magazine January 7, 2002

History Lessons

What Bush should have learned from the Cold War

By Doug Ireland    middle east

Forgotten Freedoms

Citizens of the United States, be advised that the federal government can now examine your medical, educational and… more

By Salim Muwakkil    civil liberties

The Prison As Laboratory

Experimental medical research on inmates is on the rise.

By Silja J.A. Talvi   

Better Luck Next Year

The AFL-CIO regroups and hopes to rebound in 2002.

By David Moberg   

Drug War Retreat

England moves to decriminalize narcotics.

movies

Royals, Lords, Jesters

High drama, long-winded sagas, maybe even a little violence: Soon many of us will be returning home to… more

By Joshua Rothkopf   

music

My Favorite Coltrane

Jazz is an individual art that is best expressed collectively, so that the greatest jazz musicians invariably stand… more

By G. Pascal Zachary