Society

The Commercials Are the Super Bowl The Commercials Are the Super Bowl

The thirty-second spots for chips, beer, babes and flatulent slackers star in the big game.

Feb 5, 2010 / Feature / Robert Lipsyte

Let All Super Bowl Ads Advocate Let All Super Bowl Ads Advocate

David Zirin argues for a Super Bowl chock-full of advocacy ads.

Feb 5, 2010 / The Rachel Maddow Show

Focus on the Fetus Focus on the Fetus

The trouble with protesting the Tim Tebow ad: all most people see is pro-choicers trying to shut up a brave mother and her son.

Feb 4, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Bogus Crime Wave The Bogus Crime Wave

A host of politicians and pundits would have you believe that Hispanic immigrants are to blame for an uptick in urban crime. They're wrong.

Feb 4, 2010 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Antonin Scalia

Scalia v. The World: On Antonin Scalia Scalia v. The World: On Antonin Scalia

Who is the purest archetype of the conservative legal movement, Antonin Scalia or John Roberts?

Feb 4, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell

The Death and Life of American Journalism The Death and Life of American Journalism

John Nichols and Bob McChesney explain why the government should provide subsidies for media outlets.

Feb 4, 2010 / GRITtv

Integrity Isn’t Just a Military Value Integrity Isn’t Just a Military Value

On Tuesday, several of the nation's top military officials, including Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, spoke out in fa...

Feb 4, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Ten Things to Oppose the Anti-Gay Legislation in Uganda Ten Things to Oppose the Anti-Gay Legislation in Uganda

Although homosexuality is criminalized in 80 countries, the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009 is the most egregious attempt to sanction homophobia and threaten the human righ...

Feb 4, 2010 / Feature / The Nation

The (Il)legality of Unpaid Internships The (Il)legality of Unpaid Internships

Not being paid for work is illegal, so why aren’t unpaid internships?

Feb 3, 2010 / StudentNation / Morgan Ashenfelter

Working America’s Unwanted Jobs Working America’s Unwanted Jobs

Gabriel Thompson's book Working in the Shadows reveals what working like an immigrant in America is really like.

Feb 3, 2010 / MSNBC

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