2006

Feingold for President!

Mike Mosher
Sorry Hilary. I'm for Russ, and think he's electable. His political integrity is a big thing; his ethnicity, no big thing.

The Anti-Immigrant Impulse in U.S. Comedy

Evening comedy in the U.S. uses racist depictions of immigrants to gain laughs and ratings while misleading the public about the importance of immigrants to our economy and culture.

Oil Addiction? No kidding…

Zack Furness
In the recent state of the union address the American public was treated to another healthy dose of the Bush administrations’ garbage rhetoric associated with their existing energy initiatives. I hesitate to use the term “policies,” because the word policy almost implicitly entails some form of accountability, which is exactly what prominent Bush cronies have so diligently fought to alleviate over the last six years.

Names Like Mohamed

In the wake of an alleged terrorist plot, what does it mean for Canada's national newspaper to print a racist article on their front page?

Mistranslating the Mexican Election

Susana Vargas
Newspapers in the U.S. and Canada consistently misrepresent the democratic process in Mexico, to the advantage of the right wing establishment.

War Ensemble

Zack Furness
As for the situation in the Middle East, we will continue to watch the news as Israel uses U.S. manufactured weapons to destroy Gaza, the Lebanese infrastructure, and any hope that Lebanon has for creating a strong government that is capable of reining in Hezbollah.