From Matthew to Mel Gibson: A Short History of anti-Semitism
All the people answered, “Let his blood be on us and on our children!” —Matthew 27:2 4-25 For thousands…
The Indypendent
All the people answered, “Let his blood be on us and on our children!” —Matthew 27:2 4-25 For thousands…
Lebanon’s Agony: What’s Missing From the Media
Within hours of the launch of the Israeli bombardment of Lebanon, the photos of dead Lebanese raced across the…
Political theorist Sheldon Wolin has written movingly of what he calls “fugitive democracy”: the pure democratic moment, unencumbered by…
Over the past few months, newly energized immigrants-rights protesters have received a lesson in corporate media manipulation. Keeping history…
National AIDS and HIV groups are expressing a growing concern about plans by the Center for Disease Control (CDC)…
Black and White in Living Color: Media Madness
After Hurricane Katrina, close readers of the news could be forgiven for feeling a sense of schizophrenia. The devastation…
Still We Ride, a gripping new documentary by Andrew Lynn, Elizabeth Press, and Christopher J. Ryan, chronicles the NYPD…
The whoops and hollers grew louder as thousands of bicyclists streamed from the West Side Highway through the Battery…
Go Where the People Are: The National Conference for Media Reform in St. Louis
At the 2nd National Conference on Media Reform, the argument was simple: Every progressive organization should make national media…
Report Clears Columbia Professor
After receiving testimony from more than 120 Columbia University students, faculty members, administrators and alumni, an ad-hoc committee charged…