The Fox News Effect The Fox News Effect
This is your brain on two weeks of non-stop Fox News.
Mar 7, 2012 / Feature / Marvin Kitman
Lessons From Limbaugh Lessons From Limbaugh
For the right wing, when the topic is anything remotely connected to female sexuality, every woman is a slut.
Mar 5, 2012 / Blog / Katha Pollitt
Mitt Romney’s ‘Cut-and-Paste’ Fantasy Candidacy Mitt Romney’s ‘Cut-and-Paste’ Fantasy Candidacy
Romney's campaign doctors newspaper editorials and then sends them to reporters hoping to spin the story. In fact, even his backers have doubts.
Mar 5, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols
Rupert Murdoch Makes James an Offer He Can’t Refuse Rupert Murdoch Makes James an Offer He Can’t Refuse
Even in such a busy week it is worth taking a minute to reflect on what amounts to the firing of James Murdoch by his father.
Mar 2, 2012 / Blog / D.D. Guttenplan
NYC to Release Teachers’ ‘Value-Added’ Ratings: Why It’s Not Fair NYC to Release Teachers’ ‘Value-Added’ Ratings: Why It’s Not Fair
Bill Gates and Wendy Kopp agree: the volatile data reports unfairly shame teachers.
Feb 24, 2012 / Blog / Dana Goldstein
Rubin Agonistes Rubin Agonistes
Alter-Reviews and Reed Richardson zeros in on the flip-flop blogging of the Washington Post's Jenifer Rubin.
Feb 24, 2012 / Blog / Eric Alterman
Sean Combs’s New Channel: Comcast’s Crumb? Sean Combs’s New Channel: Comcast’s Crumb?
Comcast’s new minority-owned channels are the direct result of a deal cut with civil rights organizations. So where are the women’s channels?
Feb 24, 2012 / Blog / Laura Flanders
Sarah Wildman: Pioneering Magazine ‘+972’ Challenges the Status Quo Sarah Wildman: Pioneering Magazine ‘+972’ Challenges the Status Quo
What makes +972 such a unique magazine with an extraordinary ability to shake up conventional ideas about Israel and Palestine?
Feb 23, 2012 / Audio / The Nation
Remembering Anthony Shadid Remembering Anthony Shadid
The most gifted foreign correspondent in a generation reported with authority and empathy.
Feb 17, 2012 / Lived History / Ruth Baldwin
This Valentine’s Day, Occupy the Romantic-Industrial Complex This Valentine’s Day, Occupy the Romantic-Industrial Complex
Let's find a way to honor relationships that does not rely on buying stuff.
Feb 13, 2012 / Samhita Mukhopadhyay