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American Crucible: Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century By Gary Gerstle Princeton University Press When… more
American Crucible: Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century By Gary Gerstle Princeton University Press When… more
In history's vast and dark gallery of murderous heads of state, Slobodan Milosevic is the first to be brought… more
A political-economic thought experiment: Imagine that every piece of clothing you wear, every piece of furniture you own, and… more
When Bush, Cheney and the conservative ideologues pontificate on the American appetite for energy as an indicator of rational… more
Typically when you bring up the subject of values progressives flinch, as if they were about to be hit… more
Cincinnati Mayor Charlie Luken has announced plans to appoint a commission to study the three days of racial protest,… more
No one is cleaning up the Pentagon's hazardous messes
BVM or ATM? 4.5 In addition to the countless statues around the globe she causes to wiggle and weep,… more
The single most dramatic moment of the protests in Quebec came on the first day of the summit, when… more
Maude Barlow, chairwoman of the Council of Canadians, is condemned for not calling off "Maude's Mob." Activist Jaggi Singh… more
An Alabama contractor's ties to the downing of a plane of missioaries in Peru.
Memento Written and directed by Christopher Nolan Returning to the scene of your crime is, generally speaking, not the… more
In the beginning was the Ramones. You can still hear impassioned barroom arguments about where punk-rock started--New York? London?… more
That's Entertainment 9.3 In what is possibly the most metaphorically suggestive case in the history of jurisprudence, two California… more
We Owe You Nothing Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews Edited by Daniel Sinker Akashic BooksMaking… more
Unacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public Sphere By Christopher Hitchens Verso 358 pages, $25 It has been my amazing… more
The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World, 1700-2000 By Niall Ferguson Basic Books 552 pages, $30… more
Bush's "faith-based" initiative has been running into problems. Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell expressed alarm about just who might… more
Growing up in the United States, each American child is taught that everyone is created equal and therefore has… more
In December, President Clinton announced what were supposed to be final regulations governing medical privacy. The regulations contained two… more
What's the difference between the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio and In These Times?… more
The Old Switcheroo 3.9 These days, with presidents selling pardons and fugitive money-launderers sitting on senators' fundraising committees, the… more
In the spring of 1997, after four years of research and writing, I published Living Downstream, a book that… more
Women of Vision: Histories in Feminist Film and Video Edited by Alexandra Juhasz University of Minnesota Press 280 pages,… more
I have been to the revolution, and I have good news: It tastes fantastic. To clarify: I have been… more
The biggest shock to emerge so far from preliminary results of the 2000 Census has been the enormous growth… more
During the 2000 presidential campaign, George W. Bush focused on a five-point program: tax cuts, education spending, military spending,… more
Good soldiers get promoted, and Otto Reich, the designated assistant secretary of state for Latin America, was a good… more
Deregulation of the energy industry was supposed to bring lower prices through the invisible hand of the free market.… more
In February, Indonesia's Dayaks drew international attention after the gruesome killings of hundreds of Indonesian settlers, even decapitating some… more
National drug policy will be more conservative than compassionate
On the surface, at the dawn of the Bush administration's Old World Order, things look pretty gloomy for feminists.… more