CCA, the Sequel CCA, the Sequel
James Neal is a short, muscular man with close-cropped hair who has spent the past twelve years behind bars for armed robbery.
May 20, 1999 / Feature / Eric Bates
Texaco on Trial Texaco on Trial
Like virtually everyone else in San Carlos, Ecuador, Hugo Ureña never imagined that danger might lurk in the shiny black liquid that began appearing in the water near his ho...
May 13, 1999 / Feature / Eyal Press
On the Virtual Picket Line On the Virtual Picket Line
The unfortunate flaw in From the Telegraph to the Internet is its title, which suggests a highly specialized account of an industry when in fact it is a deeply moving narrative ...
May 13, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Marcus G. Raskin
The Guns of Littleton The Guns of Littleton
Dylan Klebold "is intelligent enough to make any dream a reality," a juvenile court counselor wrote last year.
Apr 29, 1999 / Editorial / Bruce Shapiro
World Culture War World Culture War
In the past ten years, nationalist, communalist and religious fundamentalist social movements have surfaced all over the world, moving into the power vacuum created as local elit...
Apr 29, 1999 / Feature / Meredith Tax
The Trials of the Millennium The Trials of the Millennium
As New York City braces itself for the trials of two sets of police officers accused in the injury of Abner Louima and the death of Amadou Diallo, perhaps it's time to cull a lis...
Apr 21, 1999 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Whose Pacifica? Whose Pacifica?
There's a scene in The Godfather when Clemenza, anticipating the outbreak of a full-scale war between the families, nonchalantly remarks to young Mikey Corleone: "This thing's go...
Apr 21, 1999 / Editorial / Marc Cooper
Voucher Veto Voucher Veto
In an effort to find common political ground on the vexing issue of public school reform, The Nation passes on to its readers a set of provocative proposals from Ron K.
Apr 15, 1999 / Editorial / Ron K. Unz
The Education of Mike Milken The Education of Mike Milken
"'Gotta go to Moraga!' That's what everybody says," notes a visitor to the Oz-like place where the American educational revolution is being plotted: "That's the code word for go...
Apr 15, 1999 / Feature / Russ Baker
Rebellion at Pacifica Rebellion at Pacifica
One in five people in America lives within reach of the FM frequencies of the Pacifica radio network, which consists of stations in Berkeley, Los Angeles, New York, Washington an...
Apr 8, 1999 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn