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LOSING ON LOGGING
Taxpayer subsidies for national forest logging hit an all-time high
MAKING
THE GRADE
A five-point
plan to reform college athletics
FAR-RIGHT VIOLENCE SOARS IN GERMANY
Government seeks ban on neo-Nazi party
GLOBALIZATION
NIGHTMARE
Nothing is free
about free trade
SILENCE
IN THE FIELDS
How the U.S.
government invites abuse of foreign labor
SEX
WORK
Is it empowerment
or exploitation?
STOPPING
THE TORTURE TRADE
Amnesty International
report shines spotlight on companies
CLOTTING
FACTOR
The hidden danger
of flying
PEYOTE,
RELIGION & THE DRUG WAR
Is James Mooney
a drug pusher hiding behind religious freedom, or a Medicine Man
seeking spirituality?
BONGS
AWAY
The DEA gets
tough on retail smoke shops
HATE
ON THE MOVE
Kicked out of
their Idaho enclave, neo-Nazis have moved to Pennsylvania
WOMEN
& CHILDREN FOR SALE
The globalization
of sexual slavery
SEX
TESTS
How sexism and
bad science have teamed up against athletes
JUST
US
The Just Earth
campaign unites human rights and environmentalism
TAX
SCHEME
The working poor
are five times more likely to be audited than rich taxpayers
ROAD
HOGS?
Along with the
late-night tows, the maps and the insurance, AAA has an agenda that
may be no good for the environment
THE
HOLE TRUTH
Think the ozone
layer is yesterday's issue? Think again.
FADING
GREEN
Environmentally
friendly power is a victim of the California energy crisis
MAD
COWED
Is unsafe animal
feed creating the most devastating epidemic since AIDS?
LEAKY SHIP OF STATE
The
arrest of an alleged FBI "double agent" suggests American national
security was severely compromised during the Reagan-Bush era
SAFETY LAST
Auto
racing will speed past the Dale Earnhardt tragedy
MIDDLE EAST MAYHEM
Palestinian
fighter Baha' Said offers an important window into the Gaza Strip
conflict
IMMIGRATION FRONT
Border
activists take the moral high ground
HOT FOR TEACHER
Forget
black helicopters. Special forces training missions are the real
secret side of America's foreign policy.
AMERICAN MCHISTORY
In
writing "Fast Food Nation," Eric Schlosser discovered that the fast
food industry is a revolutionary force infiltrating every aspect
of contemporary society
SSN SOS
Government
agencies break the law by improperly demanding your Social Security
number
THE BITTER PILL
Is
ecstasy neurotoxic? Maybe, but maybe not.
UNDERSTANDING PASSION
The
whole story is often more than the sum of its body parts
REPAIRING THE PAST
Pondering
the logistics of paying reparations for slavery
UNUSUALLY CRUEL?
The
ACLU takes an Ohio "supermax" prison to court
SCREW U
The
bogus college-degree market is booming
DYING FOR OIL
Inside
the indigenous resistance to the Colombian oil rush
20,000 DECIBELS UNDER THE SEA
Will
the Navy's new sonar system harm sound-sensitive marine mammals?
BAD POLICY
The
United States remains the only major industrial power with a large
population lacking health insurance
THE CALIFORNIA ELECTRICITY SWINDLE
Is
it an early warning for other states not to follow deregulation,
or the shape of things to come?
TV TOUGHS
The
smashmouth XFL bets on broadcast success
HEAVY METAL DEATH
The Pentagon
has come up with a surefire way to get rid of nuclear waste: fire
it as depleted-uranium ammunition while engaged in foreign conflicts
FLIPPING THE BIRD
The Marine
Corps' MV-22 Osprey program comes under heavy fire
STRAIGHT SHOOTERS
The White Rose
Banquet brings together members of the Army of God, whose members
proudly celebrate their commitment to violence in defense of the
unborn
BRAIN DRAIN
When it comes to
mad cow disease, is the chemical industry playing dirty?
THE HIGH COST OF SPECTACLE
Why the Super Bowl
is bad business
THE DEBT
Does the federal
government owe the descendants of slaves $500 million?
