The New York Times
May 25, 2003
by Paul Tough
Leo Felton walked out of prison on Jan. 28, 2001, looking like a man ready to take his place in American society. He had spent 11 years in the custody of the state, but now, at 30, he had served his time and seemed ready to settle down. […]
Charlotte Denny and Larry Elliott
Friday May 23, 2003
The Guardian
President Bush is preparing to bury a radical French plan which would help some of the world’s poorest farmers by ending the dumping of subsidised western food in Africa.
A war of words over the plight of the world’s poorest continent was brewing last night after European officials […]
According to this story, the Republican Party — in the guise of Bill Frist — has (finally?) put the issue of racism on the political table. Of course it is a cynical, rather than a principled move, but it does really throw open the door for principled criticisms of, say, the way Republicans use the […]