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Bill Moyers Retires Bill Moyers Retires

Moyers's most significant legacy is that he treated his audience as adult citizens of a republic.

Apr 22, 2010 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Improbability Pump The Improbability Pump

Why has natural selection always been the most contested part of evolutionary theory?

Apr 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Jerry A. Coyne

Icons of Oblivion Icons of Oblivion

Two new books explore the role of naturalists in the history of conservation movements.

Apr 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ari Kelman

Million Dollar Duet Million Dollar Duet

This just in: the Internet has transformed business, politics, and culture--but will a corporate agenda kill freedom of the Web?

Apr 22, 2010 / Eric Alterman

Nightline asks why black women can’t get a man Nightline asks why black women can’t get a man

On Wednesday ABC's Nightline offered a cartoonish and superficial discussion of black marriage.

Apr 22, 2010 / Melissa Harris-Perry

Burying Juan Antonio Samaranch Burying Juan Antonio Samaranch

The Death of Juan Antonio Samaranch should in no way sugarcoat the destructive role he played in the world of International Sport

Apr 22, 2010 / Dave Zirin

Kyrgyzstan’s Islamist Blowback Kyrgyzstan’s Islamist Blowback

American support for repressive governments has provided fertile ground for recruitment.

Apr 22, 2010 / Feature / David Trilling

The Hebrew Republic The Hebrew Republic

Ongoing conflict in the Middle East continually reinforces tribalism, religiosity and messianic Zionism.

Apr 21, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Kai Bird

Reaching the Hard-to-Count: The Census and the Undocumented Reaching the Hard-to-Count: The Census and the Undocumented

A complete Census count will help stabilize the economy over the next decade. It's critical that everyone, including undocumented immigrants, be counted.

Apr 20, 2010 / Afton Branche

Ben Roethlisberger: No Justice, No Play? Ben Roethlisberger: No Justice, No Play?

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell should send a strong message: whatever Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was trying to do the night he was accused of rape, it's not a game.

Apr 20, 2010 / Dave Zirin

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