For Colored Girls, Is Tyler Perry’s Film Enuf? For Colored Girls, Is Tyler Perry’s Film Enuf?
To hear Tyler Perry tell it, black women are forever in flux amidst hate. But the original For Colored Girls grappled with much more than the weight of trauma, injustice and abuse.
Nov 12, 2010 / Courtney Young
Lou Dobbs: Two Times A Hypocrite Lou Dobbs: Two Times A Hypocrite
Lou Dobbs is as two-faced when it comes to business advice as he is about immigration policy.
Nov 12, 2010 / Press Room
Slide Show: Were The Newburgh Four Victims of FBI Entrapment? Slide Show: Were The Newburgh Four Victims of FBI Entrapment?
Nov 12, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Profiles in Desecration: Lebron James, Nike and Muhammad Ali Profiles in Desecration: Lebron James, Nike and Muhammad Ali
Lebron James's heavily hyped new Nike commercial draws upon a famous statement from Muhammad Ali. To Nike, the brand power of such a statement is simply "the Greatest."
Nov 12, 2010 / Dave Zirin
‘I Had An Abortion,’ in 140 Characters or Less: An Exchange With Steph Herold and Aspen Baker ‘I Had An Abortion,’ in 140 Characters or Less: An Exchange With Steph Herold and Aspen Baker
What happens when women tell their abortion stories on Twitter? Is it good for the pro-choice movement—and is it good for them?
Nov 12, 2010 / Steph Herold and Aspen Baker
Lou Dobbs: New Show, Same Old Hypocrisy? Lou Dobbs: New Show, Same Old Hypocrisy?
When it comes to his record on business reporting, Dobbs's hypocrisy has been no less flagrant.
Nov 12, 2010 / Isabel Macdonald
Voting on the Death Penalty? Voting on the Death Penalty?
American support for the death penalty is flagging. So why did some candidates make it an election issue?
Nov 11, 2010 / Anna Louie Sussman
Greg Mitchell and Howard Kurtz on Olbermann’s ‘Countdown’: Can Journalists Make Political Donations? Greg Mitchell and Howard Kurtz on Olbermann’s ‘Countdown’: Can Journalists Make Political Donations?
In light of the controversy surrounding Keith Olbermann's campaign donations, should journalists be barred from being involved in politics?
Nov 11, 2010 / Press Room
Greg Mitchell and Howard Kurtz on Olbermann’s Countdown: Can Journalists Make Political Donations? Greg Mitchell and Howard Kurtz on Olbermann’s Countdown: Can Journalists Make Political Donations?
In light of the controversy surrounding Olbermann's campaign donations, should journalists be barred from being involved in politics?
Nov 11, 2010 / Countdown
Time to Stop Making Nice to the Military Time to Stop Making Nice to the Military
President Obama's go-slow approach to ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" discrimination in the military has left repeal on life support in a lame-duck session of Congress.
Nov 11, 2010 / Laura Flanders