Zinn-ophobia at NPR Zinn-ophobia at NPR
NPR's attempt to appease its critics by featuring comment from conservative pundits went a step too far when it let radical right-wing advocate David Horowitz contribute to Howard ...
Feb 11, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Haiti: A Creditor, Not a Debtor Haiti: A Creditor, Not a Debtor
It is we in the West who owe it reparations.
Feb 11, 2010 / Column / Naomi Klein
‘Goldman Chief’s $9 Million Bonus Seen by Some as Show of Restraint’ ‘Goldman Chief’s $9 Million Bonus Seen by Some as Show of Restraint’
Blankfein's bonus: too petite?
Feb 10, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Wall Street Wants a Refund Wall Street Wants a Refund
"Buyer's remorse" is the way John Cornyn, the Senate Republicans' fundraiser, gleefully refers to Wall Street moguls' current disenchantment with the US president they th...
Feb 10, 2010 / Column / Robert Scheer
Focus on the Fetus Focus on the Fetus
The trouble with protesting the Tim Tebow ad: all most people see is pro-choicers trying to shut up a brave mother and her son.
Feb 4, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Bogus Crime Wave The Bogus Crime Wave
A host of politicians and pundits would have you believe that Hispanic immigrants are to blame for an uptick in urban crime. They're wrong.
Feb 4, 2010 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Volcker Rules Volcker Rules
Obama's endorsement of what he calls the 'Volcker Rule' for once puts him squarely on the side of ordinary Americans as opposed to the banking bandits who have so thoroughly fleece...
Feb 3, 2010 / Column / Robert Scheer
All-White Basketball League: Bringing Segregation Back All-White Basketball League: Bringing Segregation Back
If not for the incessant backlash against NBA players, the all-white All-American Basketball Alliance would never have gotten off the ground.
Feb 2, 2010 / Column / Dave Zirin and David J. Leonard
Corpus Ex Machina Corpus Ex Machina
Citizens United raises the questions: why is speech the functional equivalent of money, and why are corporations considered persons?
Jan 28, 2010 / Column / Patricia J. Williams