A Disability, Not Yet a Symptom
Closed mid-July 1998 · On stands late July 1998
The Front
Index of the Recess
Numbers of a Washington summer — opinions handed down before the term's end, dissents filed, sessions left before August
The Essay
A Disability, Not Yet a Symptom
The Supreme Court decides Bragdon v. Abbott, ruling asymptomatic HIV a disability under the ADA
Is Feminism Dead?
Time's cover names Ally McBeal alongside Anthony, Friedan, and Steinem; the essay takes the question, and the company, seriously
The Foreign File
The Designation
Kosovo is designated for Temporary Protected Status; the dispatch on what the paperwork does and does not promise
The Feature Well
The Last Summer at the Fairgrounds
A photo essay on a shuttered Midwestern state fairground awaiting a developer's wrecking crews, the last summer before the auction
The City
Subject: The Hudson River Park master plan is adopted, setting in motion the demolition of the last derelict piers
The Back
Music: A review of Radiohead's OK Computer, a year past its release and still the record the desk keeps returning to · Books: A review of a debut story collection · Film: Two July releases, briefly noted