IMF to Haiti: Freeze Public Wages IMF to Haiti: Freeze Public Wages
Since a devastating earthquake rocked Haiti on Tuesday--killing tens of thousands of people--there's been a lot of well-intentioned chatter and twitter about how to help Haiti.&nbs...
Jan 15, 2010 / Richard Kim
An Interview with Haitian NBA Vet Olden Polynice An Interview with Haitian NBA Vet Olden Polynice
Olden Polynice played center in the NBA for 15 seasons. During that time, he distinguished himself as more than a hardnosed rebounder. He was the most visible Haitian athlete in th...
Jan 15, 2010 / Dave Zirin
Things to Remember While Helping Haiti Things to Remember While Helping Haiti
"Things to Remember While Helping Haiti."
Jan 15, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Is Sarah Palin a Natural Fox? Is Sarah Palin a Natural Fox?
Only after Fox News announced that it had hired Sarah Palin as an "news analyst" did I realize that I've been subconsciously calling her Sarah Fox, Fox Palin, or Sarah Pa...
Jan 14, 2010 / Leslie Savan
Willing to Reconsider Willing to Reconsider
OK, so I've been a feminist against marriage for as long as I can remember but I will if you will.
Jan 13, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Nixon and the 1969 Vietnam Moratorium Nixon and the 1969 Vietnam Moratorium
In 1969, as the anti-war movement was reaching a peak, Richard Nixon's White House staff debated what they could do to "show the little bastards" what kind of man they were up agai...
Jan 12, 2010 / Jon Wiener
Immigrant Deaths Covered Up Immigrant Deaths Covered Up
Monday, January 11, marks eight years since the Bush administration transferred the first prisoners to the U.S. detention facility at Guantánamo Bay. Ever since, human right...
Jan 12, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Mark McGwire’s Pound of Flesh Mark McGwire’s Pound of Flesh
In the ten years Brian Williams has anchored the NBC Nightly News, he has never once launched a broadcast by lambasting a public figure. Henry Paulson after the economic collapse? ...
Jan 12, 2010 / Dave Zirin
On Reid and Racism On Reid and Racism
Joe Biden once remarked that Barack Obama was "clean" and "articulate." He is now Vice President. During the Democratic primaries Hillary Clinton invoked Rober...
Jan 11, 2010 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Breaking News: Harry Reid Sees Black People Breaking News: Harry Reid Sees Black People
Stop the presses! Harry Reid said the word "Negro" and, worse, suggested that white people are less afraid of light-skinned blacks who don't use double negatives. But by ...
Jan 11, 2010 / Kai Wright