United States in 1986 and said that his report "reads like a classic turn-of-the-century muckraking piece.... The research manifested here is nothing short of breathtaking." The article was made possible by a grant from the Investigative Fund of the Nation Institute.

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The Doctor Killers

Bruce Shapiro

Back to the Bay of Pigs

John Dinges

Beyond McCain-Feingold

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In Fact…

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Publish or Speech Perishes

Victor Navasky

Commies and the Conservatives Who Love Them

Eric Alterman

Stones, Glass Houses, Sontag and Said

Alexander Cockburn

The McCain-Feingold Bill

McCain and Feingold seem to have Big Mo:
Soft money could now face a total ban.
Which means some folks who've bought pols in the past
Need now select a different purchase plan.

Calvin Trillin

Bush Could Really Use a Fireside Chat With FDR

Robert Scheer

On the Record: Toward a Union Label

Courtney Love's plea to fellow recording artists to join her in the creation of a new musicians' guild, printed below, is the latest blow to the beleaguered "Big Five