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The celebrated film tells a familiar story about unions and schools—but misses what's new.

Literary taste-making can't be the one place in America where gendered expectations play no role.

The ultra-conservative funders the Koch brothers don't directly fund media—and they don't have to.  Instead, they've successfully funded the politicians and the "experts" who create the context for what the media debates.

Don't tune in; it's not important.

Let's get a grip: the left isn't going to win every 24-hour news cycle. And that shouldn't be our goal.

How we remember Katrina is how we'll prepare for future disasters. Getting the story straight matters for justice—and for survival.

Cutting through the media's bogus bomb-Iran debate.

The Shirley Sherrod saga reveals just how entrenched the myth of reverse racism is.

Have we learned the right lessons from the mistreatment of Shirley Sherrod?

Andrew Breitbart's schtick should be familiar by now. The same techniques used to defame Shirley Sherrod and discredit the NAACP were employed to destroy ACORN.