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Skipping Class: The Blind Side of the Duke-Michigan ‘Uncle Tom’ Debate Skipping Class: The Blind Side of the Duke-Michigan ‘Uncle Tom’ Debate

Former Michigan hoops star Jalen Rose called Duke's African American players “Uncle Toms.” Duke alum Grant Hill responded in the New York Times. Let the media firestorm...

Mar 22, 2011 / Dave Zirin

The National Conference on Media Reform The National Conference on Media Reform

The NCMR meshes the seriousness of policy sessions, the vitality of grassroots activism and  performances by great artists into a coherent whole. 

Mar 22, 2011 / Peter Rothberg

Jeremy Scahill: Why Has the US Been Silent on Yemen’s Uprising? Jeremy Scahill: Why Has the US Been Silent on Yemen’s Uprising?

Does the silence of the Obama administration on the uprisings in Yemen have something to do with the US-backed president's role as a crucial partner in the war on terror?

Mar 22, 2011 / Democracy Now!

Kucinich Proposes Congressional Action to Defund Undeclared Libya War Kucinich Proposes Congressional Action to Defund Undeclared Libya War

"We have already spent trillions of dollars on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.... Now, the President is plunging the United States into yet another war we cannot afford...

Mar 22, 2011 / John Nichols

Haiti Abstains Haiti Abstains

No matter who is declared the winner, the country's March 20 elections represent a defeat for Haitian democracy.

Mar 22, 2011 / Dan Coughlin

After Three Mile Island: The Rise and Fall of Nuclear Safety Culture

After Three Mile Island: The Rise and Fall of Nuclear Safety Culture After Three Mile Island: The Rise and Fall of Nuclear Safety Culture

The 1979 partial meltdown prompted more regulations and greater enforcement. Then in the 1990s, a Republican Congress took aim.

Mar 22, 2011 / Christian Parenti

US Poverty: Past, Present and Future US Poverty: Past, Present and Future

An interview with Georgetown University law professor Peter Edelman.

Mar 22, 2011 / Greg Kaufmann

Obama Holds Up Latin America as a Model for the Middle East—If Only Obama Holds Up Latin America as a Model for the Middle East—If Only

Obama, in Chile, celebrates Latin American democracy while telling Chileans to not cling to the past.

Mar 22, 2011 / Greg Grandin

US Uncut Says Two-Tier America Has To Go US Uncut Says Two-Tier America Has To Go

Hard-working Americans are losing their homes and paying their taxes while corporate executives walk away with billions. The system has got to change.

Mar 22, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny

Missing in the Japan Catastrophe: Thinking the Unthinkable Missing in the Japan Catastrophe: Thinking the Unthinkable

Why we can’t bring ourselves to discuss the worst that could happen at the Fukushima nuclear complex?

Mar 22, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt

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