THIRTEEN DAYS: THE REAL STORY
An ex-member of
the National Security Agency reveals that the Cuban Missile Crisis
involved submarines as well
ACCESS DENIED
Pageantry, police
and paranoia at the Bush inauguration
HOLLYWOOD INVASION
Has the Sundance
Film Festival become a victim of its own success?
BRACING FOR BUSH
A majority of Americans
hold their breath as the era of W is ushered in
DRUG RUN TO THE BORDER
Americans hit with
high prescription costs find relief in Mexico and Canada
WATERED STOCK WOES
While all eyes
are on the New Economy, a different stock crisis looms at the nation's
largest bank
WHAT "IT" IS
After the media
hype: Why a scooter may change the world. Seriously.
BIG HOUSE, BIG PROFITS
Are privatized
prisons influencing the political process?
TAKING THE E TRAIN
Ecstasy: Fast drug
for fast times?
HUMANITARIAN CANCER
The history of
depleted uranium shells and U.S. sponsored cancer in the Balkans
LEAD ASTRAY
Idaho's Silver
Valley has suffered the highest level of lead poisoning in the country.
So why do most residents want to stop cleaning it
COOLING ON GLOBAL WARMING
Time has likely
run out on the Kyoto Treaty
TOKIN' CRUSADE
Student drug reform
movement gathers steam
DREDGING
UP THE BAD STUFF
It's big bad
GE versus the EPA over upstate New York's Hudson River. But this
showdown is more complicated than it seems.
DEAD LINE
Who's responsible
for the increasing deaths of illegal Mexican border crossers?
BOOMER SOONER
Oklahoma will capture
its seventh national championship with a scintillating victory over
Florida State, according to a computer simulation
VIRTUAL SOVEREIGNTY
In cyberspace,
anyone can stake a claim to nationhood and rule with a scepter and
a mouse
WATERSHIP DOWN
The world faces
a dangerous liquid deficit
UNCLE SCROOGE
The
U.S. government ignores the world's neediest
WHO WILL BE THE EMANCIPATOR?
Modern slavery
still thrives. Several groups are finally rising up to stop it.
CULTURE OF CANCER
A health crisis
in Ukraine rages almost 15 years after Chernobyl, the world's worst
nuclear disaster
UNBLOCKING THE ROAD BLOCKS
Courts just say
no to drug roadblocks and random drunk-driving stops
RIGHTS & THONGS
Teens at a California
high school fight for the First Amendment, student privacy and the
right to wear thong underwear
EVERYTHING'S BIGGER IN TEXAS
The Texas Rangers
sign baseball's top free agent, Alex Rodriguez, for a quarter of
a billion dollars
THE BODY BURDEN
The roll call of
toxins pulsing through our bodies is chilling
MONETARY MIRAGE
Is the federal
budget surplus evaporating?
SUPREME COURT INTRIGUE
Justice Sandra
Day O'Connor, a supposed "swing vote" on the U.S. Supreme Court,
may have a personal incentive to ensure the election of George W.
Bush
HOW THE GEEKS STOLE CHRISTMAS
Adult collectors
are often more persistent than parents in tracking down hot toys
REALLY BIG BROTHER
The FBI is getting
Carnivorous
MAGIC BEANS
The controversial
movement toward selling "terminator seeds" to farmers picks up speed
TEXAS DEATH-PENALTY BARBECUE
With the election
almost over, Dubya's execution machine gears up
FOREST DISSERVICE
Suit says Feds
failed to protect fast-fading California spotted owl
THE HEAT'S STILL ON
How the U.S. torpedoed
the global climate talks
A COLOMBIAN LIVER WITH YOUR TURKISH CORNEA?
Why use Third World
children as prostitutes when you can just sell their organs?
DESIGNER BABIES
A Colorado couple
ups the ante on genetic engineering of children
DOWN FOR THE COUNT
For Duval County
Florida's African-American voters, invalid ballots are part of a
system that has long failed to represent them
THE HEAT IS ON
Students trek to
a Netherlands summit to fight for climate control
NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
A border vigilante
sniffs out reward money, but risks getting a noseful of bullets
AN END TO EXECUTIONS?
