Society

Can the Golden State Warriors Save Oakland? Can the Golden State Warriors Save Oakland?

The Warriors will miss this year's NBA playoffs, but they can still be winners by reaching out to at-risk youth in Oakland.

Apr 21, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin

Fox News’ Obama Lies Are Spreading Fox News’ Obama Lies Are Spreading

We'd expect Fox News to cover Barack Obama unfairly, but who knew the so-called "liberal media" would follow their lead so often?

Apr 21, 2008 / Video / Brave New Films

Rehabilitation, Resurrected Rehabilitation, Resurrected

This year nearly 700,000 inmates in US prisons will be granted their freedom. And in a rare act of bipartisanship, a new law provides millions to rehabilitate them.

Apr 18, 2008 / Feature / David Cole

Journalists Slam ABC Debate Tactics Journalists Slam ABC Debate Tactics

In an open letter to ABC News, a group of journalists and media analysts condemns the network's poor handling of the latest Clinton/Obama faceoff.

Apr 18, 2008 / Feature / The Nation

Arms and the Right Arms and the Right

Two books dissect the contentious, confusing debate over gun control and the frequently misinterpreted Second Amendment.

Apr 17, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare

The Liberation of Reverend Wright The Liberation of Reverend Wright

The media's portrayal of Obama's former pastor as racist reflects an ignorance about the black church and its rhetorical traditions.

Apr 17, 2008 / Feature / S. Eudora Smith

Motzira-Making on the Right Motzira-Making on the Right

The politics of tenure at Barnard and beyond.

Apr 17, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman

Seeking Superdelegates Seeking Superdelegates

Online activists are shining much-needed light on superdelegates, revealing who they are and how they'll vote--and asking why we need them.

Apr 17, 2008 / Editorial / Ari Melber

KBR’s Rape Problem KBR’s Rape Problem

Three women contractors raped in Iraq testify before a Senate committee: why has the Justice Department failed to prosecute crimes like these?

Apr 17, 2008 / Editorial / Karen Houppert

Olympic Flame Out Olympic Flame Out

Boycotts of the Beijing Olympics are easy. What's harder is moving China towards meaningful progress on human rights.

Apr 17, 2008 / Editorial / The Editors

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