Stories by Lindsay Beyerstein
Lindsay Beyerstein is a New York writer blogging at majikthise.typepad.com
A struggle for power within one of the nation's most powerful unions, UNITE HERE, has devolved into all-out civil war.
Posted on Mar 2, 2009
A look at reactions to Bristol Palin's statement on Fox News that abstinence doesn't work.
Posted on Feb 18, 2009
In an effort to court Republicans, Obama is trying to strip from the stimulus package a plan to extend birth control coverage under Medicaid.
Posted on Jan 27, 2009
That's right: Conservatives are terrified that a new system would be so good we would never want to get rid of it.
Posted on Dec 24, 2008
A compilation of the progressive media's health care coverage.
Posted on Dec 14, 2008
Your weekly guide to the progressive media's best reporting on health and health care.
Posted on Nov 28, 2008
A new book by the award-winning photojournalist Nina Berman probes how the U.S. homeland security apparatus stokes fantasies about war.
Posted on Nov 22, 2008
A roundup of this week's best independent, progressive reporting on health.
Posted on Nov 21, 2008
News that Wasilla charged rape victims for forensic work has hit the mainstream. But the practice is more common than we think.
Posted on Sep 29, 2008
McCain promises to slash earmarks and save us money. But earmarks are a tiny fraction of the federal budget -- less than 1 percent in 2008.
Posted on Sep 11, 2008
In his new book, The Family, author Jeff Sharlet reveals sordid details about this power-hungry, inside-the-Beltway fundamentalist group.
Posted on Jun 12, 2008
As people stop asking "Why did he do it?", now is a good time to ask: Why was the Department of Justice really investigating Eliot Spitzer?
Posted on Mar 26, 2008
Maryland’s Viable Fetus Act displays the coercive potential of legislation that gives fetuses rights at the expense of women.
Posted on Aug 17, 2007
When lax cybersecurity meets anti-porn hysteria, an innocent computer infection can land you in jail. Just ask Julie Amero, a 40-year old substitute teacher who maintains she's a victim of a malicious software infestation that caused her computer to spawn porn uncontrollably.
Posted on Jan 19, 2007
Journalists finally got their hands on the no-fly list, and it reveals colossal government incompetence in the name of protecting air passengers.
Posted on Oct 6, 2006
Gearing up for a possible Minnesota state senate run, Al Franken is changing his image from provocateur to politico. Will he still call Rush Limbaugh a big fat idiot?
Posted on Sep 14, 2006
The legislation allowing Terri Schiavo's parents into federal courts violates the rule of law and due process.
Posted on Mar 23, 2005