Death penalty abolition
gains support as DNA testing casts doubt on Death Row convictions
BREATH OF LIFE
Asthma is a skyrocketing
problem, and it's targeting children first
SEEING THE FOREST FOR THE TREES
The Mexican rainforest
is disappearing, and the coffee you drink has a lot to do with it
CANNABIS ARMISTICE
Voters just say
no to the war on drugs
THE CAMPAIGN ISSUE THAT WASN'T
Dick Cheney's oil
company engaged in shady business deals with Iraq
BEYOND MISTAKES IN FLORIDA
Allegations of
outright vote fraud are leveled at shady supporters of George W.
Bush
THE PLAGUE WITHIN
An emerging theory
suggests germs, not genes, may cause everything from obesity to
cancer
MISSOURI: THE REAL SWING STATE
You think things
in Florida are crazy? You should see what's happening in the Show-Me
State.
STATES' RIGHTS & DUI
President Clinton
recently signed a bill that will take away federal highway dollars
from states that fail to tighten drunk-driving standards
RETURN OF THE BULL MOOSE
Look out Republican
Party: Here come the young Bulls
JUST SAY WAR
U.S. strategy gives
kids more access to drugs--and a more dangerous world
FLUNKING OUT?
The perils of the
electoral college
ARRESTING DEVELOPMENT
Can we really trust
George W. Bush?
BUSH'S MYSTERIOUS $40 TRILLION
Analyzing George
W. Bush's claim that Al Gore's Social Security plan will produce
a $40 trillion debt by 2050
NADER TAKES THE HEAT
After a week of
intense attacks by Al Gore and his liberal supporters, Ralph Nader
holds his ground
IMMIGRATION FRIEND OR FOE?
Ralph Nader sketches
out an immigration policy unlike anything the United States has
ever seen
SOCIAL INSECURITY
The elderly aren't
the only ones who may lose
STUMPED SPEECH
Political ads are
a goldmine for TV stations. Is that why they're cutting campaign
coverage?
BEYOND & BACK
Contacting the
dead is not what you think--it's about healing, not Halloween
COLE THWARTER?
A CIA report lends
credence to the idea that terrorist Osama bin Laden may have been
behind the bombing of a U.S. ship in Yemen
ANARCHY IN THE U.S.
The millennium
marks the return of anarchy as a real force for change
GLOBAL WARMING: IS IT TOO LATE?
The planet is heating
more rapidly than at any time in the last 10,000 years, and reversing
the trend will be mighty difficult
JUSTICE DELAYED
Exxon still hasn't
paid the Valdez oil-spill victims
STADIUM EXPLOSION
A building spree
of publicly funded sports arenas has swept not only U.S. professional
sports, but also college athletics
QUIET IN THE WORLD'S SUPERMARKET
The apparent immunity
deal given to the top two executives at Archer Daniels Midland raises
some tough questions that need to be answered
JUST SAYING NO
Bolivians reject
the U.S. drug war
SLICK OIL
Inside George W.
Bush's money pipeline
X-RAY SPECS
Did the FDA approve
a wide range of irradiated foods without proper testing?
DIRTY BUSINESS
Amid the dotcom
carnage, sex keeps a subculture of sites very sticky indeed
SMOKING'S FORGOTTEN VICTIMS
While tobacco firms
plead poor to avoid trial verdicts, the little people who feed their
bottom lines suffer true economic hardship
SAFE CELL?
New stats suggest
mobile phones are a minuscule safety risk
NO BLACK TALK
People who "sound
black" have a much harder time finding apartments over the telephone,
a study finds
SOYLENT NOW
A lawsuit seeks
to force the FDA to test genetically engineered food you're already
eating
STORMING THE ARCHES
The war against
McDonald's comes to a boil
PRAGUE RIOT JOURNAL
Gassed and concussion-grenaded
among the anti-IMF protesters
KILLING ME SWEETLY
Is aspartame really
a safe sugar substitute? If not, why is the FDA blocking the release
of a better alternative?
BUTTING IN
A tobacco scheme
goes up in smoke
RU SERIOUS?
After years of
delay, the Feds are finally ready to approve the abortion pill.
Sort of.
THE TRUTH BEHIND THE TRUTH
The most ambitious
antismoking campaign ever features a guerrilla organization and
body bags--all being funded by Big Tobacco itself
NUKES FOR GOSHUTES?
