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Controversial analysis of the Jackson campaign by a black scholar who argues that his candidacy hurt the development of a viable black political movement.

On Dec. 22, 1984, a thin, blond, seemingly ordinary young man shot four teenagers on a New York subway train. In a city where violent crimes are common-place, where everyone talks about the hazards of riding the subway; such an event would not seem extraordinary. Yet this was different. The gunmman was white, the youth black. And his shots sent a tremor across the land.

""Biosphere 2" rises from southern Arizona's high desert like a bizarre hybrid spaceship and greenhouse. Packed with more than 3,800 carefully selected plant, animal, and insect species, this mega-terrarium is one of the world's most biodiverse, lush, and artificial wildernesses. Only recently transformed from an abandoned ghost dome to a University of Arizona research center, the site was the setting of a grand drama about humans and ecology at the...

Analyzes the 1984 U.S. presidential election, looks at the growing strength of conservatism, and discusses the reasons for voter apathy.

Quest for the Presidency 1992 reveals for the first time the full story of what really happened in the tumultuous 1992 presidential election. With unparalleled access to the inner workings of the various campaigns, Newsweek's award-winning team of reporters gathered the in-depth stories of the candidates; their handlers, pollsters, and supporters; and their strategies, strengths, and weaknesses. Woven together here in spellbinding and insightful narrative,...