Is Koppel a Commie? Is Koppel a Commie?
The Sinclair Broadcast Group, a Maryland-based media company whose holdings include sixty-two TV stations, did the country a favor when it refused to air the April 30 special e...
May 6, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
‘We Better Do Something’: Toni Morrison and Cornel West in Conversation ‘We Better Do Something’: Toni Morrison and Cornel West in Conversation
In 1993 the Nobel Prize-winning author and the Princeton professor sat down to discuss blues, love, and politics.
May 6, 2004 / Feature / Toni Morrison and Cornel West
F*cked by the F*CC F*cked by the F*CC
Howard Stern: Free-speech hero.
Apr 29, 2004 / Feature / Jeff Jarvis
Homophobia of All Hues Homophobia of All Hues
The marriage-equality movement confronts anti-gay sentiment among blacks.
Apr 29, 2004 / Feature / Christopher Lisotta
Vanishing Votes Vanishing Votes
On October 29, 2002, George W. Bush signed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA). Hidden behind its apple-pie-and-motherhood name lies a nasty civil rights time bomb.
Apr 29, 2004 / Greg Palast
Post-Feminism, R.I.P. Post-Feminism, R.I.P.
By the most conservative estimates, the March for Women's Lives in Washington on April 25 was the biggest pro-choice demo ever--and it may have been the biggest march of any ki...
Apr 29, 2004 / The Editors
Marching for Women’s Lives Marching for Women’s Lives
Anyone who thinks the contemporary women's movement is dying, over or simply irrelevant will have to think again after yesterday's March for Women's Lives.
Apr 26, 2004 / Hillary Frey
Racism and Reproductive Rights Racism and Reproductive Rights
The March for Women's Lives is paying considerable attention to issues of concern to minority women.
Apr 22, 2004 / Ginger Adams Otis
Neocon Man Neocon Man
Daniel Pipes has made his name inveighing against an academy overrun by political extremists. But he is nothing if not extreme in his own views.
Apr 22, 2004 / Feature / Eyal Press
Down and Out in Texas Down and Out in Texas
Did you know that since January 1, women in Texas have not been able to obtain abortions from the sixteenth week of pregnancy on?
Apr 22, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt