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Adolph Reed Destroys ‘The Bell Curve’

Adolph Reed Destroys ‘The Bell Curve’ Adolph Reed Destroys ‘The Bell Curve’

Despite their concern to insulate themselves from the appearance of racism, Herrnstein and Murray display a perspective worthy of an Alabama filling station.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Adolph Reed Jr.

Are Women Morally Superior to Men?

Are Women Morally Superior to Men? Are Women Morally Superior to Men?

Woman as sharer and carer, woman as earth mother, woman as guardian of small rituals—these images are as old as time.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt

Is the UK Labor Party Too Moderate to Be in Power?

Is the UK Labor Party Too Moderate to Be in Power? Is the UK Labor Party Too Moderate to Be in Power?

Its leaders speak the language of social concern, yet their strategy is marked by extreme caution, an avoidance of any appearance of radicalism.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Edward Miliband

What Can the White Man Say to the Black Woman?

What Can the White Man Say to the Black Woman? What Can the White Man Say to the Black Woman?

Only one thing that the black woman might hear.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Alice Walker

Where Reaganism and Astrology Meet

Where Reaganism and Astrology Meet Where Reaganism and Astrology Meet

It is scarcely news that the President is in the mainstream of popular American credulity. He has been nurtured in the same rich loam of folk ignorance, historical figment and para...

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Cockburn

Christopher Hitchens Was Against the Buzzword ‘Terrorism’ Before He Was For It

Christopher Hitchens Was Against the Buzzword ‘Terrorism’ Before He Was For It Christopher Hitchens Was Against the Buzzword ‘Terrorism’ Before He Was For It

The rulers of our world subject us to lectures about the need to oppose terrorism while they prepare, daily and hourly, for the annihilation of us all.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Christopher Hitchens

Berlin Wall, 1981

East, West—Is There a Third Way? East, West—Is There a Third Way?

The cold war has become a habit, an addiction, supported by very powerful material interests in each bloc.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / E.P. Thompson

Can Women and Men Live Together Again?

Can Women and Men Live Together Again? Can Women and Men Live Together Again?

I hope we might meet as rebels together—not against one another, but against a social order that condemns so many of us to meaningless or degrading work in return for a glimp...

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Barbara Ehrenreich

When ‘Commentary’ Parroted ‘The Protocols of the Elders of Zion’

When ‘Commentary’ Parroted ‘The Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ When ‘Commentary’ Parroted ‘The Protocols of the Elders of Zion’

Like it or not, Jews and homosexualists are in the same fragile boat, and one would have to be pretty obtuse not to see the common danger.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Gore Vidal

Is America Possible Without Empire?

Is America Possible Without Empire? Is America Possible Without Empire?

Rather than sizzle or suffocate, let us get on with imagining a new America.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / William Appleman Williams and Greg Grandin

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