Media & Culture
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Trayvon Martin Witness Believes ‘He Intended for This Kid to Die’
By MATT GUTMAN (@mattgutmanABC) and SENI TIENABESO (@senijr_abc) May 18, 2012 A closer look at the witness statements and audio testimony taken in the immediate aftermath Trayvon Martin’s death provides the first insight into George Zimmerman’s behavior after he shot… Read More ›
Is “The Dictator” Racist?
Yes. And it’s not that funny either. BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | MAY 17, 2012 In his new movie The Dictator, Sacha Baron Cohen borrows liberally from the “wacky dictator” cannon established by some of Hollywood’s great comedians. There’s a… Read More ›
Wall Street’s Speed Freaks
The Dangers of High-Frequency Trading by SARAH ANDERSON The power suits making billions off the stock market are always trying to assure us that their trading serves a socially redeeming purpose. They steer money to companies and industries that make… Read More ›
Why the Romney bully story matters
By Carly Rothman/The Star-Ledger It would hardly seem fair to judge a 65-year-old man for the shameful things he did in high school, as long as he also regarded them with shame. That doesn’t seem to be the case with… Read More ›
Fascism rises from the depths of Greece’s despair
A neo-Nazi party that wants work camps for immigrants is on course to win its first seats in parliament on Sunday by Daniel Howden It started, as many days do in Greece, with a trip to the kiosk to buy… Read More ›
Left-Wing Music Continued
If you turn on the local top 40 or top 100 radio station you are bound to hear many catchy songs of various types. However, if you actually take time to examine the content of current popular songs, you’ll quickly… Read More ›
Why Conservatives Are Smearing Trayvon Martin’s Reputation
by Michelle Goldberg Conservatives are focusing on Trayvon’s tweets, appearance, school suspension over marijuana traces, and the hoodie he was wearing to blame him for his own death—and to show that his killing had nothing to do with racism. Plus… Read More ›
Pentagon Sought to Stop Paper From Using Photos
The grisly photographs of American soldiers posing with the body parts of Afghan insurgents during a 2010 deployment in Afghanistan were the source of a dispute between The Los Angeles Times and the Pentagon lasting weeks. Two of the 18… Read More ›
Photos of U.S. soldiers posing with Afghan corpses prompt condemnation
After the Los Angeles Times publishes two pictures, American officials denounce the actions of troops photographed with dead insurgents and their body parts. By David Zucchino and Laura King From the White House to the American Embassy in Kabul, American… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 