Society

Media Reform’s Moment Media Reform’s Moment

The time is right to upend big media's agenda.

Jan 12, 2007 / The Editors

Newspapers…and After? Newspapers…and After?

Newspapers may be dinosaurs in the age of new media, but they have enough life to guide--and even define--our politics.

Jan 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols

Gitmo Turns Five Gitmo Turns Five

It's been five years since the first prisoners arrived at the US Naval base at Guantánamo. Will the new Congress undo the damage?

Jan 11, 2007 / Feature / Jonathan Hafetz

Mirror, Mirror On the Web Mirror, Mirror On the Web

Web 2.0's greatest success capitalizes on our need to feel significant, admired and, above all, seen.

Jan 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lakshmi Chaudhry

New Jersey Could Kill the Death Penalty New Jersey Could Kill the Death Penalty

The Garden State has become the center of gravity in the fight to abolish capital punishment.

Jan 7, 2007 / Feature / Patrick Mulvaney

Incarceration Nation Incarceration Nation

America now leads the world in the number of people behind bars. But hope is emerging that state governments and the courts will seek to hold back the hand of the carceral state.

Jan 5, 2007 / Feature / Silja J.A. Talvi

Tillie Olsen: 1912-2007 Tillie Olsen: 1912-2007

Celebrating the eloquence of the feminist, activist and writer in whose work memory, history, poetry and prophecy converge.

Jan 5, 2007 / Books & the Arts / John Leonard

Greater Than Warren Harding? Greater Than Warren Harding?

On Gerald Ford's greatness and the New York Times's ghastly coverage of Iraq.

Jan 4, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Cockburn

Heck-of -a-Job Myers? Heck-of -a-Job Myers?

The ICE chief's comments about immigration and unions raise troubling questions. Congress should seek answers.

Jan 3, 2007 / Feature / Rick Perlstein

Questioning Capital Punishment Questioning Capital Punishment

As doubts grow about the humanity and constitutionality of lethal injection, California, Florida and Maryland have shut down executions. America's flight from the death penalty co...

Dec 31, 2006 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro

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