NATION

Presumed Innocent: Charles Stuart

Because Charles Stuart was white and affluent, he almost got away with murder. Now Boston must ponder why it so readily believed his lie

The AIDS Political Machine

By demanding enormous research funds and questionable drugs, have activists distorted the response to the epidemic?

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Africa Death by Starvation

This time the threat of mass famine is less the caprice of cruel nature than the work of obstinate men

And Now, Divorce?

As Lithuanians demand independence, Mikhail Gorbachev contemplates an empire endangered by the flames of secession

Voices Of East Berlin

Talking to young and old alike, an American visitor discovers an abiding love of East Germany -- and little desire to reunify

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