Notes on a Scandal
JoAnn Wypijewski : Media Analysis
The Spitzer affair's obvious rationality continues to elude the therapists, sexperts and pundits for whom shame is the game.

JoAnn Wypijewski : Media Analysis
The Spitzer affair's obvious rationality continues to elude the therapists, sexperts and pundits for whom shame is the game.
Robert Scheer : White-Collar Crime
Why should we get all worked up over the revelation that the New York governor paid for sex?
The debate in New York State over driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants became a proxy for the unsettled issue of immigration reform.
Jill Lepore's New York Burning paints a realistic portrait of a
purported slave rebellion in 1741 and the hysteria that followed, a
harrowing lesson of how abusers of power become haunted by the
nightmare of retribution.
Greg Sargent : Democratic Party
Crafting a politics uniquely her own, she's making her mark on the Democratic Party.
Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow : Drug Policy/Drug War
He is using his art to publicize the injustice of the drug laws that put him away.
It would be hard to script a more brazen corporate giveaway than a billion-dollar donation to the emblem of global capitalism.
Scott Sherman : African-Americans
Al Sharpton's leadership role in the black community is secure; his challenge now is to expand his constituency beyond that base.


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