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Four Reasons to Worry About the Potential Koch Takeover of Tribune Co. Newspapers

Four Reasons to Worry About the Potential Koch Takeover of Tribune Co. Newspapers Four Reasons to Worry About the Potential Koch Takeover of Tribune Co. Newspapers

The conservative Koch brothers are aiming to use their vast wealth to buy a consortium of newspapers. Here’s why you should worry. 

Apr 25, 2013 / Lee Fang

Inside America’s Dirty Wars

Inside America’s Dirty Wars Inside America’s Dirty Wars

How three US citizens were killed by their own government in the space of one month in 2011.

Apr 24, 2013 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

The Problem With Public Shaming

The Problem With Public Shaming The Problem With Public Shaming

Unmasking racists and trolls on the Internet may feel like justice, but it does not drive social progress.

Apr 24, 2013 / Cole Stryker

An Interview With ESPN’s New Ombudsman, Robert Lipsyte

An Interview With ESPN’s New Ombudsman, Robert Lipsyte An Interview With ESPN’s New Ombudsman, Robert Lipsyte

The world’s largest sports network just hired a noted critic as its watchdog. What’s next for sports media?

Apr 24, 2013 / Dave Zirin

The Reluctant Fundamentalist (and the Journalist Spy)

The Reluctant Fundamentalist (and the Journalist Spy) The Reluctant Fundamentalist (and the Journalist Spy)

Mira Nair's latest film includes a character who's a journalist and CIA agent. Is this responsible filmmaking?

Apr 24, 2013 / Column / Eric Alterman

Terror in Texas

Terror in Texas Terror in Texas

There ought to be a response to violence besides callous indifference and total social warfare.

Apr 24, 2013 / Richard Kim

Washington’s Response to 9/11: Torture, Disappearances, War Crimes

Washington’s Response to 9/11: Torture, Disappearances, War Crimes Washington’s Response to 9/11: Torture, Disappearances, War Crimes

That’s the unanimous conclusion of a nonpartisan task force. It should teach us not to overreact to the Boston bombings.

Apr 24, 2013 / David Cole

‘Cape Fear,’ and Our Fear

‘Cape Fear,’ and Our Fear ‘Cape Fear,’ and Our Fear

In the wake of 9/11 and Boston, is it even possible to imagine a movie that makes civil liberties an integral part of its dramatic arc?

Apr 24, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Rick Perlstein

Breaking Tradition, Cooper Union to Start Charging Tuition

Breaking Tradition, Cooper Union to Start Charging Tuition Breaking Tradition, Cooper Union to Start Charging Tuition

As the school year draws to an end, activists fear that this tuition decision marks the end of free higher education in the United States.

Apr 23, 2013 / StudentNation / Isabelle Nastasia and StudentNation

The ‘Thinspiration’ Behind an Impossible Ideal of Beauty

The ‘Thinspiration’ Behind an Impossible Ideal of Beauty The ‘Thinspiration’ Behind an Impossible Ideal of Beauty

Rooting out "thinspiration" in social media is a start, but we must not turn "thinspo" into a scapegoat.

Apr 23, 2013 / Chloe Angyal

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