The Terror at Jaslyk The Terror at Jaslyk
In the desert steppe of northwestern Uzbekistan, great dust storms lift toxic pesticides into the air, and a powdery, desiccated brine known as the "dry tears of the Aral Sea" co...
Apr 13, 2004 / Feature / Raffi Khatchadourian
In Praise of Diasporism, or, Three Cheers for Irving Berlin In Praise of Diasporism, or, Three Cheers for Irving Berlin
This is no time for petty feuds over doctrinal purity, but for organized resistance to the Occupation.
Apr 9, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Adam Shatz
L’Amérique, Mon Amour L’Amérique, Mon Amour
Along with the Bible and Moby-Dick, Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America has got to be one of the world's least-read classics.
Apr 8, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare
Dishonest, Moronic or Both? Dishonest, Moronic or Both?
Grover Norquist, the right's premier political organizer, once told me that the most significant difference between liberal journalists and conservative journalists is that t...
Apr 8, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
Prison Without Walls Prison Without Walls
Our nation's two-decade spree of building prisons and sentencing even nonviolent criminals to long spells inside them has produced a staggering number of incarcerated people in A...
Apr 8, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Egan
Condemned to Death Condemned to Death
Thanks to the US-led drug war, AIDS is exploding among injection drug users.
Apr 8, 2004 / Feature / Daniel Wolfe
Pregnant and Dangerous Pregnant and Dangerous
The good news is that Utah has dropped murder charges against Melissa Rowland, who rejected her doctors' advice to undergo an immediate Caesarean section and gave birth to a stil...
Apr 8, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Bush, AIDS, Big Pharma Bush, AIDS, Big Pharma
When George W. Bush announced a $15 billion Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in his 2003 State of the Union address, he compared the fight against AIDS to the war on terrorism.
Apr 8, 2004 / Editorial / The Editors
Justice in Philly (Finally) Justice in Philly (Finally)
Just a few months before this summer's Republican National Convention in New York, the last three protesters to go to trial on charges stemming from the GOP convention in Philade...
Apr 8, 2004 / Feature / Michael Blanding
Lying in Wait Lying in Wait
On the eve of mass protests, police tell tales that turn out not to be true.
Apr 1, 2004 / Feature / David Graeber