| MEMO FROM THE EDITOR | 4 |
| LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | 6 |
| COMMENT | 9 |
| NO COMMENT | 13 |
| DATELINES | 14 |
| Jr, Mike Wettstein & Gormican, John & Gannon, Kathy & Schulz, William F. | |
| SMALL FAVORS | 17 |
| Ivins, Molly | |
| BLACK POLITICS IN CRISIS | 18 |
| Marable, Manning | |
| OR YOUR LIFE | 24 |
| Downs, Peter | |
| OFF WITH THEIR HEADS | 29 |
| Kaku, Michio & Axelrod, Daniel | |
| WHICH SIDE ARE THEY ON? | 32 |
| Slaughter, Ane | |
| DOWN ON MAIN STREET | 36 |
| Aufderheide, Pat | |
| BOOKS | 38 |
| Landau, Saul | |
| REPORT CARD | 42 |
| PUZZLE | 47 |
| Cox, Emily & Rathvon, Henry | |
| THE LAST WORD | 50 |
| Rocawich, Linda |
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