SpongeBob SquarePants, Health Risk SpongeBob SquarePants, Health Risk
The Center for Science in the Public Interest is suing Kellogg and Viacom for using cartoon characters to brainwash kids into consuming mass amounts of junk food.
Jan 31, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
The New Face of the Campus Left The New Face of the Campus Left
Since the 1970s Republican conservatives have been the dominant political force on American campuses. But groups like Campus Progress, better groomed and better organized than thei...
Jan 26, 2006 / Feature / Sam Graham-Felsen
Prochoice Puritans Prochoice Puritans
As prochoicers seek to reframe their arguments, injecting more moralism into the antiabortion debate will not keep abortion legal and accessible.
Jan 26, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Nick Kristof’s Brothel Problem Nick Kristof’s Brothel Problem
Nicholas Kristof produces a steady stream of titillating reports on child prostitution in the Third World. Better to focus on draconian economic reforms driven by the World Bank th...
Jan 26, 2006 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
UCLA’s Dirty Thirty UCLA’s Dirty Thirty
Negative media coverage has succeeded in undermining support among prominent conservatives for a UCLA alumni group that paid students to target and expose left-leaning faculty.
Jan 26, 2006 / Jon Wiener
What’s Race Got to Do With It? What’s Race Got to Do With It?
Socially conservative black churches may be ripe for exploitation by the Christian right on gay marriage. But that's only part of the story.
Jan 25, 2006 / Column / Gary Younge
You’ve Got Jail You’ve Got Jail
Obsessed voyeurs in the Bush Administration are poking their noses into everyone's business, with the help of Internet giants like Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo.
Jan 25, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
When Will US Women Demand Peace? When Will US Women Demand Peace?
Polls show large numbers of American women have grave doubts about the Iraq War: But where are they? A new campaign aims to mobilize American women for global protests March 8.
Jan 24, 2006 / Medea Benjamin
Eating Ourselves to Death Eating Ourselves to Death
The toxic food industry is fueling a preventable epidemic of diabetes. Most vulnerable are poor children, barraged with ads urging them to eat the sugar and grease-laden food that ...
Jan 23, 2006 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman
The Slave Side of Sunday The Slave Side of Sunday
On the eve of the Super Bowl, former cornerback Anthony Prior raises hot-button allegations of racism in the National Football League.
Jan 20, 2006 / Feature / Dave Zirin