Opposition to a
high-level nuclear waste dump on a Utah Indian reservation mounts,
but are the protests too late?
COPPING OUT
How telephone solicitors
use the word "police" to get your money
THE JUNGLE 2000
Is America's meat
fit to eat?
GOLD MEDAL IN STARVATION
How do workers
live on $1.26 a day from official Olympic clothier Nike? An American
athlete finds out.
THE CHINA CLUB
Iran-contra files
detail how the Reagan-Bush administration built clandestine ties
to China that were the backdrop of the Wen Ho Lee nuclear secrets
case
THE NEW DRUG PUSHERS
What's behind the
prescription frenzy?
AFFLICTED CONVICTS
The HIV infection
growth rate in prison populations exceeds the overall U.S. rate
SYDNEY'S CLEAN SWEEP
Australia gets
rid of the homeless and other undesirables for the Olympics
TO RUSSIA WITH FOOD COLORING
How the oldest
continuously operating distillery in America delivered bootlegged
vodka to Eastern Europe
LONG TIME PASSING
Where have all
the Cold Warriors gone? They didn't just fade away, a new book shows.
WAR IS HELLISHLY PROFITABLE
Semi-legal killing
continues to be a lucrative business
VIRTUAL VANDALS
Hacktivism takes
to the cyberstreets
ANIMAL LOGIC
Think giving animals
rights is a crazy idea? One legal scholar swears he can change your
mind.
BOSSY'S LAMENT
Got milk? Then
you got trouble, say critics of the white stuff.
WRONG NUMBER
Why cell phones
have gotten a bum rap
THE HANDS THAT FEED
They go to work
in the fields at 3am for low wages and no job security. Meet the
immigrant workers who put food on our tables.
RAGE FROM THE MACHINE
A former college
student awaits trial on 28 counts of extortion and making death
threats online. Did authorities ignore a threat until it was almost
too late?
DUBYA'S WEDDED DIS
Watch George W.
Bush's rambling performance in a 1992 wedding video
GOVERNMENT HACKS?
The clandestine
war against Antiwar.com
BANKING ON DISASTER
As the World Bank
gets ready for its summit meeting in Prague, we examine its recently
approved oil project in Chad-Camaroon
YOUR OWN PRIVATE SATELLITES
The availability
of spy satellite pictures on the Web may not be such a bad thing
WASTED
Why it may be time
to rethink a 21-year-old drinking age
BLOOD, GUTS & GARBAGE
The Crime Scene
Cleaners mop up brains and detoxify meth labs--and they love it
TRIAL & ERROR
Were the cards
stacked against Waco's Branch Davidians in their civil suit against
the feds?
A CRUDE RISE
George W. Bush's
run for the White House highlights the intersection between his
family's political fortunes and its ties to Big Oil
COLOMBIAN CONFLICT
The U.S. moves
to step up military aid to Colombia
HALL OF SHAME
Does Hallmark care
enough to give the very best to Mexican workers?
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
A new vaccine may
drug-proof kids, but is it a violation of civil rights?
SHAKEN DOWN
Another sitter
accused of killing waits in jail, while experts debate the new science
of "shaken baby syndrome"
ABORTION UNDER FIRE
Despite lack of
media coverage, abortion doctors are still being attacked and clinics
are still being firebombed
THE NATURE OF FLAMES
What we can learn
from the West's massive forest fires
GORE'S TRUMP
In the news business,
the selection of Sen. Joe Lieberman was a muffin-choker--though
in this case, some people probably coughed up their challah
CRASHING THE PARTY
Protesters get
set to descend on the Democratic National Convention in L.A.
PINOCHET FACES DEATH
Stripped of his
immunity from prosecution, the ailing former Chilean strongman fights
extradition to Spain on charges of torture, terrorism and genocide
SMOKE SIGNALS
Florida courts
show they mean business by ruling against Big Tobacco
PREDATORY LENDING HITS HEARTLAND
Formerly considered
a big-city problem, exploitative mortgages reach the sticks
TAINTED HIGH
Laced ecstasy takes
a toll on America's rave crowd
HOT POTATOES
While debate over
bioengineered crops rages among corporations and federal regulators
them, the public is left out
DEADLY DIETS
Eating disorders
affect girls at ever-younger ages
TWEAKERS IN YOUR TRASH
How meth has fueled
a shocking increase in credit fraud and identity theft
IGNORING THE NOISE
A report from the
Plug.In conference finds many in the music industry confident they
can control digital downloads through the courts
SURF'S
UP
Is the West Coast
due for a giant tsunami?
