December 24, 1983 Issue, THE NATION

- While Someone Else Is Eating---VI
  David Bradley
  , p. 649
  Christmas Vigil in Altoona, PA
- Castro Is Signaling, p. 649
- Letters, p. 650
- Nobody Hungry?, p. 651
- Cops and Quotas
  Roger Wilkins
  , p. 652
- Cabbage-Kid Plot
  Richard Lingeman
  , p. 653
- Dispatches
  Kai Bird and Max Holland
  , pp. 654-655
- Minority Report
  Christopher Hitchens
  , p. 656
- Procrustean Bedfellows
  Nadine Gordimer
  , pp. 657-660
  Art & the State in South Africa
- Destabilizing Space
  John Tirman
  , pp. 661-666
  Star Wars---From Scenario to Fact
- Our Holiday Book Lists, pp. 667-680