Race and the New Deal Coalition Race and the New Deal Coalition
Most New Deal programs were anything but race- and gender-neutral in their impact. They were both racially discrminatory and a boon to many black Americans.
Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Adolph Reed Jr.
Not Your Father’s FCC Not Your Father’s FCC
As we struggle for media democracy, let's take encouragement from the early actions of the FCC.
Mar 20, 2008 / Feature / Michael J. Copps
The Ritual Sacrifice of Samantha Power The Ritual Sacrifice of Samantha Power
A principled academic gets ground up in the media hypocrisy machine.
Mar 20, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman
Carrying a Torch for Tibet Carrying a Torch for Tibet
Protest is as much a part of the Olympic tradition as lighting the torch.
Mar 19, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin
Hillary’s Nasty Pastorate Hillary’s Nasty Pastorate
When it comes to unsavory religious affiliations, Hillary Clinton is a lot more vulnerable than Obama.
Mar 19, 2008 / Feature / Barbara Ehrenreich
China’s Olympic Delusion China’s Olympic Delusion
Cracking down once again in Tibet, China seeks to control the script on its flawed human rights record, yet still be regarded as a suitable host for the Olympics. Dream on.
Mar 19, 2008 / Feature / Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Notes on a Scandal Notes on a Scandal
The Spitzer affair's obvious rationality continues to elude the therapists, sexperts and pundits for whom shame is the game.
Mar 17, 2008 / Editorial / JoAnn Wypijewski
Tracing Slavery’s Past Tracing Slavery’s Past
On the bicentennial of the abolition of the slave trade, a documentarian tries to come to grips with her family's history in the trade.
Mar 14, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Te-Ping Chen
Reviving Vietnam War Tactics Reviving Vietnam War Tactics
One of Gen. Petraeus's top advisors advocates a return to the global Phoenix program used during the Vietnam War.
Mar 13, 2008 / Feature / Tom Hayden
John Q. Public John Q. Public
Just once it would be nice to see a male politician caught in a sex scandal stand up there at a press conference all by himself.
Mar 13, 2008 / Column / Katha Pollitt