Politics

The Battle of Genoa The Battle of Genoa

Organizers of the anti-G8 protest in Genoa say that 200,000 people came from all over Italy and Europe to join the mammoth demonstration yesterday.

Jul 21, 2001 / Feature / Walden Bello

In Fact… In Fact…

WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR REBATE? Starting the week of July 23, many Americans will begin receiving tax "rebates" as part of George W. Bush's massive tax-cut scheme aimed at helping ...

Jul 12, 2001 / The Editors

Music for Chameleons Music for Chameleons

When they came for Newton Arvin, as he had always known they someday would--the sex cops, the truth squad, the Cossacks, fathers and philistines--he spilled his beings. In the cro...

Jul 12, 2001 / Books & the Arts / John Leonard

Unite and Conquer Unite and Conquer

Los Angeles organizers may have clinched the city's title as a laboratory for cutting-edge economic justice policy with a deal concluded in late May between grassroots groups and ...

Jul 12, 2001 / Feature / Bobbi Murray

Living Wage Comes of Age Living Wage Comes of Age

An increasingly sophisticated movement has put opponents on the defensive.

Jul 12, 2001 / Feature / Bobbi Murray

Gender Unbender Gender Unbender

Pierre Bourdieu's newsworthiness has become news. The profile of him in the New York Times deals more with how bright his star is than with its substance, and quite a bit of the a...

Jul 12, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Paul Reitter

A.I. at Universal U A.I. at Universal U

Thinks..., David Lodge's new novel about cognitive science, university politics and marital infidelity, shows once again the author's knack for making intellectual concepts user-f...

Jul 12, 2001 / Books & the Arts / David L. Sweet

A Strong Dollar Clouds Prospects For Quick Rebound A Strong Dollar Clouds Prospects For Quick Rebound

      --Headline, New York Times The dollar's strong. That must be good. It's doing what a dollar should. Not so. The world cannot afford our...

Jul 12, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Letters Letters

THE HUDSON, THE MOON, THE JEJUNE Washington, DC Eric Alterman's July 2 "Full-Court Press" insinuates that the Hudson Institute "sent [scholar Evan Gahr] pa...

Jul 12, 2001 / Our Readers

Virtual Pinocchio Virtual Pinocchio

Why did Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick want Spielberg to direct Kubrick's A.I., the fable of a robot who wants a human mother's love? Imagine the personals ad Kubrick might ...

Jul 12, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Tim Appelo

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