Society

You Mean, We Won Something? You Mean, We Won Something?

With developments in the Mumia Abu-Jamal case and Pacifica's re-emergence, the left has a couple of victories under its belt; the Enron scandal develops further.

Dec 20, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Food Fight Food Fight

Organic farming critic Dennis Avery is supported by generous contributions from several chemical companies, all of whom profit from the sale of products prohibited in organic produ...

Dec 20, 2001 / Feature / Mark Dowie

A Teflon Correspondent A Teflon Correspondent

John Stossel has high Q-ratings, so he doesn't have to worry about the rules.

Dec 20, 2001 / Feature / Mark Dowie

Big Media, Bad News Big Media, Bad News

Media consolidation is creeping in slowly while the public’s attention is elsewhere—is it too late to fight back?

Dec 20, 2001 / The Editors

The Wages of Synergy The Wages of Synergy

Synergy—it's all well and good. But media consolidation's dark side often raises its head.

Dec 20, 2001 / Feature / Janine Jaquet

Stossel’s Heroes Stossel’s Heroes

John Stossel has a conservative stable of pundits when it come to his questionable reporting of evironmental issues.

Dec 20, 2001 / Feature / Mark Dowie

The Right in the Classroom The Right in the Classroom

Right-wing climate-change deniers worked hand-in-glove with John Stossel to portray schoolchild as being 'scared green' on a recent ABC special.

Dec 20, 2001 / Feature / Marianne Manilov

Unfriendly Skies Unfriendly Skies

The FAA, which had long ignored airlines' requests for help with unruly passengers, is now relying on those same airlines' apparent racial profiling when deciding who gets ...

Dec 20, 2001 / Bruce Shapiro

Executive Obstruction Executive Obstruction

The Bush administration's insistence on secrecy in the Whitey Bulger case raises some unsettling questions.

Dec 19, 2001 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro

Secularism Unlocks the Door to Stability Secularism Unlocks the Door to Stability

In rebuilding Afghanistan, lessons should be learned from Turkey and Egypt when it comes to the separation of church and state.

Dec 18, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

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