FILE
STARING
Swapping videos
online makes Napster look like child's play
GETTING
THE LEAD OUT
How Big Oil hosed
the American public and environment
REEFER
REBELLION
Nevada has the
nation's strictest marijuana laws. But with a new bill on the table
and an initiative on the ballot, could the state become pot central?
WEIGHT,
THERE'S MORE
Know the risks
before using herbal weight-loss supplements
AMBER
WAVES OF PAIN
Last year the USDA
agreed to give black farmers millions of dollars to make up for
decades of discrimination. So where's the money? some keep asking.
MEXICO'S
CONSERVATIVE CHANGE
The historic presidential
election broke the PRI's 71-year winning streak, but it also hammered
the left
COMMON
WEALTH
Tax policy has
shifted the burden off wealthy shoulders and on to the middle class
COLD
FRONT
The War on Drugs
zeroes in on new targets
SHUTTING
UP AUTHORS
Barnes & Noble
censors readings that don't earn a G rating
GOING
TO POT
Medical marijuana
is gaining acceptance, but big hurdles remain
WRONG
TURNS
Teens who should
have psychiatric care often wind up behind bars instead
STAR-SPANGLED
FIREPOWER
Gun shows provide
easy access to deadly weapons. Is regulation of these events an
assault on the Second Amendment--or just good sense?
DEATH
METAL?
Depleted uranium
draws criticism at home and abroad
BOOK
'EM!
A biography of
Rudolph Giuliani reveals that the law-and-order mayor of New York
had a convicted felon for a father. The Smoking Gun delivers the
relevant documents.
HEALTHY
WALLETS
Corporations make
a killing in the American healthcare system
FBI
CZECH
IMF protesters
prepare for September's meeting in Prague, but they aren't alone.
The FBI is in town, and they are watching.
THE
MILITARY NINTENDO COMPLEX
Game designers
frequently receive Pentagon funding and other assistance to create
and promote their products
SCHOOLS
OR JAILS?
The Black Radical
Congress launches a campaign to bring attention to the plight of
black youth and change the country's education and criminal-justice
systems
BEDROOM
FARCE
Think what you
do in your own bed is your business? Think again. Politicians are
dusting off old-fashioned blue laws and updating them for the wired
21st century.
KING
OF STUMPS
Sierra Pacific
Industries, the second-largest private landowner in America, may
pose the biggest threat to California forests
BORDER
CRISIS
Vigilante ranchers
hunt illegal immigrants in Arizona
WAR
TORN
They fled for their
lives, but now the U.S. wants to send them back to Liberia
DEADLY
CENSORSHIP?
Drug companies
suppress research conflicting with profit interests
COKE
& A WINK
The CIA admits
tolerating Contra cocaine trafficking
SMOKING
OUT CANCER
Researchers discovered
long ago that pot shrinks tumors, but the U.S. government turned
a blind eye?
RAVES
ON TRIAL
Toronto and Chicago
impose severe limitations on the rave scene. Can other cities be
far behind?
PULLING
TEETH
Crematories release
dental-filling mercury into the environment at alarming levels
FEATHERS
& BLOOD
The shadowy allure
and complicated politics of cockfighting
THE
STORY OF X
Recounting a club
drug's sordid past
COLOR
BETWEEN THE LINES
Five new books--and
a very old one--reveal how integration has failed
UP
IN SMOKE
Smoke a joint,
lose your student loan
PRIVATE
PRISON PROBLEMS
Escapes and lawsuits
put for-profit prisons in the searchlight
WORKING
FOR BIG BROTHER
Former U.S. Census
employees count grim tales of bureaucratic idiocy
CRIME
& SPORTS
Are NBA players
criminals and thugs? Despite what many in the mainstream media claim,
a new report says no.
