Alexander Cockburn of "CounterPunch" assesses former US President Ronald Reagan as the mainstream media does what it does best....

As US media and other mainstream institutions celebrate the invasion of Normandy by US forces during World War II, Mike Davis reminds us of the crucial role played by Soviet forces in the defeat of Nazism.

The British and US media campaign against Venezuela's President Chavez continues positing a civil war as a possible sequel to the current recall referendum process in Venezuela. Toni Solo suggests that "It is as though all mainstream media reporting on Venezuela have heen briefed to spread anxiety about a civil war." Solo reports on the media and the current situation in Venezuela.

If you think the typical job-losser in the US economy is a white computer programer whose job was outsourced to India, think again. Betsy Leondar-Wright examines the economic conditions of African-Americans in the US.

World systems analyst Immanuel Wallerstein argues that a strong, autonomous Europe is an essential building block for the development of a multipolar world in which a restructed world economy begins to overcome North-South polarization.

US foreign policy critic Edward Herman examines the case of the Institute for War and Reporting's Stacy Sullivan against former Serbian president Slobodon Milosevic.

An assessment of the human costs of the US wars on Iraq by Gideon Polya of ConScience.

One in seventy-five men were either in prison or jail in 2003, a 2.9 percentage increase. 68% of those incarcerated are of racial or ethnic minorities. AP's Connie Cass reports.