Mad Mel and the Maya Mad Mel and the Maya
Mel Gibson's violent new film Apocalypto exploits Maya culture and perpetuates racist stereotypes.
Nov 30, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Earl Shorris
Coffee, Tea or Another Airline Merger? Coffee, Tea or Another Airline Merger?
As US Air seeks to create a mega-airline by gobbling up Delta, the evidence mounts that a free market in the sky just doesn't work.
Nov 28, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
The Day the Music Died The Day the Music Died
It's the end of the world as we know it: Tower Records, the last great CD emporium, is closing, victim of the iPod and MP3 revolution. As Wal-Mart and other big-box stores pick up ...
Nov 27, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Max Fraser
Their Opportunism, Our Opportunity Their Opportunism, Our Opportunity
Mainstream media have transformed the permanent presidential campaign into a never-ending soap opera. Progressives must create the movements that will influence whoever decides to ...
Nov 26, 2006 / Column / Gary Younge
God’s Willing Executioners God’s Willing Executioners
God's War explores the barbaric clash of Christianity and Islam, and what happens when people follow religious voices that no one else can hear.
Nov 22, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare
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