The Plot Against Equality The Plot Against Equality
Walter Benn Michaels's The Trouble With Diversity challenges us to remove our race-tinted glasses and view the world in the class-based terms that, he argues, define it.
Dec 7, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Robert S. Boynton
Point, No Counterpoint: The Conservative Beat Point, No Counterpoint: The Conservative Beat
The New York Times editors do a service by covering right-wingers: It would make sense to similarly cover progressives. Why don't they?
Dec 7, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman
Jose Padilla’s Ordeal Jose Padilla’s Ordeal
The systematic abuse of an American citizen charged with vague crimes related to terror has destroyed his sanity and made us into what we despise.
Dec 6, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Justice Brandeis Justice Brandeis
One of the phrases most often quoted from Justice Brandeis is, "If we would guide by the light of reason, we must let our minds be bold." The full context in which the phrase fir...
Dec 5, 2006 / The Editors
Draining the Gene Pool Draining the Gene Pool
A plant gene that could protect organic crops from contamination from genetically engineered seeds is out of reach to most organic farmers, thanks to an agribusiness patent.
Dec 4, 2006 / Feature / Lisa M. Hamilton
Double, Double Toil and Trouble Double, Double Toil and Trouble
"Is it just my imagination, or are women wreaking more evil than usual these days?"
Dec 4, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Latinos Lean Left: Bringing Down the GOP’s Big Tent Latinos Lean Left: Bringing Down the GOP’s Big Tent
Latino voters walked away from the GOP in the midterm elections, a payback for the party's ruthlessly anti-immigrant stance.
Dec 4, 2006 / Feature / Roberto Lovato
Breathing While Black Breathing While Black
A young black man and an elderly black woman each die in a hail of police bullets; a comedian invokes the era of lynching--suddenly it feels like a crime to be caught breathing whi...
Dec 2, 2006 / Feature / Christopher Rabb
Olbermann’s Hot News Olbermann’s Hot News
News flash: Dissent sells! And the American public does have a taste for serious, high-minded news.
Dec 2, 2006 / Daphne Eviatar
Mad Mel and the Maya Mad Mel and the Maya
Mel Gibson's violent new film Apocalypto exploits Maya culture and perpetuates racist stereotypes.
Nov 30, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Earl Shorris