Glenn Beck’s Blues: Why the Far Right Hates the World Cup Glenn Beck’s Blues: Why the Far Right Hates the World Cup
As sure as the ultimate soccer spectacle brings guaranteed adrenaline and agony to fans across the United States, it also drives the right-wing noise machine utterly insane.
Jun 14, 2010 / Dave Zirin
Shill, Baby, Shill Shill, Baby, Shill
How BP’s disarmingly charming ten-year-long ad campaign helped get us into this mess.
Jun 14, 2010 / Leslie Savan
‘At Least Under Apartheid…’: South Africa as the World Cup Kicks Off ‘At Least Under Apartheid…’: South Africa as the World Cup Kicks Off
The excitement that accompanies the start of the World Cup shouldn't blind us to the dramatic inequality in the country, and FIFA's heavy hand in the preparations.
Jun 10, 2010 / Dave Zirin
You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught
Despite conservative attempts to whitewash what they learn in school, young Americans are a diverse and tolerant bunch—and they know it.
Jun 9, 2010 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry
Robot Rock Robot Rock
Video may have killed the radio star, but the vocoder liberates her voice.
Jun 9, 2010 / Books & the Arts / J. Gabriel Boylan
On the Vilification of Helen Thomas On the Vilification of Helen Thomas
The media tirade against the veteran White House reporter is as illogical as it is hysterical.
Jun 9, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Helen Thomas was Wrong, but Who’s Right? Helen Thomas was Wrong, but Who’s Right?
One can't help thinking that the grande dame of the White House press corps would have gotten less grief if she'd purposely cheated the financial system and took taxpayer mon...
Jun 8, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Report Finds Evidence of Medical Experimentation at Black Sites Report Finds Evidence of Medical Experimentation at Black Sites
Doctors and psychologists weren't only observing "enhanced" interrogations. They were using information gathered to create a legal defense for those who authorized tortur...
Jun 8, 2010 / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
The Playing Field as Battlefield The Playing Field as Battlefield
The CIA and me and other adventures in American sports.
Jun 8, 2010 / Lewis Lapham
Hot Plate: An Interview With Anna Lappé Hot Plate: An Interview With Anna Lappé
Anna Lappé, author of Diet for a Hot Planet, dishes on connections between what we eat and our warming planet.
Jun 8, 2010 / Tom Philpott