Sotomayor is a Sporting Judge Sotomayor is a Sporting Judge
To gauge her judicial temperament, take a close look at Sonia Sotomayor's rulings in sports. Left-wing in theory, right-wing in practice--no wonder she clicked so smoothly with the...
May 29, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin
Attacking Sotomayor: Race to the Bottom Attacking Sotomayor: Race to the Bottom
Right wing commentators, with characteristic disregard for reason or reality, have already begun smearing Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
May 28, 2009 / Video / Media Matters for America
Derail the ‘Hate Crimes’ Bandwagon! Derail the ‘Hate Crimes’ Bandwagon!
Our laws are rapidly collapsing into symbolism.
May 27, 2009 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
The Real Sotomayor The Real Sotomayor
Conservatives should think twice before using Sonia Sotomayor's Latina identity against her.
May 27, 2009 / Editorial / The Editors
All the Letters Fit to Print All the Letters Fit to Print
A longstanding rivalry between old friends shows what it takes to get into the New York Times.
May 27, 2009 / Feature / David Margolick
The Dark Side of Plan Colombia The Dark Side of Plan Colombia
Is Plan Colombia subsidizing narco-traffickers to cultivate biofuels on stolen lands?
May 27, 2009 / Feature / Teo Ballvé
The Selling of School Reform The Selling of School Reform
Charter and merit pay advocates make up in lobbying what they lack in community support.
May 27, 2009 / Feature / Dana Goldstein
Torture and Truth Torture and Truth
The war, as we learned from the photos of Abu Ghraib, produced torture. Before that happened, torture had produced war.
May 27, 2009 / Feature / Jonathan Schell
The Border Violence Myth The Border Violence Myth
The national media have invented a drug-related crime wave that officials and local journalists say just isn't happening.
May 27, 2009 / Feature / Gabriel Arana