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NSA Spying Myths NSA Spying Myths

The Bush Administration has propagated five myths in its current campaign to rationalize its illegal domestic spying program.

Feb 2, 2006 / Editorial / David Cole

The End of the Internet? The End of the Internet?

Telephone and cable companies are crafting strategies to transform the free and open Internet to a privately run service that would charge a fee for virtually everything we do onli...

Feb 1, 2006 / Feature / Jeffrey Chester

Enron’s Enablers Enron’s Enablers

As the Enron trial unfolds, it's depressing that Phil and Wendy Gramm, the company's political enablers, are going unpunished and uncriticized.

Feb 1, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

For Pro-Life Bloggers, a New Hubris For Pro-Life Bloggers, a New Hubris

Relishing Samuel Alito's impact on the Supreme Court, pro-life bloggers are already laying strategies to win hearts and minds in a transformed legal landscape.

Jan 31, 2006 / Feature / Esther Kaplan

SpongeBob SquarePants, Health Risk SpongeBob SquarePants, Health Risk

The Center for Science in the Public Interest is suing Kellogg and Viacom for using cartoon characters to brainwash kids into consuming mass amounts of junk food.

Jan 31, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

The New Face of the Campus Left The New Face of the Campus Left

Since the 1970s Republican conservatives have been the dominant political force on American campuses. But groups like Campus Progress, better groomed and better organized than thei...

Jan 26, 2006 / Feature / Sam Graham-Felsen

Prochoice Puritans Prochoice Puritans

As prochoicers seek to reframe their arguments, injecting more moralism into the antiabortion debate will not keep abortion legal and accessible.

Jan 26, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Nick Kristof’s Brothel Problem Nick Kristof’s Brothel Problem

Nicholas Kristof produces a steady stream of titillating reports on child prostitution in the Third World. Better to focus on draconian economic reforms driven by the World Bank th...

Jan 26, 2006 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn

UCLA’s Dirty Thirty UCLA’s Dirty Thirty

Negative media coverage has succeeded in undermining support among prominent conservatives for a UCLA alumni group that paid students to target and expose left-leaning faculty.

Jan 26, 2006 / Editorial / Jon Wiener

What’s Race Got to Do With It? What’s Race Got to Do With It?

Socially conservative black churches may be ripe for exploitation by the Christian right on gay marriage. But that's only part of the story.

Jan 25, 2006 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge

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