The First Since '78
Closed mid-November 1996 · On stands late November 1996
The Front
Index of the Vote
Turnout by county, ballot initiatives decided nationwide, the margin in the states that mattered, the retail price of the season's must-have Tickle Me Elmo
The Essay
A Channel Built to Argue
The Fox News Channel launches, and the case that cable news was always headed toward a point of view
What Proposition 209 Actually Repeals
California's Proposition 209 passes, ending state affirmative-action programs, and the argument over what colorblindness costs the colorblind
The Foreign File
The Camps Empty Into War
A stringer's dispatch on the eastern Zaire refugee crisis, as Rwandan Hutu camps empty under rebel advance and aid agencies scramble to follow
The Feature Well
The House That Waited
A profile of the Yankees' front office through the eighteen years between titles
The City
The First Since '78
The Yankees win the World Series, their first title since 1978
Last Call at Bradley's
Bradley's, the University Place piano bar, closes
A Casino, Reviewed as Architecture
Mohegan Sun opens near Foxwoods, drawing the magazine's attention chiefly for its architecture and the competitive threat it poses to Atlantic City
The Back
The Season's Small Print
A books column on the year's baseball writing
The Networks' Thursday Problem
A television column on the ratings war for Thursday at nine, and what a single sitcom slot is worth in ad revenue