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The atrocities of the Afghan Taliban toward women have been widely reported in the Western press: women banned from work; forbidden to leave their homes unless shrouded in the burkha, a voluminou

Research assistance was provided by the Elections 2000 Fund of the Nation Institute.

This spring the topic of antitrust returned to the headlines after a long absence as the government pursued and won (for the time being) its case against Microsoft and, in a more muted way, as Ti

I start to worry whenever the Wall Street Journal editorial page cites theliberalNewRepublic for support.

This article is adapted from Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope (Crown).

The British government, increasingly desperate to silence a former MI5 intelligence officer who has been campaigning to expose government misconduct, has sued him and a London newspaper under the

Dr. Laura Schlessinger has said a lot of hurtful and irresponsible things on the radio during her many years as a right-wing religious "therapist" and yenta.

This article is part of the Haywood Burns Community Activist Journalism series.

"You have no idea how much love I got for this," says David Jamil Muhammad, referring to his role as a student organizer of "Hip-Hop Generation--Hip-Hop as a Movement." The conference was held Ap

After a century of repressing or deriding Woman as a symbol of beauty, high culture in the West has suddenly gone over.

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Today's politics and media roundup features a "family values" rep quitting over an affair, a Democrat in trouble in Connecticut over Vietnam, and 1000th U.S. military death in Afghanistan.

May 18, 2010

On the eve of Tuesday's primaries, the metaphors for powerful women are getting downright ferocious.

May 17, 2010

A painful reminder of how long the debacle has dragged on. Newspaper editorials failed for years to advocate a phased U.S. withdrawal, and there was no "Cronkite moment" coming from TV. In fact, the first MSM legend to come out for a pullout was an unlikely advocate.

May 17, 2010

Your morning "cheat sheet," today featuring "60 MInutes" on the oil slick,  David Carr on SEO, Pete Seeger on newspaper workers, the New Yorker on Andrew Breitbart,  Rachel Maddow commences,  and much more.

May 17, 2010

The Lakers Coach's views on Arizona's Senate Bill 1070 make his team's upcoming series against Los Suns a battle between fear and resistance.

May 16, 2010

Our daily updates, this time featuring Frank Rich on rent boys, Sarah Palin on rednecks, Bill Moyers on film censorship, Georgia says no to Colbert  and much more.

May 15, 2010

The legendary L.A. institution faces a heartbreaking financial crisis.

May 14, 2010

The oil leak gets (even) worse, Colbert on Beck, Chomsky on the Tea Party, Studs Terkel returns, conservatives rake muck, cable news on Kagan and softball,  Elizabeth Warren on cover of TIME, and much more. 

May 14, 2010

Don't count single-payer out yet. Vermont just passed a bill mandating a study of three approaches to universal healthcare, including single-payer, and will adopt the best plan.

May 13, 2010

We previewed "Fair Game" last week and now it's about to be screened at Cannes.  Here's the first look, as Valerie (Naomi Watts) and Joe (Sean Penn) argue in a playground.

May 12, 2010
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