Generation Ex- Generation Ex-
To judge from magazine covers, the American divorce rate is either a disaster for children or no problem at all. First came the famous "Dan Quayle Was Right" article in The Atlan...
Nov 27, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Andrew J. Cherlin
‘Torture Them’ ‘Torture Them’
Do we want a Vice President who endorses illegal detention and torture of Palestinians? Anthony Cordesman, a national security type frequently deployed as a television pundit, re...
Nov 27, 2000 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Butler: Is It All Greek? Butler: Is It All Greek?
Judith Butler, who is a Maxine Elliot Professor of Rhetoric and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley, is a troublemaker. She announced as much when sh...
Nov 27, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Georgette Fleischer
Antichoice Intimidation Antichoice Intimidation
While partisans debate whether a victorious George W. Bush would nominate Supreme Court Justices who would overturn Roe v.
Nov 27, 2000 / Katha Pollitt
Globalization From Below Globalization From Below
International solidarity is the key to consolidating the legacy of Seattle.
Nov 16, 2000 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher
The Butterfly Election The Butterfly Election
On Tuesday, November 14, exactly one week after Election Day (and with no President yet in sight), a notable though little-noted disclosure was made to the public. I do not mean ...
Nov 16, 2000 / Jonathan Schell
Caught in the WAVE Caught in the WAVE
A corporate antiviolence program targets students who don't fit in.
Nov 16, 2000 / Feature / Jane Spencer
Left in Shambles Left in Shambles
Providence put me on a panel debating the Gore/Nader choice with Cornel West at New York University in late October. Most of the audience was for Nader, and the lineup on stage d...
Nov 10, 2000 / Column / Eric Alterman
Measures That Mattered Measures That Mattered
As the media obsessed over the seesaw presidential poll, voters across the country quietly made their choices on more than 200 disparate ballot measures and initiatives. For prog...
Nov 10, 2000 / Marc Cooper
Indian Country, NY Indian Country, NY
A land-claim suit is pitting Oneidas against other upstate residents.
Nov 10, 2000 / Feature / Beverly Gage