Capitalism: A Love Story–An Early Review Capitalism: A Love Story–An Early Review
Last night I attended a press screening of Michael Moore's new filmCapitalism: A Love Story. As with all of his films it made animmediate, strong impression on me and it al...
Sep 22, 2009 / Adam Howard
Bill O’Reilly Raps: NYT Discovers Talk Radio-Hip Hop Nexus Bill O’Reilly Raps: NYT Discovers Talk Radio-Hip Hop Nexus
Just as hot trends meet their death when discovered by The Times Style Section - see Trucker Hats - emerging cultural themes usually go mainstream after a close-up in the paper's W...
Sep 22, 2009 / Ari Melber
The NFL (Political) Standings The NFL (Political) Standings
Week two in the National Football League is about to wrap up – a very happy week for yrs truly, with my beloved (and perennially cursed) Buffalo Bills scraping out a victory ...
Sep 21, 2009 / Eyal Press
Media Blitz Continues As Obama Golfs 18 Holes With Tom Friedman Media Blitz Continues As Obama Golfs 18 Holes With Tom Friedman
After his big five television interviews on Sunday, President Obama carved out an even larger slice of time for one print journalist, hitting the links for 18 holes of golf with Ne...
Sep 20, 2009 / Ari Melber
Media Overexposes ‘Obama Is Overexposed’ Complaint Media Overexposes ‘Obama Is Overexposed’ Complaint
To push health care reform, President Obama will appear on five Sunday talk shows (on ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, and Univision) and on Letterman Monday; this, after last week's speech to ...
Sep 19, 2009 / Leslie Savan
Where’s the Norma Rae of Healthcare? Where’s the Norma Rae of Healthcare?
Crystal Lee Sutton died last week. You might know her by her "other" name. It was Sutton's story that inspired the film Norma Rae, starring Sally Field who won an...
Sep 17, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Can We? A Brief History of American Racism Can We? A Brief History of American Racism
Congress passed the Alien and Sedition Acts in 1798. These four acts of Congress were meant to protect the new nation from French immigrants. They reflected a broad paranoia that F…
Sep 16, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Copenhagen in Crisis: How Much Does it Matter? Copenhagen in Crisis: How Much Does it Matter?
Diplomatic anxiety about the Copenhagen climate summit is reaching fever pitch. UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon has issued an urgent warning that the talks are stalled; UN develop...
Sep 16, 2009 / Maria Margaronis
The No-Shame Zone The No-Shame Zone
On the day after the one-year anniversary of Lehman Brothers' collapse, I find myself wishing every American could gather this evening for a screening at 209 West Houston – h...
Sep 15, 2009 / Eyal Press
The Speech & The Public Option The Speech & The Public Option
The last ten minutes of Barack Obama's healthcare speech, invoking the legacy of Ted Kennedy and emphasizing concern for others as an essential part of "the American character...
Sep 10, 2009 / Eyal Press