Goodbye MCA Goodbye MCA
For me, losing a Beastie Boy is like what losing a Beatle was to my father's generation.
May 4, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter Rothberg
Darn Those Narcissistically Self-Absorbed, Intellectually Intolerant, Ideologically Debased Institutions! Darn Those Narcissistically Self-Absorbed, Intellectually Intolerant, Ideologically Debased Institutions!
Eric talks Rupert Murdoch and David Horowitz, and Reed wonders when the media will wake up and smell the coffee?
May 4, 2012 / Eric Alterman
Georgia County Sheriff Evicts Four-Generation Family In Raid Resembling ‘Drug Bust’ Georgia County Sheriff Evicts Four-Generation Family In Raid Resembling ‘Drug Bust’
A Georgia County sheriff evicted a four-generation family being defended by Occupy Atlanta.
May 4, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
Junior Seau’s Family Will Allow His Brain to Be Studied, and the NFL Holds Its Breath Junior Seau’s Family Will Allow His Brain to Be Studied, and the NFL Holds Its Breath
The family of NFL All-Pro Junior Seau made a deeply courageous decision to submit his brain for study after his suicide to see if concussions played a role. The ramifications could...
May 4, 2012 / Dave Zirin
Not Much Good News in April Jobs Report Not Much Good News in April Jobs Report
While the economy continues to add jobs, the recovery clearly seems to be losing steam.
May 4, 2012 / George Zornick
This Week in Poverty: The Philly Alliance This Week in Poverty: The Philly Alliance
In Philadelphia, people living in poverty and people who want to eradicate poverty are attempting to break down barriers and forge an alliance.
May 4, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
Gayatri Spivak: The Long and Short of Capitalism’s Demise Gayatri Spivak: The Long and Short of Capitalism’s Demise
Agitating for change beyond the general strike.
May 4, 2012 / Francis Reynolds
Breaching the Firewall Breaching the Firewall
On leakage between the parts of a cryptic clue
May 3, 2012 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Ari Berman: How Dangerous Is Romney’s Foreign Policy Team? Ari Berman: How Dangerous Is Romney’s Foreign Policy Team?
Mitt Romney is easily influenced and highly malleable when it comes to foreign policy.
May 3, 2012 / The Nation
OpinionNation: A Forum on Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) OpinionNation: A Forum on Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS)
In this second round, Eric Alterman and Lizzy Ratner respond to arguments for and against BDS.
May 3, 2012 / Omar Barghouti, Bernard Avishai, Lizzy Ratner, and Eric Alterman