Stories by Nina Burleigh

Nina Burleigh has written for the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune and New York magazine.subscribe to Nina Burleigh's rss feed

Is New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the One to Finally Fight Big Money's Power in Politics?

Posted on Sep 25, 2011, Source: Salon

Schneiderman is the best and probably last hope for some kind of public retribution against the banksters, some righting of wrongs--rolling of heads--as far as the Great Recession.

Has Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Created Titillating TV Fascism in Italy?

Posted on Oct 6, 2009, Source: AlterNet

An interview with Erik Gandini, director of the documentary Videocracy, an account of how Berlusconi's sex-obsessed media empire has shaped the country over the past 30 years.

Bush Spotted in Abu Dhabi, Should Be Considered Armed and Dangerous

Posted on Jan 15, 2008, Source: Huffington Post

The president is visiting the Mideast as some kinds of a savior not like somebody who waged a "war on terror" that has killed Arab civilians.

Why the GOP's Gay Wing Is Forced to Hide in the Bathroom

Posted on Aug 30, 2007, Source: Huffington Post

It's time for Republicans to embrace their own gay wing and stop fueling the sickness of suppression that drives men like Larry Craig into airport bathroom stalls.

Learning to Love America

Posted on Apr 24, 2006, Source: AlterNet

I cringed as my young son recited the Pledge of Allegiance. But who was I to question his innocent trust in America?

Bullies Ascendent

Posted on Nov 1, 2004, Source: AlterNet

Four years of George Bush have meant the triumph of the bully – from abusers in Iraq to intimidators at the polls.

Desperately Seeking Sanity

Posted on Oct 22, 2004, Source: AlterNet

Each of the characters in the black comedy 'Desperate Housewives' is a little mad. No wonder: women who stay home all day are bound to get somewhat loony.

Bad Signs, W.

Posted on Oct 11, 2004, Source: AlterNet

Massive billboard campaigns and helicopter fly-in visits to northeastern Pennsylvania haven't kept George Bush from losing seven points in the Keystone State.

The Son of Reagan

Posted on Sep 22, 2004, Source: AlterNet

An emergency team of former Reagan aides has swooped in during these last months of the re-election campaign to help recast George Bush as the true heir of the Gipper.

The South Will Rise Again

Posted on Sep 3, 2004, Source: AlterNet

The old conservative bulls in the Senate who have run the South for decades are giving way to a new kind of southern politics.

Arnett Lost in the Spin Cycle

Posted on Mar 31, 2003, Source: AlterNet

Pulitzer Prize or no, famous reporter reprising heroic Baghdad role finds acting like an honest reporter doesn't play well when right-wing watchdogs are guarding the media's perimeter.

The American Media's Refugee Myopia

Posted on Apr 5, 2002, Source: TomPaine.com

The freest press in the world willfully ignores stories about vast migrations of terrified people running for their lives from American bombs and threats.

Missing the Oil Story

Posted on Oct 15, 2001, Source: TomPaine.com

Only two articles in the American media since September 11 have tried to describe how Big Oil might benefit from a cleanup of terrorists and other anti-American elements in the Central Asia region.

Forgetting Foreign Affairs

Posted on Sep 20, 2001, Source: TomPaine.com

An American journalist who was among the first to enter Iraq after the Gulf War looks at our shrinking foreign news coverage and finds it has left Americans unable to comprehend what motivates those who hate us.
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