Jubilee 2000: Paying Our Debts Jubilee 2000: Paying Our Debts
A massive natural disaster reminds us why people worldwide have been engaged by the issue of debt relief.
Apr 5, 2000 / Feature / Robert W. Edgar
Free Trade and the ‘Starving Child’ Defense Free Trade and the ‘Starving Child’ Defense
Ajit Singh Ajit Singh, who graduated from Punjab University and obtained his PhD at the University of California, Berkeley, is professor of economics at Cambridge University.
Apr 5, 2000 / Feature / Various Contributors
Still With Us Still With Us
The editors of The New York Times Magazine had a good idea recently.
Apr 5, 2000 / Column / Eric Alterman
Microsoft: Judgment Day Microsoft: Judgment Day
Despite all the palaver, the denouement came quickly.
Apr 5, 2000 / Editorial / Eben Moglen
Pakistan on the Brink Pakistan on the Brink
Pakistan today is a complete mess, a sad example of what can happen when a once-favored "frontline state" is reduced to the status of a cold war orphan.
Bush Crawls Into Bed With the Money Lenders Bush Crawls Into Bed With the Money Lenders
If only George W. Bush were content to merely market nights in the Lincoln Bedroom or issue some questionable pardons, the public would be much better off. But no, the new Pres...
Mar 30, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
Shopping Till We Drop Shopping Till We Drop
During the past two decades, as random financial crises visited various fast-growing economies, we have become familiar, after the fact, with the profile of a developing country ...
Mar 22, 2000 / Feature / William Greider
Runaway Shops Runaway Shops
Remember those great scenes in Blues Brothers 2000 that evoked the urban grit and soul of southside Chicago and Joliet? Well, sorry.
Mar 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Marc Cooper
Temps Demand a New Deal Temps Demand a New Deal
With this issue, we resume our 'What Works' series, which explores effective projects and strategies for improving people's lives through progressive social change. &nb...
Mar 9, 2000 / Feature / Christopher D. Cook
From Crimson to Coal Seam From Crimson to Coal Seam
I first heard about Powers Hapgood while working at the United Mine Workers, an organization he had tried to change fifty years earlier.
Mar 2, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Steve Early