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Freedom of Choice Talking Points Freedom of Choice Talking Points

Though polls consistently show a majority of Americans supporting freedom of choice, abortion rights are facing their greatest attack since the Supreme Court decision Roe V.

May 1, 2003 / Editorial / Jonah Engle

Fear and Its Discontents Fear and Its Discontents

I n March for my online column "Ask Dr.

May 1, 2003 / Editorial / Dr. Marc Siegel

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

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