The Likability Factor The Likability Factor
“The polls agree: President Barack Obama is likable. The question is whether he’s likable enough to get re-elected.” — Politico It’s said, as a rule, the most likable guy Is likely the guy who’ll pull through. And, given the candidates now set to try, The Democrats hope that is true. Though voters, polls show, think Obama is cool And Romney is colder than ice, More likable’s not an infallible tool. Remember: Dick Nixon won twice.
Jun 14, 2012 / Column / Calvin Trillin
What’s the Matter With Creationism? What’s the Matter With Creationism?
Forty-six percent of Americans believe that God created human beings within the last 10,000 years or so. Worry.
Jun 14, 2012 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Europe: Hotbed of Islamophobic Extremism Europe: Hotbed of Islamophobic Extremism
Europeans are not threatened by a Muslim minority. It's the other way round.
Jun 14, 2012 / Column / Gary Younge
Fear and Loathing of Islam Fear and Loathing of Islam
In the US today, the very ordinariness of Muslim-American life has become grounds for suspicion.
Jun 14, 2012 / Feature / Moustafa Bayoumi
How the Media Created the Muslim Monster Myth How the Media Created the Muslim Monster Myth
From Arab bandits to TV terrorists, the history of Islamophobia in US popular culture is long and ugly.
Jun 14, 2012 / Feature / Jack Shaheen
Deploying Informants, the FBI Stings Muslims Deploying Informants, the FBI Stings Muslims
Behind nearly every “foiled terror plot” lurks a government informant sent to entrap hapless young Muslim men.
Jun 14, 2012 / Feature / Petra Bartosiewicz
Islamophobia and Its Discontents Islamophobia and Its Discontents
Assailed by the right as a fiction, anti-Muslim bias is all too real for those who live with it.
Jun 14, 2012 / Feature / Laila Lalami
The True Story of Sharia in American Courts The True Story of Sharia in American Courts
Sharia is as unthreatening to the US legal system as the ideas in the Old Testament. Yet bigoted hysteria is fueling legislation that actually undermines our courts.
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The Long Roots of the NYPD Spying Program The Long Roots of the NYPD Spying Program
Before the War on Terror and Ray Kelly's spies, the War on Crime helped transform the NYPD into a small army.
Jun 14, 2012 / Feature / Ramzi Kassem
The Sugar Mama of Anti-Muslim Hate The Sugar Mama of Anti-Muslim Hate
Philanthropist Nina Rosenwald has used her millions to cement the alliance between the pro-Israel lobby and the Islamophobic fringe.
Jun 14, 2012 / Feature / Max Blumenthal