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Wakeup Call

Wakeup Call

Hate and Violence Are Encoded in the DNA of the American Right By Arun Gupta, AlterNet
Posted on January 12, 2011, Printed on January 16, 2011
http://www.alternet.org/story/149500/ Jared Loughner’s attempted assassination of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is...

Major Magazines Reject Female Writers

Of course, the New Yorker is not the only publication on earth that falls consistently short of reaching gender parity in its pages. In a Jezebel post about Hays’ letter Jenna Sauers did a count of female writers in other current event and literary...

Vitriol in Politics

By CARL HULSE and KATE ZERNIKE WASHINGTON — The shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords and others at a neighborhood meeting in Arizona on Saturday set off what is likely to be a wrenching debate over anger and violence in American politics. While the exact...
Vogue’s GAG ‘Gift’

Vogue’s GAG ‘Gift’

“Cadeaux,” meaning gift or present, is emblazoned across each fashion page. These images, from Dec. 2010’s French Vogue, are the parting shots from editor Carine Roitfeld, who just resigned. Her signature editorial choices were meant to make viewers...

Free The Scott Sisters

What sort of judicial system puts two sisters away for life for being mere accomplices to a 1993 robbery? The teens who actually committed the robbery only served 2 years and have long been free. Neither Jamie nor Gladys Scott had a criminal record and the judge never...