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The Pinochet Principle

The arrest of Augusto Pinochet in England more than a year ago stunned the world and emboldened those seeking to bring dictators and war criminals to justice.

Roane Carey

Medical Rebels

Research support for this article was provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute.

Katherine Eban Finkelstein

The Beat

The Beat

Sea Turtles Redux?

John Nichols

Morning After in NH

It was the last question at the last New Hampshire town meeting for Bill Bradley.

David Corn

Justice for Bernard Baran

On January 30, 1985, 19-year-old Bernard Baran was convicted of molesting five 3-, 4- and 5-year-old boys and girls at the Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) in Pittsfield, Massachusetts,

Katha Pollitt

Orrin Hatch Ends Whatever It Was

The Orrin Hatch campaign is done–
Kaput at last, without a doubt.
And now, perhaps, could someone please
Explain what that was all about?

Calvin Trillin

The Original Valley Girl

Bette Midler got her first starring role in the movies in 1979, playing the lead in The Rose, a thinly disguised biopic about Janis Joplin.

Stuart Klawans

Sweating Out the Words

Debbie Nathan

Bobby, He Hardly Knew Ye

Robert Scheer was the last journalist to interview Robert Kennedy.

Robert Scheer