Frontline on PBS Investigates Post-Katrina Police Shootings Frontline on PBS Investigates Post-Katrina Police Shootings
Five years ago next week, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the body of Henry Glover was found burned in a charred sedan overlooking the Mississippi River in New Orleans...
Aug 26, 2010 / Press Room
Frontline on PBS Investigates Post-Katrina Police Shootings Frontline on PBS Investigates Post-Katrina Police Shootings
Five years ago next week, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the body of Henry Glover was found burned in a charred sedan overlooking the Mississippi River in New Orleans. The ...
Aug 26, 2010 / Frontline
The Terrorists Win The Terrorists Win
Nine years after 9/11, hatred of Islam has infected many Americans. How else can we explain the opposition to an Islamic community center two blocks away from where the attacks too...
Aug 25, 2010 / Column / Eric Alterman
Commentary: Robin Templeton on ‘Anchor Baby’ Baiting Commentary: Robin Templeton on ‘Anchor Baby’ Baiting
Any semblance of serious deliberation on immigration in Washington has degenerated into a racially charged assault on the children of undocumented immigrants.
Aug 19, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
The Lesson of Mosque-Mania: It’s Our Values, Stupid The Lesson of Mosque-Mania: It’s Our Values, Stupid
The Democrats' timid rejoinder to the GOP's summer of demagoguery reveals how afraid they are of debating our defining values.
Aug 19, 2010 / Kai Wright
America Plagued by Periodic Paranoia America Plagued by Periodic Paranoia
Our country has a pattern of losing its mind over issues that later turn out to be insignificant.
Aug 17, 2010 / Press Room
Obama, The Right and Race Obama, The Right and Race
Missing from Alterman's historical analysis is the Republicans' canny exploitation of racial resentment.
Aug 12, 2010 / Feature / Salim Muwakkil
Conversation: A.C. Thompson and Jacques Morial on Post-Katrina Police Violence Conversation: A.C. Thompson and Jacques Morial on Post-Katrina Police Violence
In the anarchic days after Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans police department were responsible for much of the deadly violence.
Aug 11, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Mosque Mania Mosque Mania
There is a distinct creepiness to the controversy now raging around a proposed Islamic cultural center in Lower Manhattan.
Aug 10, 2010 / Stephan Salisbury
The Right’s New Media Scare Tactics The Right’s New Media Scare Tactics
The right is using the internet and social networking sites to make stuff up about undocumented immigrants. On The Rachel Maddow Show, Melissa Harris-Lacewell asks why the left is...
Aug 5, 2010 / Press Room