May 2012 Archive

Palestinian hunger strikes: Media missing in action – Opinion – Al Jazeera English

Is the mass Palestinian prisoner hunger strike the beginning of the Palestinian Spring? By Richard Falk: Can anyone doubt that if there were more than 1,500 ...

What it Means for Obama to Endorse Same-Sex Marriage

By Michael McGehee: It didn't take long for sensible people to fall all over themselves with praise for President Obama today. According to today's New York Times Page One story, "Obama Endorses Same-Sex Marriage, Taking Stand On Charged Social Issue"...

The Flat World of Thomas Friedman

Belén Fernández: In the first chapter of his bestseller on globalization, The World Is Flat, three-time Pulitzer Prize–winning foreign affairs columnist for the New York Times Thomas Friedman suggests that his repertoire of achievements also includes being heir to Christopher Columbus. According to Friedman, he has followed in the foot- steps of the fifteenth-century icon by making an unexpected discovery regarding the shape of the world during an encounter with “people called Indians.”

Spanish Debt, the European Central Bank, and the Maginot Line

By Dean Baker: The NYT had an article that reports on the high level of corporate debt and indebtedness in general in Spain. The article gives a measure ...

Walmart Heirs Quietly Fund Walmart’s Environmental Allies

By Stacy Mitchell: A few weeks ago, The New York Times ran a story on the front page of the business section under the headline “Unexpected Ally Helps ...

NYTimes ‘Black Women And Fat’ Writer Responds To Critics

By Danielle Young: “Many black women are fat because we want to be,” Alice Randall stated in her NY Times Op-Ed piece that sparked a firestorm of online ...