Pill of Choice Pill of Choice
It took twelve years for the FDA to approve mifepristone--also known as RU-486--and most of that time had less to do with medicine than with the politics of abortion. Still, th...
Oct 5, 2000 / Editorial / The Editors
Social Pseudoscience Social Pseudoscience
Every five years the psychologist Judith Wallerstein updates her ongoing study of 131 children whose parents were going through divorce in Marin County, California, in 1971, an...
Oct 5, 2000 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Stem the Tide of Research? Fuhgeddaboutit Stem the Tide of Research? Fuhgeddaboutit
President Bush was not deterred by lack of expertise when it came to deciding a highly specialized scientific issue.
Aug 14, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
Why We Need a Care Movement Why We Need a Care Movement
We have the Bill of Rights and we have civil rights. Now we need a Right to Care, and it's going to take a movement to get it.
Feb 23, 2000 / Feature / Deborah Stone
Medical Rebels Medical Rebels
Research support for this article was provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute.
Feb 3, 2000 / Feature / Katherine Eban Finkelstein
The Politics of Food The Politics of Food
Case sawed shakily at his steak, reducing it to uneaten bite-sized fragments, which he pushed around in the rich sauce.... "Jesus," Molly said, her own plate empty, "gimme that.
Dec 9, 1999 / Feature / Maria Margaronis
Food Fight Comes to America Food Fight Comes to America
As the international uprising against genetically engineered (GE) foods continues to grow, the worst fear of US government and business officials is that the commotion abroad wil...
Dec 9, 1999 / Feature / Maria Margaronis
Bradley Does Healthcare Bradley Does Healthcare
With his recent speech on healthcare, Bill Bradley has moved the worsening plight of the uninsured back into the spotlight.
Oct 7, 1999 / Editorial / Jacob S. Hacker
Inherit an Ill Wind Inherit an Ill Wind
Way down in Georgia last month, REM lead singer Michael Stipe paused in the middle of a solo during a rock concert because he had Kansas on his mind.
Sep 16, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Larry Witham and Edward Larson
Weird Science Weird Science
My first thought upon hearing that the Kansas state education board had removed evolution from its mandatory curriculum was: Go ahead! Be like that! Handicap your kids for life.
Sep 2, 1999 / Column / Katha Pollitt