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Archive: 1999

Urban philosopher

by Michael Lind,

A walking tour of Lewis Mumford

The end of empire

by Pico Iyer,

Inside the revolving door of dreams

Down and out at the Hotel Providence

by Guy Lawson,

Scenes from a Bowery flophouse

This is Your Bill of Rights, on Drugs

by Graham Boyd, Jack Hitt,

How we the people became the enemy

Soldiers of great fortune

by Bob Shacochis,

Is America's military training warriors or humanitarians?

Lil’ Hotstuff and guardian angel

Art by Thomas Woodruff,

From internal notes and memoranda describing International Olympic Committee (IOC) members, written by organizers of Atlanta’s bid to host the 1996 Summer Olympics. The documents were released in September by…

Study oppression abroad

by Harper’s Staff,

Apt pupils

by Harper’s Staff,

Muzzle Tov!

by R. Mermelstein,

The Customer Is Always Right

by Harper’s Staff,

From a complaint filed by the Chicago Police Department last year in a $433 million lawsuit brought by the city against twelve suburban gun dealers alleging that they are subverting…

Reach out and whack someone

by Harper’s Staff,

New York, 1998

by Michael Ackerman,

The future of cinema

by Adam Heimlich,

The swarm

by Jorie Graham,

125th Street

Art by Stephen Dolmatch,

Satanic beauty

by Crispin Sartwell,

Harper’s index

by Harper’s Staff,

Performance art

by Lewis H. Lapham,

Letters

by Harper’s Staff,

Archive: 1999

Space, the cluttered frontier

Christmas game

Green world

Urban philosopher

America’s medieval women

The end of empire

Down and out at the Hotel Providence

This is Your Bill of Rights, on Drugs

Soldiers of great fortune

Lil’ Hotstuff and guardian angel

All systems go: mission poesy

Rocket boy

Stinky blast off

Caveman shaman

My humble self

Big cow

Let the Gifts Begin

Study oppression abroad

Apt pupils

Muzzle Tov!

The Customer Is Always Right

Reach out and whack someone

New York, 1998

The future of cinema

The swarm

125th Street

Satanic beauty

Harper’s index

Performance art

Letters

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Archive: 1999

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Space, the cluttered frontier

Christmas game

Green world

Urban philosopher

America’s medieval women

The end of empire

Down and out at the Hotel Providence

This is Your Bill of Rights, on Drugs

Soldiers of great fortune

Lil’ Hotstuff and guardian angel

All systems go: mission poesy

Rocket boy

Stinky blast off

Caveman shaman

My humble self

Big cow

Let the Gifts Begin

Study oppression abroad

Apt pupils

Muzzle Tov!

The Customer Is Always Right

Reach out and whack someone

New York, 1998

The future of cinema

The swarm

125th Street

Satanic beauty

Harper’s index

Performance art

Letters

December 1999

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