Society

McCain’s Pastor: US Should Destroy Islam McCain’s Pastor: US Should Destroy Islam

Since the media won't question McCain about his deeply bigoted pastor, it's up to you to call attention to this issue.

May 8, 2008 / Brave New Films and Mother Jones

Juan Crow in Georgia Juan Crow in Georgia

Immigrant Latinos live under a matrix of oppressive laws, customs and institutions.

May 8, 2008 / Feature / Roberto Lovato

Backlash Spectacular Backlash Spectacular

From campus to courtroom, longstanding gains for women are being eroded everywhere you look.

May 8, 2008 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Blogged Down Blogged Down

Some sportswriters just don't get it.

May 7, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin

Cruel and Unusual Punishment Cruel and Unusual Punishment

As executions resume in the wake of a Supreme Court decision, we are reminded that a life cannot be willfully ended without violence.

May 5, 2008 / Billy Sothern

Guantánamo Ain’t No Joke Guantánamo Ain’t No Joke

Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantánamo Bay is very funny. Nothing about the real place is.

May 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Shayana Kadidal

Sweet Martin’s Badass Song Sweet Martin’s Badass Song

Several new books on Martin Luther King takes a closer look at the rhetoric and economic politics of the civil rights icon.

May 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Scott Saul

Race to the Bottom Race to the Bottom

How Hillary Clinton's campaign played the race card--and drove a wedge into the feminist movement.

May 1, 2008 / Feature / Betsy Reed

Let Them Eat Waffles Let Them Eat Waffles

How can Barack Obama--or any candidate--overcome the sad hypocrisy of our public discourse?

May 1, 2008 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Our Lapdog Media Our Lapdog Media

What should we do when Big Media fails democracy? First, don't let it get any bigger.

May 1, 2008 / The Editors

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