An Old City Seeks a New Model An Old City Seeks a New Model
In early December 1984, an undercover police officer named Marcellus Ward met with a pair of heroin dealers above a candy store in southwest Baltimore.
Sep 2, 1999 / Feature / Joshua Wolf Shenk
Remembering the 1993 Healthcare Debate While Listening to the 1999 Healthcare Debate Remembering the 1993 Healthcare Debate While Listening to the 1999 Healthcare Debate
The single-payer system, it was said, Has faults that go beyond the fact it's Red: If any faceless bureaucrat decreed That surgery the doctor says you need
Jul 22, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Millions for Viagra, Pennies for Diseases of the Poor Millions for Viagra, Pennies for Diseases of the Poor
Almost three times as many people, most of them in tropical countries of the Third World, die of preventable, curable diseases as die of AIDS.
Jul 1, 1999 / Feature / Ken Silverstein
The Shame of our Nursing Homes The Shame of our Nursing Homes
Research assistance was provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute.
Mar 11, 1999 / Feature / Eric Bates
More Beds, More Money More Beds, More Money
Beverly Enterprises controls more than 60,000 nursing-home beds, more than any other company worldwide.
Mar 11, 1999 / Feature / Eric Bates