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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

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