Professors Paid by Qaddafi: Providing ‘Positive Public Relations’ Professors Paid by Qaddafi: Providing ‘Positive Public Relations’
Academics’ explanations for why they took Libyan money.
Mar 5, 2011 / Jon Wiener
Anti-Life—When It’s a Woman’s Life Anti-Life—When It’s a Woman’s Life
Rep. Joe Pitts has specifically designed a bill to value fetuses over living women.
Mar 4, 2011 / Sharon Lerner
The Gray-Haired White Guys Deciding Your Reproductive Fate The Gray-Haired White Guys Deciding Your Reproductive Fate
On abortion and birth control, it's old men with red-ish neckties versus poor women of color.
Mar 3, 2011 / Sharon Lerner
Fighting Over Crumbs Left from Military Spending Fighting Over Crumbs Left from Military Spending
There's been a joke going around the labor protests. It goes something like this: A union member, a CEO and a Tea Party member are sitting at a table with 12 cookies...
Mar 3, 2011 / Laura Flanders
White House at Odds With Obama Supporters Over Wisconsin Protests White House at Odds With Obama Supporters Over Wisconsin Protests
Massive protests in Wisconsin don't fit into the White House's lame plan to "win the future".
Mar 3, 2011 / Ari Berman
Taking Sides in the Looming NFL Lockout Taking Sides in the Looming NFL Lockout
After hearing Barack Obama this afternoon, I'm more convinced than ever that every last person should side with NFL players. I don't think that was Obama's intent.
Mar 3, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Frankfurt Shootings: The Making of a Terrorist? Frankfurt Shootings: The Making of a Terrorist?
What the debate over terrorists seems to miss is the personal dimension: personal failures and personal grievances of the lone gunmen.
Mar 3, 2011 / Laila Lalami
Banksters Fighting Back With Higher Fees Banksters Fighting Back With Higher Fees
The banks are back! They’re paying out bonuses and raking in profits, we hear. But just how did they bounce back so fast? Let’s take Bank of America—they’re...
Mar 2, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Arab Uprisings and American Intervention Arab Uprisings and American Intervention
The young people protesting in Arab capitals right now want a meaningful break with the status quo and, in many ways, that means a break from American support.
Mar 2, 2011 / Laila Lalami
The F Word: Capital or Community in Wisconsin The F Word: Capital or Community in Wisconsin
How many Americans know that Governor Walker gave $140 million in tax breaks to corporations—right before he announced this fiscal year’s deficit of $137 million?
Mar 1, 2011 / Laura Flanders