AP
Schneiderman takes a pass on investigating the NYPD's Muslim surveillance
In response to the Associated Press' reports about the New York Police Department's anti-terrorism tactics, including the placement of Muslims in New York and elsewhere under surveillance, a coalition of 33 Muslim civic organizations wrote a letter to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman asking him to investigate the department. More
February 24, 2012 5:31 pm
A Yale history professor sees a pattern in the NYPD's surveillance of Muslim student groups
Abbas Amanat, a Yale history professor with a focus on Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, says he finds it "difficult to believe that student associations at Yale and elsewhere in the universities are hotbeds of extremism." More
February 22, 2012 3:55 pm
The 'Occupy Wall Street' media blackout myth: Plenty of stories, none of them big
A Nexis query for "Occupy Wall Street" yieled 428 results as of press time, including 248 items that appeared on blogs, 71 in newspapers, 63 on the wires, 31 in "web-based publications," 18 as news transcripts, nine as "aggregate news sources," one in the industry trade press and one in a legal news publication. Google News has indexed more than 2,000 articles between Sept. 17 and today. More
(1)September 28, 2011 2:27 pm
The Front: June 24, 2010
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
June 24, 2010 8:22 am
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