Israel’s New Left Goes Online Israel’s New Left Goes Online
The brash webzine +972 is challenging a political and media culture that has moved steadily to the right.
Feb 15, 2012 / Feature / Sarah Wildman
I’m Every Woman: Whitney Houston, the Voice of the Post–Civil Rights Era I’m Every Woman: Whitney Houston, the Voice of the Post–Civil Rights Era
Dismissed as inauthentic and overlooked by rock critics, Houston inspired a rainbow connection of Gen X and Y singers to belt across the colorline.
Feb 14, 2012 / Daphne A. Brooks
Sheldon Adelson and the End of American Anti-Semitism Sheldon Adelson and the End of American Anti-Semitism
How can it be that the “richest Jew in the world” can buy the foreign policy of a major party’s presidential contender and “the Jews” have somehow escaped the blame?
Feb 8, 2012 / Column / Eric Alterman
Replacing History With Fiction in Arizona Replacing History With Fiction in Arizona
The authors of Arizona’s new law want to collapse Latino identity into white American mythology.
Feb 8, 2012 / Column / Gary Younge
What’s Left Out of Black History Month Celebrations What’s Left Out of Black History Month Celebrations
More than a quarter of African-Americans live in poverty. During Black History Month, we should speak truthfully about the economic legacy that drives this inequality.
Feb 6, 2012 / Sean Thomas-Breitfeld
Behind the Right’s War on Southern Voters Behind the Right’s War on Southern Voters
In virtually every state in the South, at the Congressional and state level, Republicans—to protect and expand the electoral gains they made in 2010—have increased the…
Feb 2, 2012 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Puppets and Boogeymen Puppets and Boogeymen
In conservative political rhetoric, black people are either one or the other.
Feb 1, 2012 / Jamelle Bouie
How the GOP Is Resegregating the South How the GOP Is Resegregating the South
Republicans are using the redistricting process to undermine minority voting power and ensure their party's dominance.
Jan 31, 2012 / Feature / Ari Berman
Of Semites and ‘Anti-Semites’ Of Semites and ‘Anti-Semites’
In today’s media climate, it’s much easier to smear critics of the push for war on Iran as “anti-Semites” than to deal honestly with the facts.
Jan 25, 2012 / Column / Eric Alterman
Can Gingrich’s Visceral Appeal Outweigh His History? Can Gingrich’s Visceral Appeal Outweigh His History?
Newt Gingrich appeals to South Carolina Republicans like no other candidate. But can he overcome his personal history and his incompetent ground game?
Jan 20, 2012 / Ben Adler