The V-Word Is Heard The V-Word Is Heard
That 18,000 people--mostly female--filled Madison Square Garden, a basilica of boy-sport theology, on February 10 to watch a celebrity-packed performance of The Vagina Monologues...
Feb 15, 2001 / Margaret Spillane
WBAI—The Coup on Wall Street WBAI—The Coup on Wall Street
Radio station WBAI is under attack from within in order to silence radical dissent.
Feb 15, 2001 / Mumia Abu-Jamal
Sorry, Wrong President Sorry, Wrong President
New recounts show that the wrong man is in the Oval Office.
Feb 8, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman
Porn’s Compassionate Conservatism Porn’s Compassionate Conservatism
With a more prudish administration assuming office, pornographers are carefully tailoring their product so as not to offend—or be the target of investigations.
Feb 8, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Mark Cromer
Bush Medicine for Africa Bush Medicine for Africa
The Bush Administration's health policies for Africa basically amount to the moral equivalent of the death penalty for 25 million people.
Feb 8, 2001 / Salih Booker
Greedlock in Congress Greedlock in Congress
Single-payer healthcare is favored by the public, yet the insurance industry has too much to lose if it is enacted.
Feb 8, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Kip Sullivan
The Times and Wen Ho Lee The Times and Wen Ho Lee
The paper of record has a curiously difficult time reporting the 'Chinese espionage' case.
Feb 8, 2001 / Robert Scheer
Mexico’s US Problem Mexico’s US Problem
As Mexican president Vicente Fox begins his historic administration, the most difficult and abrasive issue that both he and the United States must confront is the continuing flow ...
Feb 7, 2001 / Feature / Bob Filner
Ashcroft’s Brand of Justice Ashcroft’s Brand of Justice
John Ashcroft took office swearing on a stack of Bibles--on three of them, actually, one for each of his children--to run "a professional Justice Department that is free from poli...
Feb 6, 2001 / The Editors
Letter From Manila Letter From Manila
Estrada is gone, but corruption remains.
Feb 1, 2001 / Feature / Walden Bello