The End of Times? The End of Times?
Journalism's in crisis, crushed by Wall Street and tarnished by a failure of nerve. As newspapers die and fake news proliferates, who will provide reliable information vital to a f...
Oct 26, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman
A Salute to Molly Ivins A Salute to Molly Ivins
Her writing--sharp, satirical, infused with the spirit of skepticism--reminds us that dissent rescues democracy from a quiet death behind closed doors.
Oct 26, 2006 / Lewis Lapham
Baseball in the Ashes Baseball in the Ashes
The last time the Detroit Tigers faced the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series, the Motor City was literally aflame. What's evident this time is that the city never rose from t...
Oct 26, 2006 / Column / Dave Zirin
The T-Shirt Wars The T-Shirt Wars
Demonstrators wearing a controversial T-shirt tested the limits of free expression on the Staten Island Ferry.
Oct 25, 2006 / Feature / Ali Winston
Election Night From Hell Election Night From Hell
As Fox News marks its tenth birthday, recall the fateful night in November 2000 that its election desk broke all the rules reporting the election of George W. Bush. Will Fox do it ...
Oct 25, 2006 / Books & the Arts / David W. Moore
Enron’s Enablers Enron’s Enablers
Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling would have remained small time crooks were it not for the energy industry deregulation measures they effectively purchased from Bush I and II.
Oct 25, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Stem Cell Politics Stem Cell Politics
The last day that I spent with Paul Wellstone began on a sunny morning in the living room of his St. Paul home. I'd arrived to join him as he campaigned for reelection in what was ...
Oct 25, 2006 / John Nichols
Playing Politics at School Playing Politics at School
Casting himself as tough on school crime as election day nears, Kentucky Republican Representative Geoff Davis is pushing a measure that puts the constitutional right of students a...
Oct 24, 2006 / Feature / Hasdai Westbrook
Useful Idiots Useful Idiots
Why did America's so-called liberal media find it so easy to support Bush's Iraq disaster? You won't find answers in the US media: Try The London Review of Books.
Oct 23, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Reproductive Rights on the Line in South Dakota Reproductive Rights on the Line in South Dakota
An initiative that seeks to overturn South Dakota's draconian ban on abortion will have implications in states across the country.
Oct 22, 2006 / Kate Michelman