Society

I Can’t Get No Satisfaction I Can’t Get No Satisfaction

Laura Kipnis's The Female Thing takes women to task for perpetuating the notion that they're vulnerable.

Nov 22, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood

Prop 209: Ten Long Years Prop 209: Ten Long Years

Ten years after its passage, California's Prop 209 has had a devastating impact on diversity in higher education.

Nov 22, 2006 / Carmina Ocampo

An Immodest Proposal An Immodest Proposal

Modesty is a virtue, but rather than telling the courts to practice restraint, the Bush Administration should rein in its own abuses of power.

Nov 22, 2006 / David Cole

Nascar Values Nascar Values

The Democrats won the House and the Senate because the Republicans lost the garage. How Nascar fans helped turn the tide of the election.

Nov 21, 2006 / Feature / Robert Lipsyte

MoDo, Deconstructed MoDo, Deconstructed

Maureen Dowd's political analysis is devilishly smart and viciously funny--but the New York Times columnist really should spend less time on the couch.

Nov 21, 2006 / Feature / Simon Maxwell Apter

Prosecute Rumsfeld? Not Ridiculous Prosecute Rumsfeld? Not Ridiculous

A mainstream media legal analyst dismissed efforts to prosecute Donald Rumsfeld and others for war crimes as ridiculous. They're not.

Nov 21, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith

Smithfield Walkout Challenges Agribiz Giant Smithfield Walkout Challenges Agribiz Giant

Last week's walkout at the Smithfield Packing Company was a significant victory for labor organizers and exploited undocumented workers at the North Carolina plant.

Nov 20, 2006 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Hooray for Right-Wing Hollywood Hooray for Right-Wing Hollywood

Right-wing culture warriors gathered in LA to praise ABC for its flawed 9/11 docudrama, talk up a conservative version of The Daily Show and release a thriller fueled by a nativist...

Nov 16, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Max Blumenthal

Crisis at Libération Crisis at Libération

Beset with financial woes, a labor-management power struggle and an aging leftist readership, the legendary French newspaper is on the brink of extinction.

Nov 16, 2006 / K.A. Dilday

Michigan-Ohio State Fever Michigan-Ohio State Fever

As the two top-ranked college teams clash on Saturday, the world stops, vote-counting is halted in a tight Congressional race and cities brace for violence.

Nov 16, 2006 / Column / Dave Zirin

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