COVER

Prostitution: Defiling The Children (Cover Stories)

In the basest effect of the burgeoning sex trade, the search for newer thrills has chained increasing numbers of girls and boys to prostitution

Prostitution: The Skin Trade (Cover Stories)

Poverty, chaos and porous borders have turned prostitution into a global growth industry, debasing the women and children of the world

NATION

A Matter of Honor (Scandals)

Marianne Gasior blew the whistle on her employer because it was selling weapons-related goods to Iraq. Now she's threatening to reopen the Iraqgate scandal.

I Hear You, I Hear You (The White House)

In heeding the advice of critics on taxes and the Supreme Court, is Clinton playing smart politics or choosing the path of least resistance?

WORLD

Counterpunch (Somalia)

A week after gunmen kill 23 U.N. peacekeepers, Clinton takes action and orders punishing raids in Somalia

Here Come the Yummies (Cuba)

A new generation of upwardly mobile Marxists still talks Das Kapital but dabbles in capitalism

WAR & TERRORISM

SCIENCE

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Alzheimer's Clue (Health)

Once ignored, a scientist gains support for his idea that a common gene helps cause the disease

Tight Rein On Diabetes (Health)

A study shows that strict control of blood sugar can keep patients healthier

SOCIETY

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

All You Need Is Hate (Television)

Extremist groups have found a niche on the nation's public-access cable channels, arousing protests and pitting community standards against the First Amendment

Aye, Tina! (Show Business)

The Soul Survivor is as hot as ever, with an album, a tour and her life on film

PEOPLE

Envoy To Two Cultures: EDWARD SAID (Profile)

A scholar and humanist, Edward Said is the controversial voice of Palestine in America and an eloquent mediator between the Middle East and the West

TO OUR READERS

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