Archive for April, 2007
links for 2007-04-26
Rapper Who Might Not Snitch on Cho [AlterNet]
A rapper recently told 60 Minutes that, if he knew the whereabouts of a mass killer, he wouldn’t aid police. But blacks have more to lose than any other group when they turn a blind eye to crime.
Yeltsin: An Obit of a Drunken, Bloblike Train Wreck of a [...]
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Virginia Tech: Is the Scene of the Crime the Cause of the Crime? [AlterNet]
Media: Cho Seung-Hui did it because he was crazy and “evil.” History: Schoolyard massacres are rebellions against oppressive and bullying environments by students who can’t take it anymore.
Imus Is Out, But Whitey Execs Get the Last Laugh [AlterNet]
People say that Don Imus [...]
links for 2007-04-17
Women Who Ditch Their Career for Homelife Could Be Making a Huge Mistake [AlterNet]
Women who abandon their careers and become financially dependent on their husbands often look back on that decision as the biggest mistake of their lives — even women in stable, enduring marriages.
How the Web Became a Sexist’s Paradise [AlterNet]
Everyone receives abuse online [...]
links for 2007-04-11
Campaign Journalism Is Back, More Evil Than ‘04 [AlterNet]
You’ll hear a lot in the next 20 months about which candidate has bony hands, who looks good in a parka — but you won’t hear anything about who voted for the bankruptcy bill and who didn’t.
Imus Got His Trash Talk Pass Yanked, Now Yank it for [...]
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Attack of the Mortgage Vultures [AlterNet]
Over the last decade, we have been witnessing some of the most brazen acts of mortgage entrapment ever to hit the American housing market.
The Martin Luther King You Don’t See on TV [AlterNet]
Every year on April 4, as Americans commemorate MLK’s death, we get perfunctory news reports that fail to [...]
links for 2007-04-01
The Life of the Mind [AlterNet]
Pursuing the “life of the mind” and taking full responsibility for the choices you make has nothing to do with intellectualism, elitism or being an “expert.”
Will the Right Plumb New Depths and Go After Elizabeth Edwards’ Cancer? [AlterNet]
It’s bad enough to learn that Elizabeth Edwards’ cancer has returned — now [...]
