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Slaves to the system: For vast numbers of women behind bars, prison is a hell of sexual terror.; By Nina Siegel Sep 1, 1998
Breathing lessons: Childhood asthma is one of the most insidious, endemic afflictions in the black community. Why is conquering it so difficult?; By Arthur Allen Aug 31, 1998
I want you so bad: Now that our President has confessed to adultery, will the American people follow him to the pillory?; By Carol Lloyd Aug 26, 1998
Black like (white) me: "A Hope in the Unseen" tells the story of an inner-city black kid at Brown -- through the eyes of a white author who tries to channel him.; By Janet McDonald Aug 24, 1998
A melody of his own making: I tell myself we're managing. I tell myself we're happy. In the meantime, my son's terror of strangers is breaking my heart.; By Beth Kephart Aug 21, 1998
First family on the couch: Therapists say President Clinton's psychological problems run deep -- and Hillary's and Chelsea's are only beginning; By Lori Leibovich Aug 20, 1998
No baby on board: Why being an environmentalist prevents me from being a mom; By Pagan Kennedy Aug 17, 1998
Getting wise to 'Babywise': Do parents who buy the controversial baby-care book "On Becoming Babywise" know about its conservative Christian agenda?; By Katie Allison Granju Aug 6, 1998
One step at a time: The author of a new study on stepfamilies says there are coping strategies for stepparents.; By Lori Leibovich Aug 4, 1998
Crossing borders: The famed Mayan activist whose mother and brother were tortured and killed reflects on the family -- and village -- she lost in Guatemala.; By Rigoberta Menchz Aug 3, 1998
Lusting after "Lolita": Only a nymphet myself when I first met Nobokov's love child, my passion for "Lolita" is still going strong today.; By Justine Brown Jul 31, 1998
Reality bites: By making the irrelevant Mike Tyson case a big PR issue, the National Organization for Women has demonstrated once again that it is run by imperious and out-of-touch white women -- aka 'Miss Anne.'; By Karen Grigsby Bates Jul 30, 1998
Clinton's silvery web of words: President Clinton did not give the inspiring speech many had fantasized he would give, but teased us and left us hanging once again.; By Katie Roiphe Jul 30, 1998
An affair to remember: What about Monica? President Clinton is trying desperately to salvage his reputation. She has lost hers forever.; By Nell Bernstein Jul 30, 1998
The Merry Recluse: A single woman chooses a life of solitude in the Land of We.; By Caroline Knapp Jul 27, 1998
Mulatto millennium: Since when did being the daughter of a WASP and a black-Mexican become cool?; By Danzy Senna Jul 24, 1998
The face of Zorro: For 50 years, screenwriter and El Teatro Campesino founder Luis Valdez has been looking under Zorro's mask, trying to figure out who the romantic Latin hero really was.; By Luis Valdez Jul 23, 1998
Censorship and sensibility: I used to tell my daughter she could read anything she wanted -- until she took me up on the offer.; By Inda Schaenen Jul 17, 1998
Slice of life: The cake lady's caramel cakes were sweet and sticky and heavenly -- like summers on the Carolina coast.; By Maurine Shores Jul 16, 1998
A counterculture childhood: In an excerpt from her new book, the author remembers toting the Viet Cong flag as a toddler.; By Lisa Michaels Jul 15, 1998
A counterculture childhood: In an excerpt from her new book, the author remembers toting the Viet Cong flag as a toddler.; By Lisa Michaels Jul 15, 1998
A masterful Machiavellian matriarch: Former Rep. Pat Schroeder talks about her 24-year stint in Congress, sharing a chair with Ron Dellums and why Monica Lewinsky is no victim.; By Lesley Gold Jul 13, 1998
A masterful Machiavellian matriarch: Former Rep. Pat Schroeder talks about her 24-year stint in Congress, sharing a chair with Ron Dellums and why Monica Lewinsky is no victim.; By Lesley Gold Jul 13, 1998
Cracking down: Barbara Harris pays addicted mothers $200 not to have children -- ever again.; By Jeff Stryker Jul 10, 1998
Global Baby Warming: Our Babies, Ourselves, by anthropologist Meredith F. Small, urges us to question some of the fundamental ways Americans raise their children.; By Constance Matthiessen Jul 8, 1998