On AlterNet: madonna

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "madonna"

The Original Mavericks to John McCain: 'You’re No Maverick'

Lisa Derrick, Firedoglake AlterNet: Video. October 29, 2008.
Ouch.

Conservatives Conflate Official McCain Events With Random Sh*t They Find on Google

Blue Texan, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. October 13, 2008.
No one's buying the Madonna defense, guys. Try again.

Vogue — McCain Strikes a Pose

ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. July 3, 2008.
An entry in the Colbert Green Screen Challenge: Make McCain Interesting.

Celebrity Colonialism: Buying Africa is the Latest Trend Among the Famous

Adam Elkus, ColorLines. May 2, 2007.
Are the efforts of well-meaning celebrities to alleviate Africa's poverty and disease the continent's salvation or a recipe for disaster?

Readers Write: The Pop-Culture Movement to 'Save' Africa

Don Hazen, AlterNet. October 26, 2006.
AlterNet readers had some heated opinions about the Madonna adoption debacle -- here are some of them.

Madonna and Africa's Orphan Tragedy

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, AlterNet. October 24, 2006.
The pop star deserves cheers -- not jeers -- for shedding light on Africa's orphan crisis.

The Problematic Pop-Culture Movement to 'Save' Africa

G. Pascal Zachary, AlterNet. October 24, 2006.
Madonna's adoption debacle is about more than one Malawian baby. Celebrity stunts and corporate campaigns reveal that well-meaning Americans often have no idea how to help Africans.

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