Our Long Hot Summer of (Faux) Racial Tension Our Long Hot Summer of (Faux) Racial Tension
Unlike during other periods of race-based strife in this country, this summer, there is no action. There is only media.
Aug 2, 2010 / Ari Melber
Do You Know Who Eric Alterman Is? Do You Know Who Eric Alterman Is?
On Nascar, the Pentagon Papers and the mail.
Jul 29, 2010 / Eric Alterman
WikiLeaks in Baghdad WikiLeaks in Baghdad
Soldiers involved in the "Collateral Murder" video have come forward to tell their story.
Jul 29, 2010 / Feature / Sarah Lazare and Ryan Harvey
Race, Lies and Videotape Race, Lies and Videotape
The Shirley Sherrod saga reveals just how entrenched the myth of reverse racism is.
Jul 29, 2010 / Richard Kim
The Farmer in the Dell The Farmer in the Dell
Have we learned the right lessons from the mistreatment of Shirley Sherrod?
Jul 29, 2010 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Journalism’s Age of Shame Journalism’s Age of Shame
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.
Jul 29, 2010 / Column / Eric Alterman
Thank God for the Whistle-Blowers Thank God for the Whistle-Blowers
What WikiLeaks did was brilliant journalism, and the bleating critics from the president on down are revealing just how low a regard they have for the truth.
Jul 28, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Briefing: Katrina vanden Heuvel on Afghanistan After WikiLeaks Briefing: Katrina vanden Heuvel on Afghanistan After WikiLeaks
New documents released by WikiLeaks paint a still more chilling picture of the war in Afghanistan. Katrina vanden Heuvel talks about the WikiLeaks revelations, Andrew Breitbart'...
Jul 27, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Dan Ellsberg on WikiLeaks & the Essential Democratic Question: Who Will Tell the People? Dan Ellsberg on WikiLeaks & the Essential Democratic Question: Who Will Tell the People?
Pentagon Papers player sees "immediate parallels" between those who now leak details of Afghanistan and Iraq Wars and what he did during Vietnam.
Jul 27, 2010 / John Nichols
The Shame of the Fourth Estate The Shame of the Fourth Estate
The mainstream media's long-time kid-glove treatment of Andrew Breitbart led directly to the unjustified ouster of Shirley Sherrod.
Jul 26, 2010 / Charles Kaiser