Spring 1996 Issue, DISSENT

- Editor's Page
  Michael Walzer
  , pp. 5-6
- Progressive Taxation
  Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  , p. 7
- The True Facts of "Black Crime"
  Peter Dreier and Jeffrey Reiman
  , pp. 8-9
- The Long-Term Effects of the Thomas-Hill Hearings and the O.J. Simpson Case
  Ruth Rosen
  , pp. 10-11
- GATT and the Erosion of Labor Rights and Environmental Standards
  Peter Laarman
  , pp. 12-14
- The Czech Republic's Relation to the "New Europe"
  Erazim Kohak
  , pp. 15-16
- The French Strikes
  Stephen Bornstein and Pierre-Eric Tixier
  , pp. 17-18
- Ideology and the War for Cuba's Soul and Markets
  Roman de la Campa
  , pp. 19-22
- Underpaid Workers, Bloated Corporations
  David M. Gordon
  , pp. 23-34
- Promoting Democracy in a Postmodern World
  Thomas Carothers
  , pp. 35-40
- Prostitution and the Case for Decriminalization
  Laurie Shrage
  , pp. 41-45
- Why Health Care Reform Failed
  Michael Tomasky
  , pp. 46-55
- The Real Costs of Education
  Richard Rothstein
  , pp. 56-59
- A Tale of Two School Systems
  Chiara R. Nappi
  , pp. 60-66
  Funding in the United States and Italy
- Troubled Times for Public Higher Education
  Larry Hanley
  , pp. 67-70
- Colin Powell
  Martin Kilson
  , pp. 71-75
  A Flight from Power?
- Turning Inward
  David J. Garrow
  , pp. 76-78
  Black Organizations Regain Importance
- Farrakhan's Middle-Class Revival Comes to Howard
  Phillip M. Richards
  , pp. 79-84
- Holding Hands
  Carol Stack
  , pp. 85-90
  African-Americans Reclaim the Rural South
- A Third Party
  Joel Rogers and Michael Kazin
  , pp. 91-95
- Nationalism, Israel, and African-Americans
  James B. Rule and Mitchell Cohen
  , pp. 96-100
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  Sheila Rowbotham's Feminism (Review)
  Jo-Ann Mort
  , pp. 101-104
  Woman's Consciousness, Man's World, by Sheila Rowbotham
  1. Woman's Consciousness, Man's World by Sheila Rowbotham
- The Problem With The Baffler
  David Glenn
  , pp. 105-108
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  Sins of the Overclass (Review)
  Richard Rorty
  , pp. 109-111
  The Next American Nation, by Michael Lind
  1. The Next American Nation by Michael Lind
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  The Gloomsayer (Review)
  Alan Ryan
  , pp. 112-113
  Neo-Conservatism, by Irving Kristol
  1. Neo-Conservatism by Irving Kristol
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  Border Crossing (Review)
  Stefan Collini
  , pp. 114-118
  Raymond Williams, by Fred Inglis
  1. Raymond Williams by Fred Inglis
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  Labour's Economics (Review)
  John Eatwell
  , pp. 119-123
  The State We're In, by Will Hutton
  1. The State We're In by Will Hutton
- Letters, pp. 124-127
- The Last Page
  Nicolaus Mills
  , pp. 128-130