The True Story of Equiano The True Story of Equiano
Vincent Carretta's Equiano, the African is the complex narrative of a Carolina slave who bought his freedom, married an English woman and published a memoir on his life as a seafar...
Nov 2, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Robin Blackburn
The Power of Fear The Power of Fear
Jill Lepore's New York Burning paints a realistic portrait of a purported slave rebellion in 1741 and the hysteria that followed, a harrowing lesson of how abusers of power become ...
Nov 2, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Russell Shorto
I Wonder As I Wander I Wonder As I Wander
Rebecca Solnit's A Field Guide to Getting Lost plumbs the mysteries of losing oneself and finding oneself in the realm of the utter unknown.
Nov 2, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Michael Gorra
About a Girl About a Girl
Breakfast for Pluto is the upbeat and whimsical fable of a girl in a boy's body. Watching Claire Danes in Shopgirl will make you forget for a while that other actresses exist.
Nov 2, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
John Conyers and Rosa Parks John Conyers and Rosa Parks
The death last week of Rosa Parks at age 92 has inspired a predictableoutpouring of tributes from politicians of every partisan andideological bent. Even President Bush, a man who...
Nov 2, 2005 / John Nichols
Senate Democrats Show Some Spine Senate Democrats Show Some Spine
Senate minority leader Harry Reid forced Republicans into a closed-door session Tuesday to examine the Administration's use and misuse of intelligence on Iraq. Could Democrats fina...
Nov 1, 2005 / Feature / John Nichols
Cronyism and Secrecy at the CPB Cronyism and Secrecy at the CPB
Scroll down for an update from Jeff Chester, one of America's leading media reform experts, re Kenneth Tomlinson's departure from the CPB board. Early last month in this space, I...
Nov 1, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Rising Prices + Higher Interest Rates = Middle-Class Misery Rising Prices + Higher Interest Rates = Middle-Class Misery
Interest rates nosed higher today as the Federal Reserve Board sought to control inflation. But the impact of runaway inflation is already being felt by workers whose wages will st...
Nov 1, 2005 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman
Serious Questions for Samuel A. Alito Jr. Serious Questions for Samuel A. Alito Jr.
Questions for Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr.: What are the rights of an individual before the law? Are these rights any different from what Alito views as the rights of ...
Nov 1, 2005 / Morton Mintz
How Reporters Helped Lead Us to War How Reporters Helped Lead Us to War
Reporters like Judith Miller who fought to avoid testifying in the CIA leak case were knowing accomplices in the White House's attempt to punish a whistle-blower. By failing to rep...
Nov 1, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer