Society

Scary Movie: Captivity’s Ad Campaign Scary Movie: Captivity’s Ad Campaign

I joined the protest of a terribly offensive poster for the horror flick Captivity, which resulted in its being taken down. Was that a good thing?

May 9, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Annabelle Gurwitch

Hip-Hop’s E-Z Scapegoats Hip-Hop’s E-Z Scapegoats

There's a big difference between the misogynous hip-hop produced by big media and the hip-hop that moves a generation.

May 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jeff Chang and Dave Zirin

Philadelphia Law Philadelphia Law

The City of Philadelphia seems poised to pay the price for being an overzealous host to the GOP.

May 8, 2007 / Deb Schwartz

Evaluating ‘No Child Left Behind’ Evaluating ‘No Child Left Behind’

The problems and promises of Bush's education policy.

May 2, 2007 / Feature / Linda Darling-Hammond

Mormons, in a Flattering Light Mormons, in a Flattering Light

A new PBS documentary provides a lush but not very enlightening look at Mormons in America.

May 2, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

The Chutzpah Industry The Chutzpah Industry

Alan Dershowitz is at it again, campaigning to deny tenure to a DePaul University professor who criticized him.

May 2, 2007 / Jon Wiener

The Post-Imus Conundrum The Post-Imus Conundrum

Liberals prefer to ignore that when it comes to verbal violence, white radio shock jocks are given the same pass as gangsta rappers.

May 2, 2007 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Supergirl Syndrome The Supergirl Syndrome

The marketing-driven message of the perfect girl--smart, skinny, pretty, athletic and loved by all--is a model of perfection that's hard to live up to. Can't girls just be free to ...

May 1, 2007 / Feature / Lakshmi Chaudhry

A Dangerous Little Beehive? A Dangerous Little Beehive?

A Cuban children's troupe has performed around the globe but finds it almost impossible to enter the United States.

May 1, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Rosa Miriam Elizalde

Miami Vise Miami Vise

Cuban-American moderates are on the rise, but hard-liners still run the show.

May 1, 2007 / Feature / Max J. Castro

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