May 18, 1992 | Vol. 139 No. 20

Roger Keith Coleman: Must This Man Die? (Cover Stories)

Roger Keith Coleman says he didn't kill anybody, but the courts are tired of listening. That could be a tragic mistake.

Premeditated Execution (Cover Stories)

The Supreme Court is the death penalty's final arbiter, but the U.S. must decide what it achieves

After The Riots, Politics As Usual (The Week: Nation)

Bush and Clinton descend on L.A., Perot avoids tough questions

Bleeding-Heart Conservatives (The Administration)

How Jack Kemp and friends, after the L.A. riots, are pushing a reluctant Bush to lead a new market-oriented war on poverty

Cooling Off on a Hot Property (Grapevine)

Mum's the Word (The Week: Nation / Et Cetera)

Pork Lasts Forever (The Week: Nation / Et Cetera)

Goooood Morning, Ree-Oh! (Grapevine)

Guilty! (Grapevine)

Call My Agent!

HowDid This Cookie Crumble? (Grapevine)

Did This Cookie Crumble?

Kudos (Grapevine)

Lessons of Los Angeles (The Aftermath)

Chief Daryl Gates claimed that his officers could cope with the rage after the King verdict, but the police abandoned the city to a mob

Not Bad for Government Work (The Week: Nation)

It took two centuries, but voter anger may curb Congress's pay hikes

Smoldering Embers, Scared Politicians (The Week: Nation)

Candidates scramble to fix blame for the Los Angeles fire storm

Spook's Guide (Grapevine)

The Week: May 18, 1992 (The Week / Nation)

This Land Is Your Land. . . This Land Is My Land (The Two Americas)

The L.A. riots underscored a painful truth: a relentless exodus from the cities has split the country. Bursting with new political power, the suburbs are increasingly being asked to revive the decayin

Tokens Of Gratitude (The Week: Nation)

A powerful Republican Congressman is charged with accepting bribes

Two Ways to Play the Politics of Race (The Campaign)

Bush may talk compassion, but he's thinking law and order. As for Clinton, he sounds like he's planning the Great Society, Part II.

A Quick End to an Efficient Strike (The Week World)

After paralyzing a nation, Germany's public-service workers settle

Germany: End of the Miracle

Why the citizens of Europe's most successful nation are increasingly unhappy with their lot: unification has proved a heavy burden, and workers are taking it out on the faltering government of Helmut

Jailbreak (The Week World / Et Cetera)

Lebanon's Financial Fracas (The Week World / Et Cetera)

How Much Is That in $? Russia hopes to pull in foreign currency with a convertible ruble (The Week World)

Much Is That in $? Russia hopes to pull in foreign currency with a convertible ruble

It's Cold, But It's Ours (The Week World)

A plebiscite points toward a homeland for Canada's Eskimos by 1999

P.S. to The (The Week World)

Cold War Gorbachev says what the world needs now is more democracy

The General Protests (The Week World)

Thousands of Thai demonstrators back their leader's moral stand

Are Mammograms Bad For Your Health? (The Week Health & Science)

A report that they raise cancer risks for some women is premature

Healing (Medicine)

by Wire With videophones and satellite linkups, an examination by the world's top specialists can be a phone call away

Magnets on The Brain (The Week Health & Science)

Why some humans have a better sense of direction

Up To Snag a Straggler (The Week Health & Science)

On its maiden flight, the new shuttle Endeavour is out to rescue a satellite

Captain Joe Goes to College (The Week: Society)

The ex-skipper of the Exxon Valdez wins an appointment to teach

Execution Made Easy (The Week: Society)

The Supreme Court restricts access to appeals for death row inmates

Guns (The Week: Society)

Save Lives? The N.R.A. moves to exploit the L.A. riots for its own agenda

Right From The Crime Fund (The Week: Society)

Coffers Motown's erstwhile top cop gets caught with his hand in the till

Society: May 18, 1992 (The Week)

Tyson Scrapes Bottom (The Week: Society)

Now he faces money troubles, new charges and prison discipline

Keepers of The Flock

Boston spawns one of Protestantism's hottest churches, but critics call it a cult and accuse its leaders of dictatorship

Sun, Surf and Software

Long before the starting gun, the megabuck quest for the America's Cup begins on drawing boards, on computer screens and in experimental water tanks

Read A Good PowerBook Lately?

Publishers are discovering the virtues of paperless novels. But will readers curl up to a computer screen?

America Abroad: Peacekeeping Loves Company (World)

Peacekeeping Loves Company

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