The Black Pathology Biz The Black Pathology Biz
Black pathology is big business. Two-thirds of teenage mothers are white, two-thirds of welfare recipients are white and white youth commit most of the crime in this country.
Feb 12, 2002 / Feature / Ishmael Reed
Axis Me No Questions… Axis Me No Questions…
George W. Bush's State of the Union address has laid bare his Administration's political strategy. It is to manipulate the grief, anger and patriotism inspired by September 11 to...
Feb 7, 2002 / Column / Eric Alterman
‘Whacking’ the Liberal Media ‘Whacking’ the Liberal Media
The New York Times's Martin Arnold calls the success of Bernard Goldberg's Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News "perhaps the most astonishing publishing eve...
Jan 24, 2002 / Column / Eric Alterman
In Cold Type In Cold Type
There is a value to the much-criticized crawl that zipped along at the bottom of CNN's window during the attack on Afghanistan, beneath clips of dirty traitors and soldier-heroes...
Jan 24, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Amy Wilentz
The Others The Others
What if we could see the Afghan dead as we've seen the September 11 victims?
Jan 24, 2002 / Feature / Howard Zinn
Huey Freeman: American Hero Huey Freeman: American Hero
Sure, he's a cartoon character, but it still takes courage to speak out.
Jan 10, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols
Rx Needed for Medical Journals Rx Needed for Medical Journals
Drug companies influence research; they also affect what gets published.
Jan 10, 2002 / Feature / Sonia Shah
Something Old, Something New Something Old, Something New
Media policy need to change in the digital ageābut how?
Dec 20, 2001 / Feature / Jeffrey Chester and Gary O. Larson
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