Novak’s No Patriot (or Journalist) Novak’s No Patriot (or Journalist)
Journalists are understandably loath to call on a colleague to give up a source who's been promised anonymity, as the credibility of the entire profession can suffer from such a ...
Feb 26, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
Toothpaste, Cough Drops, Aspirin, Contraception Toothpaste, Cough Drops, Aspirin, Contraception
Please forward widely: "An Open Letter About Emergency Contraception," by Katha Pollitt and Jennifer Baumgardner
Feb 26, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Was Strom a Rapist? Was Strom a Rapist?
Months after Strom Thurmond's African-American daughter, Essie Mae Washington-Williams, stepped into history, commentators continue to step around the most explosive aspect of ...
Feb 26, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
Press Watch Press Watch
The conduct of our major newspapers in the run-up to the Iraq war calls to mind William Hazlitt's famous appraisal of the Times of London.
Feb 26, 2004 / Scott Sherman
Brown Like Me? Brown Like Me?
The Iowa Brown and Black Forum.
Feb 19, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Ed Morales
Silence=Rape Silence=Rape
While the world looks the other way, sexual violence spreads in the Congo.
Feb 19, 2004 / Feature / Jan Goodwin
The New Scopes Trials The New Scopes Trials
Eric Alterman and Mark Green would like to thank Jenny Stepp for her research on this article.
Feb 19, 2004 / Feature / Eric Alterman and Mark Green
The Junk Science of George W. Bush The Junk Science of George W. Bush
It's more fiction than fact.
Feb 19, 2004 / Feature / Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Wedlockstep Wedlockstep
When I was quite young, my entire image of marriage was filtered through the bible of Bride Magazine.
Feb 19, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Dean’s Rough Ride Dean’s Rough Ride
In forty years of observing presidential contests, I cannot remember another major candidate brutalized so intensely by the media, with the possible exception of George Wallace.
Feb 19, 2004 / William Greider