Hip-Hop’s E-Z Scapegoats Hip-Hop’s E-Z Scapegoats
There's a big difference between the misogynous hip-hop produced by big media and the hip-hop that moves a generation.
May 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jeff Chang and Dave Zirin
Philadelphia Law Philadelphia Law
The City of Philadelphia seems poised to pay the price for being an overzealous host to the GOP.
May 8, 2007 / Deb Schwartz
Evaluating ‘No Child Left Behind’ Evaluating ‘No Child Left Behind’
The problems and promises of Bush's education policy.
May 2, 2007 / Feature / Linda Darling-Hammond
Mormons, in a Flattering Light Mormons, in a Flattering Light
A new PBS documentary provides a lush but not very enlightening look at Mormons in America.
May 2, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
The Chutzpah Industry The Chutzpah Industry
Alan Dershowitz is at it again, campaigning to deny tenure to a DePaul University professor who criticized him.
May 2, 2007 / Jon Wiener
The Post-Imus Conundrum The Post-Imus Conundrum
Liberals prefer to ignore that when it comes to verbal violence, white radio shock jocks are given the same pass as gangsta rappers.
May 2, 2007 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Supergirl Syndrome The Supergirl Syndrome
The marketing-driven message of the perfect girl--smart, skinny, pretty, athletic and loved by all--is a model of perfection that's hard to live up to. Can't girls just be free to ...
May 1, 2007 / Feature / Lakshmi Chaudhry
A Dangerous Little Beehive? A Dangerous Little Beehive?
A Cuban children's troupe has performed around the globe but finds it almost impossible to enter the United States.
May 1, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Rosa Miriam Elizalde
Miami Vise Miami Vise
Cuban-American moderates are on the rise, but hard-liners still run the show.
May 1, 2007 / Feature / Max J. Castro
The Higher Education Scam The Higher Education Scam
Marilee Jones excelled as admissions dean at MIT, until she was fired for falsifying her resume. But what good is a college degree, anyway?
Apr 30, 2007 / Feature / Barbara Ehrenreich