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Vol. 061 Issue 006 (June 1 1997)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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EDITOR'S NOTE
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Rothschild, Matthew
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EDITOR'S NOTE Matthew Rothschild Lemonade Stand The Supreme Court recently pulled the plug on fusion politics. It ruled that states could deny small political parties the right to run major-party...
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LETTERS
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LETTERS to the Editor McCain-Feingold to the Rescue There is a line of argument making the rounds these days ("Small Favors," April and May issues) that the McCain-Feingold...
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COMMENT
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COMMENT The Volunteer State 'Compared to what has been removed from the beneficial side, low-income family lives will not nearly be restored by this.' —Jimmy Carter, speaking at the Presidential...
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FURTHER COMMENT
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NICHOLS, JOHN
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FURTHER COMMENT John Nichols The English Lesson It's not quite a victory for socialism, is it?" mused Tony Benn, the radical conscience of British politics, as he and I watched election returns...
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NO COMMENT
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N O C O M M E N T juvenile Justice An item in the Boston Globe, datelined Morrisville, Pennsylvania: "Constables are being offered a $500 bounty for each student who they find is illegally...
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NIKE KNOCKING ON HEAVEN'S GATE
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Durst, Will
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OFF THE MAP Will Durst Nike Knocking On Heaven's Gate So let me get this straight: Newt Gingrich pays off the $300,000 fine he received from the Congressional Ethics Committee for copping a plea...
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ON THE LINE
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SLAUGHTER, JANE; Ervin, Mike; Fantle, Will; Laskin, Tom
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O N T H E L I N E Victory in Guatemala Guatemala City A coordinated campaign by Guatemalan maquiladora workers and their North American supporters has forced shirtmaker Phillips-Van Heusen to the...
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SULTANS OF ACADEME
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Douglas, Susan
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PUNDIT WATCH Susan Douglas Sultans of Academe Ah, springtime. When the journalistic heart turns to themes du printemps, like golf (I am Tiger Woods); graduation (How Colleges are Gouging U); and...
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IDAHO'S ENEMIES
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Clair, Jeffrey St.; Cockburn, Alexander
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IDAHO'S E N E M I E S The National Guard counts environmentalists among them BY JEFFREY ST. CLAIR AND ALEXANDER COCKBURN On Valentine's Day this year, Pam Allister went out to lunch and returned...
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GOING NUCLEAR
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Middlewood, Erin
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GOING Nucle BY ERIN MIDDLEWOOD Your check to the electric company might soon become a subsidy for nuclear weapons. Public-utility companies around the country are vying to produce tritium, a...
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HIGH WATTAGE
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Conniff, Ruth
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High Wattage Consumer front groups wire the debate on deregulation BY RUTH CONNIFF ang onto your wallet. Big companies and their friends in Congress are launching a crusade they say will help...
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POEM
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Agosin, Marjorie
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POEM Marjorie Agosin La Extranjera Buscards otro paisaje para hablar con tus muertos. Ninguna palabra responderd a las voces de tus amores. Inventaris otra mirada y te desplazaras...
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GREENSPAN ON THE GRILL
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Greenspan ON THE GRILL Editor's Note: On March 5, Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan testified before the House Banking Committee's Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary...
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A CANDIDATE FOR 2000?
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NICHOLS, JOHN
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A Cand date for 2000 ? Paul Wellstone ponders a bid for the White Housa BY JOHN NICHOLS Paul Wellstone is restless. After defying the odds by winning a second term in the U.S. Senate, he could...
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INSIDE OUT
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Blanchard, Bob
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Out Arthur Dong gets to know gay-bashers BY BOB BLANCHARD Twenty years ago, documentary filmmaker Arthur Dong was attacked on the streets of San Francisco by gay-bashers. He narrowly escaped, and...
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THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW WILLIAM GREIDER
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Press, Eyal
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THE PROGRESSIVE INTERV I E W William Greider 'Let's go through the whole bloody government and ask the question: Who is really getting all of these subsidies, and are they creating jobs?' BY EYAL...
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FORT BRAG
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Clinton, Kate
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UNPLUGGED Kate Clinton Fort Brag Attention Bill Nye, Science Guy— galactic update! Scientists have discovered that there is a North-South axis in the galaxy, but they are reluctant to say which...
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BOOKS
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Churchill, Ward
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BOOKS A Force, Briefly, to Reckon With Like a Hurricane: The American Indian Movement From Alcatraz to Wounded Knee by Paul Chaat Smith and Robert Allen Warrior The New Press. 400 pages....
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HOSTAGE TO DIMWITS
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Ivins, Molly
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SMALL FAVORS Molly Ivins Hostage to Dimwits Of course we're sort of embarrassed about the Texas separatists who took two hostages, traded them for a fellow separatist, and then squared off with...
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