PRESSURE
POLITICS
A protest in downtown
Windsor, Ontario, failed to stop the Organization of American States
meeting, but the movement challenging globalism rolls on
THE
REVOLUTION WAS TELEVISED
The Fiji coup came
as close as your Web browser
PREY
TELL
Churches struggle
to deal with pedophile priests
HUMAN,
RACING
Scientists are
beginning to unravel the information revolution's effect on people
GENERATION
EXILES
Matt Taibbi and
Mark Ames have gotten death threats in Moscow for their expat tabloid
the eXile, but they continue to publish
CAMP
CRUSADER
A safety advocate
calls for federal oversight of all recreational camps
WHO
WILL ATONE FOR SIERRA LEONE?
Can the UN help,
or is it only adding to the confusion?
BRAVE
NEW WORLD
East Timor enters
an era of reconstruction
MOMS
ON THE RUN
Threatened with
never again seeing their children, desperate mothers take their
kids and run
GUN
DIPLOMACY IN THE WEST BANK
A two-week old
uprising may have obscured a possible Israeli assassination attempt
on PLO leader Yasser Arafat
FRANKENFOODS
AND ANGRY VILLAGERS
Monsanto encounters
resistance in winning over a distrustful public
IN
REMISSION
Losses mount in
the war on cancer
RACE
& BASKETBALL
Larry Platt on
his season with Chris Webber, Vernon Maxwell, Matt Maloney, Jerry
Stackhouse and Charles Barkley for "Keepin' It Real," an intimate
look at NBA life
UP
& COMING
Will industry refugees
from L.A. make Las Vegas a new hotbed of porn?
FULL-COURT
PRESS
IMF/World Bank
protesters plan a class-action lawsuit against the D.C. police
WALTZING
MIRANDA
The Supreme Court
reexamines "You have the right to remain silent..."
DISCRIMINATING
TASTES?
African-American
employees go to court over Coke's alleged racism
JAGGED
LITTLE PILL
The French abortion
pill will spark new anti-choice battles
WEBBY
REWARDS
Dig into Newcity.com's
exclusive coverage of the Webby Awards--including two stories from
the ceremony and after-party posting Friday afternoon
GROOVE
THINGS
Heather Lalley
channels the Webby Music nominees
CAMERA
ACTION
Ray Pride spotlights
the Webby nominees in Film
UNLOCKING
LOCKERBIE
Will the prosecution
of two Libyans close the infamous terrorism case but not solve it?
HANGIN'
WITH THE HOMEPAGES
Stuart Wade gets
up close with the Webby Awards' Personal site nominees
ALL
THE YOUNG NEWS
The Webby Awards'
balancing act between Establishment and Anarchy is written all over
the nominations to the News and Print & Zines categories, Matt Welch
finds
JUDGMENT
DAZE
Kicking off a week
of Webby Awards coverage, Jenn Shreve strips the robes off the ceremony's
judging process
SOCIAL
EXPERIMENT
Vermont really
is different--and that's why we won't likely see legally recognized
gay unions elsewhere for years to come
RAMPAGE
IN RWANDA
Why did the United
Nations do virtually nothing to prevent an apocalyptic genocide?
WAGES
OF SIN
In several states,
spurned spouses can still sue their partners' lovers for alienation
of affection--and sometimes win big
NEEDLE & THE
DAMAGE DONE
A family worries
that immunization caused their son's autism
TOXIC SHOCKED
Uncovering high
tech's environmental woes
HIV
NEGATIVES
Should giving someone
HIV automatically carry a prison term with it?
PAYDAY
MAYDAY
Are payday loan
services quick-cash saviors for the working class or interest-gouging
sharks?
ANALYZING
OPEC
Is another oil
crisis on the horizon? Not likely.
DOTCOM
DISASTER
The tech-stock
drop got more workers thinking about their digital sweatshops
BANK
SHOTS
Activists converged
on Washington, D.C., for the sequel to the Battle of Seattle
HACKTIVISM!
Taking it off the
streets, protesters act up online
GENERATION
Rx
Troubled kids are
the guinea pigs in an uncontrolled national drug experiment
CRIME
IN THE SUITES
How Armani-clad
crooks rob U.S. taxpayers of $3.8 billion a year
HISTORIC
BATTLE
Holocaust denier
or misunderstood dissident historian? The British High Court delivers
its verdict on David Irving.
