Vol. 137 No. 3, October 2004
Index
- Letter from the editor.
- Population shifts alter electoral college votes.
- Oh, say, can you sing it?
- The head of Chief Crazy Horse.
- Fibbers get an assist from their cell phones.
- Grimacing like the pros.
- Numbers in the news.
- Noted & quoted.
- The young brains behind the O.C.
- Who says politics isn't a game?
- AIDS in Africa.
- Aping each other's yawns.
- Book worms: endangered species?
- Edging toward democracy: Afghanistan is holding its first presidential, election this month, even as it struggles to rebuild after 25 years of war and oppression.
- Ma Yan's China: untouched by a booming economy, millions of Chinese peasants can barely afford to eat or go to school. One teen's diary tells their story.
- Confronting the past: as prosecutors take fresh looks at decades-old cases, Southern communities are being forced to revisit some of the most painful episodes of the civil rights era.
- The 30-second campaign: television ads have assumed an enormous role in presidential elections. While they're carefully scripted and visually arresting, they often shade the truth in an effort to sway your vote.
- Electoral College 101: don't understand the Electoral College? Well, you're not alone. Here's a guide to what it is, how it works, and why it matters.
- Should the Electoral College be abolished? The 2000 election and its aftermath prompted renewed debate over our system for electing the President and Vice President.
- The challenge of gene therapy.
- What the election is really about: courage and resolve.
- Wole Soyinka: the voice of African democracy.
- In 1912, three was a crowd: Teddy Roosevelt showed that a third party could make a serious run for the White House.
- Wildfire destroyed her home, but not her life.
- Cartoons.