Society

Senators Mull an Internet With Restrictions Senators Mull an Internet With Restrictions

Telephone and cable bigwigs pitched their vision of a pay-to-play Internet to the Senate Commerce Committee Tuesday, and web visionaries pushed back. Lawmakers seemed baffled by th...

Feb 8, 2006 / Feature / Celia Viggo Wexler and Dawn Holian

Fury Over Foreigners Fury Over Foreigners

Western cartoons deemed insulting to Islam are only part of what is fueling mob frenzy in Afghanistan. Growing rage against the presence of foreign troops and frustration with inef...

Feb 7, 2006 / Feature / Christian Parenti

Georgia’s King Tribute Rings Hollow Georgia’s King Tribute Rings Hollow

Abolishing the death penalty was one of Coretta Scott King's signature issues. The irony is that Georgia remains one of the leading practitioners of the death penalty.

Feb 7, 2006 / Feature / Patrick Mulvaney

The Value of a Number The Value of a Number

Racial tensions between black and Latino players have been exposed in the ongoing controversy over how to honor Roberto Clemente.

Feb 6, 2006 / Feature / Dave Zirin

Reap the Whirlwind Reap the Whirlwind

The rise of Samuel Alito and the death of Coretta Scott King mark the end of an era and the abandonment of our civil rights legacy by both political parties.

Feb 3, 2006 / Bruce Shapiro

The Race to War The Race to War

Lost Battalions tells the story of two US Army regiments of the American Expeditionary Force, the struggle to buy citizenship through the self-sacrifice of war.

Feb 2, 2006 / Books & the Arts / David Levering Lewis

Lies About Blowjobs, Bad. Wars? Not So Much. Lies About Blowjobs, Bad. Wars? Not So Much.

Despite his lies and incompetence, Bush remains more popular with elite media than Clinton or any other political leader who sought to save us from the Iraq catastrophe. Why won't ...

Feb 2, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman

Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King

The widows of great men either gracefully retire from history's stage or take their own lonely road. Coretta Scott King had little hesitancy about carrying on her husband's work.

Feb 2, 2006 / Books & the Arts / The Editors

NSA Spying Myths NSA Spying Myths

The Bush Administration has propagated five myths in its current campaign to rationalize its illegal domestic spying program.

Feb 2, 2006 / David Cole

The End of the Internet? The End of the Internet?

Telephone and cable companies are crafting strategies to transform the free and open Internet to a privately run service that would charge a fee for virtually everything we do onli...

Feb 1, 2006 / Feature / Jeffrey Chester

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