BREAKING
THE BANK
Energized by their
improbable victory in Seattle, activists target the World Bank and
the IMF
NIGHTLY
GRIND
The jaw-clenching
effects of Ecstasy cause ravers to crack and ruin their teeth
FLAMING
OUT?
The FBI's Olympic
investigation may bring down the host-city bid process
PROJECT
X
Pushing the envelope
in search of 100,000 missing White House emails
ARE
THE GUN NUTS RIGHT?
Could locking up
bad guys save more lives than gun control? One program's success
suggests the answer may be yes.
CONCERT
CLASH
As the world's
largest promoter, producer and presenter of live entertainment events,
SFX Entertainment has lots of industry players worried
SHRINKING
DIVIDE
Who's online is
less and less a matter of race
DANCING
IN KOSOVO
A reporter in the
Balkans finds that good intentions can't end a blood feud
POLITICIZING
ELIAN
The Elian Gonzalez
case brings out vocal anti-Castro Cubans with checkered pasts
HIDDEN
HEADLINES
Counting down the
Top 10 Censored Stories of 1999
TOTALLY
RAD
From hot spoons
to zapped zippers, radioactive materials may be heading your way
TRUE
COLORS
Is Gap, Inc. a
big offender in sweatshop abuses?
PATIENT
RIGHTS VS. INSURER MONEY
Why the "Patients
Bill of Rights" may be doomed in 2000
CENTS
OF OUTRAGE
Visiting a death
camp, one reporter wonders why it took 50 years for corporate beneficiaries
of the Holocaust to start paying reparations to the Jews
FLIGHT
TO NOWHERE
Sifting through
the wreckage of Flight 990 for clues
DECADE
OF DEATH
Peace activists
launch a new offensive to force the U.S. to rethink sanctions and
airstrikes against Iraq
SILENT
KILLER
While AIDS and
cancer make headlines, hepatitis C lingers in obscurity and strikes
without warning
DRIVING
THE CZAR
U.S. Drug Czar
Barry McCaffrey barnstorms against medical marijuana and defends
working with TV networks to deliver anti-drug messages in prime-time
shows
BEYOND
JURASSIC PARK
Another oil price
hike, another blame game
AUSTIN
POWERED
Hundreds of bands.
Four writers. One city. We strike fresh chords from the 2000 SXSW
Music Festival.
BUILDING
THE BUZZ
SXSW Interactive
2000 bridges the gap--literally and virtually--between Austin's
film and music fests
WEB
FEATS
What do Webby Awards
2000 nominees say about the medium's future? Jenn Shreve boots up
her crystal ball.
GETTING
CARDED
Chronicling the
abuse of our Social Security numbers
ENDING
THE BLAME GAME
Researchers explore
new ways to combat the attitude that rape victims are somehow at
fault
A
MORE CIVIL UNION
Vermont's courtship
with same-sex marriage promises to transform the gay rights movement
nationwide
RACIAL
PROFILER
A controversial
author contends that blacks are genetically superior athletes
BLOWING
IN THE WIND
The EPA orders
Midwestern smog producers to cut their impact on the East Coast
LAND
OF THE FREE?
Foreign students
in the United States soon will have to pay to be tagged and tracked
by the INS
BURNING
QUESTIONS
Critics fume at
a federal plan to incinerate nuclear waste
STORMING
RAMPART
An L.A. gang unit's
CRASH into criminal activities makes national waves
SHARK-EATING
MAN
When it comes to
declining shark populations, fin soup aficionados are just part
of the problem
DARK
SIDES
Has the Bush clan's
close connection to the Rev. Sun Myung Moon helped the Moonies influence
the U.S. political process?
LONG
WAY FROM HOME
US-based Project
Life helps thousands of Chechen families, and hundreds more orphaned
children
DEADLY
EXPOSURE
Lethal chlorine
exposure poses a worldwide threat
GREY
MATTER
Officials continue
their crusade against the party drug GHB, while users tout its alleged
healing powers
WHO
REALLY KILLED MLK?
A researcher for
Martin Luther King Jr.'s family raises questions about the slaying
of a civil rights icon
SILENT
SCREAMS
Investigating the
horrors of waking up during surgery
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