How We Made the Balkans How We Made the Balkans
When the Pulitzer prizes were announced in April, surprisingly none of the hundreds of journalists covering the war in the Balkans last year were among the winners.
May 25, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Dusko Doder
China and Globalism China and Globalism
The politics of trade will always contrive to decide the most fateful questions in private while leaving public debate to chew over narrow, derivative issues.
May 18, 2000 / William Greider
Sartre’s Roads to Freedom Sartre’s Roads to Freedom
Asked where he was coming from, my friend's son replied, “From the demo against the death of Sartre.” It was April 19, 1980, and the definition fitted perfectly…
May 18, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Singer
The Battle of Vieques The Battle of Vieques
Puerto Ricans’ opposition to the Navy’s suffocating presence had been brewing long before the sit-in.
May 11, 2000 / Ed Morales
Underground Against the Taliban Underground Against the Taliban
The atrocities of the Afghan Taliban toward women have been widely reported in the Western press: women banned from work; forbidden to leave their homes unless shrouded in the bu...
May 11, 2000 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Copyright as Censorship Copyright as Censorship
The British government, increasingly desperate to silence a former MI5 intelligence officer who has been campaigning to expose government misconduct, has sued him and a London ne...
May 3, 2000 / Feature / Jon Wiener
Presidents, Not Kerreys, Bred Horror of Vietnam Presidents, Not Kerreys, Bred Horror of Vietnam
A tangled web of disingenuous calculation marked developments there, and the public was the more deceived.
May 1, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
Elián Sí, Cold War No Elián Sí, Cold War No
It will be a long time before we forget the picture flashed around the world of Elián González being rescued at gunpoint.
Apr 27, 2000 / The Editors
History and the Holocaust History and the Holocaust
"This trial," said the plaintiff, David Irving, "is not really about what happened in the Holocaust." Opposing counsel agreed: "The essence of the case is Mr.
Apr 13, 2000 / D.D. Guttenplan
Extending the Elián González Policy Extending the Elián González Policy
Yes, any Cuban kid would thrive right here.
At Disney World he'd surely have a ball.
And over there he lacks what we revere.
So maybe we should simply snatch them all.
Apr 5, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin