Politics

The Power of Music The Power of Music

Talking With Eddie Vedder, Boots Riley, Amy Ray, Carrie Brownstein, Tom Morello

Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Ann Powers

Russell Simmons’s Rap Russell Simmons’s Rap

Russell Simmons, known for decades as Rush to his friends, is of average height and build for a man his age (45), with a cleanshaven face, bald dome and light complexion.

Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Miles Marshall Lewis

A Sorry Lott A Sorry Lott

Trent Lott has grudgingly relinquished his grip on the Senate majority leader post, but that doesn't mean that the Republican Party has purged "the spirit of Jefferson Davis" t...

Dec 23, 2002 / The Editors

On Not Running For the Presidency On Not Running For the Presidency

We now feel warm toward Albert Gore,
Who will not run in aughty-four.
Most candidates, I must admit,
Seem at their best the day they quit.

Dec 23, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Healthcare for All–Now Healthcare for All–Now

If there were a firing squad for political rhetoric, the phrase "single payer" would have to be placed against the wall and blown away.

Dec 18, 2002 / David Corn

The ‘Public Interest’ The ‘Public Interest’

For years Pittsburghers have witnessed the low regard in which public television station WQED holds its second channel, WQEX.

Dec 18, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Bill O’Driscoll

In Fact… In Fact…

NEW SCHOOL MANNERS

Dec 18, 2002 / The Editors

It’s That Time Again… It’s That Time Again…

What a rotten year!

Dec 18, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Raines of Fire Raines of Fire

New York Times executive editor Howell Raines shares, with his fellow liberal Southerner Al Gore, a talent for driving his opponents batty.

Dec 18, 2002 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Moral Quandary The Moral Quandary

In late November, the journalism department at New York University hosted a forum on Iraq.

Dec 18, 2002 / Feature / Michael Massing

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