Axing Higher Ed Axing Higher Ed
One of the many casualties of our national obsession with the war on Iraq is the emerging crisis of America's public colleges and universities.
May 1, 2003 / Editorial / Stanley Aronowitz
Sodomy for Some Sodomy for Some
So it looks like Rick Santorum won't go the way of Trent Lott.
May 1, 2003 / Editorial / Richard Kim
Fear, Truth and SARS Fear, Truth and SARS
By focusing only on the worst-case scenarios regarding the spread of SARS, the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control are trying to control the populace ...
Apr 30, 2003 / Feature / Dr. Marc Siegel
Militants at the Crossroads Militants at the Crossroads
When Ayatollah Abdel Majid al-Khoei was stabbed to death earlier this month by a mob in Shiite Islam's holiest mosque, the bloody event was widely described as a blow to the forc...
Apr 24, 2003 / Feature / Ari Z. Weisbard
Screened Out Screened Out
How 'fighting terrorism' became a bludgeon in Bush's assault on labor.
Apr 24, 2003 / Feature / David Bacon
New America New America
Over dinner recently, a friend of mine mused that "at least it's not as bad as the McCarthy era." Perhaps not.
Apr 24, 2003 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
The Decline and Fall of American Journalism The Decline and Fall of American Journalism
As a million Shiite pilgrims streamed toward Karbala shouting, "No to America, no to Saddam, no to tyranny, no to Israel!" can't you just imagine the plash of complacent I Told...
Apr 24, 2003 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
Crackdown in Cuba Crackdown in Cuba
The arrest and long-term imprisonment of dozens of dissidents in Cuba and the rapid execution of three men who had attempted to hijack a boat were deplorable.
Apr 24, 2003 / Editorial / Wayne S. Smith
The Public Is the Enemy The Public Is the Enemy
On March 22, a few hundred peaceful antiwar protesters in Seattle who had gathered around the Federal Building suddenly found themselves being swept down streets by officers in...
Apr 24, 2003 / Editorial / Silja J.A. Talvi
Driving While Immigrant Driving While Immigrant
Emboldened by the "success" of its preventive war in Iraq, the Bush Administration appears to be expanding its preventive law-enforcement strategy at home.
Apr 24, 2003 / Editorial / David Cole