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  1. Addicted to the Cure
    Michael Massing
    New York Magazine, January 11, 1999, pp. 40-43
  2. America's Top Message Boy
    Michael Massing
    The New Republic, September 16, 1985, pp. 21-29
  3. Annotation
    Michael Massing
    Bringing the Truth Commission Back Home
    The Harpers Monthly, July 1993, pp. 64-67
  4. As Iraqis See It
    Michael Massing
    The New York Review of Books, January 17, 2008, pp. 17-19
  5. As The World Turns
    Michael Massing
    Newspapers for the Privileged
    The Nation, March 20, 1982, pp. 330-331
  6. [+]
    The Betrayal of the Contras (Review)
    Michael Massing
    Commandos: The CIA and Nicaragua's Contra Rebels, by Sam Dillon
    1. Commandos: The CIA and Nicaragua's Contra Rebels by Sam Dillon
    The New York Review of Books, December 19, 1991, pp. 38-45
  7. [+]
    The Blue Revolution (3 Reviews)
    Michael Massing
    The Turnaround, by William Bratton and Peter Knobler
    1. The Turnaround by William Bratton and Peter Knobler
    2. Getting Away With Murder by Susan Estrich
    3. Politics, Punishment, and Populism by David J.G.H. Windlesham
    The New York Review of Books, November 19, 1998, pp. 32-36
  8. [+]
    Books: Sharing Room 101 (3 Reviews)
    Michael Massing
    Den of Lions, by Terry Anderson
    1. Den of Lions by Terry Anderson
    2. An Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan
    3. Taken on Trust: An Autobiography by Terry Waite
    The New Yorker, November 15, 1993, pp. 118-126
  9. [+]
    Books: Whose Side Were You On? (Review)
    Michael Massing
    Cruelty and Silence, by Kanan Makiya
    1. Cruelty and Silence by Kanan Makiya
    The New Yorker, April 26, 1993, pp. 114-118
  10. Breaking the Bank
    Michael Massing
    The Community Reinvestment Act
    The Saturday Review, September 15, 1979, pp. 21-25
  11. Can Saddam Survive?
    Michael Massing
    The New York Review of Books, August 15, 1991, pp. 59-64
  12. Can We Cope with Drugs?
    Michael Massing
    Dissent, Spring 1991, pp. 236-240
  13. CBS Under Siege
    Michael Massing
    The New Republic, May 6, 1985, pp. 16-18
  14. Articles
    Chester Crocker's Africa
    Michael Massing
    How Liberia Held "Free" Elections
    The Nation, January 25, 1986, pp. 71-73
  15. The Chief
    Michael Massing
    The New York Review of Books, February 12, 1987, pp. 15-22
  16. [+]
    Crime and Drugs (4 Reviews)
    Michael Massing
    The New Myths
    1. Land of Opportunity by William M. Adler
    2. In Search of Respect by Philippe Bourgois
    3. Beggars and Thieves by Mark S. Fleisher
    4. The American Street Gang by Malcolm W. Klein
    The New York Review of Books, February 1, 1996, pp. 16-19
  17. A Critic at Large: Ghetto Blasting
    Michael Massing
    The new wave of journalistic investigations into life in the inner city may end up serv...
    The New Yorker, January 16, 1995, pp. 32-37
  18. [+]
    Delusions of the Drug Cops (Review)
    Michael Massing
    Swordfish, by David McClintick
    1. Swordfish by David McClintick
    The New York Review of Books, July 15, 1993, pp. 30-33
  19. [+]
    Desperate Over Drugs (7 Reviews)
    Michael Massing
    The Pizza Connection, by Shana Alexander
    1. The Pizza Connection by Shana Alexander
    2. The Cocaine Wars by Paul Eddy, Hugo Sabogal, and Sara Walden
    3. Sealing the Borders by Peter Reuter, Gordon Crawford, and Jonathan Cave, ...
    4. Kings of Cocaine: Inside the Medellin Cartel by Guy Gugliotta and Jeff Leen
    5. Desperados by Elaine Shannon
    6. White Rabbit by Martha A. Morrison
    7. The American Disease by David F. Musto
    The New York Review of Books, March 30, 1989, pp. 22-26
  20. The Doha Follies
    Michael Massing
    The Nation, April 21, 2003, p. 24
  21. Drugbusters!
    Michael Massing
    The Nation, February 5, 1990, pp. 152-153
  22. Embedded in Iraq
    Michael Massing
    The New York Review of Books, July 17, 2008, pp. 33-36
  23. The End of News?
    Michael Massing
    The New York Review of Books, December 1, 2005, pp. 23-27
  24. [+]
    The End of Welfare? (Review)
    Michael Massing
    No Shame in My Game, by Katherine S. Newman
    1. No Shame in My Game by Katherine S. Newman
    The New York Review of Books, October 7, 1999, pp. 22-25
  25. Even PBS Has to Play Cash and Ratings Games
    Michael Massing
    In These Times, September 19, 1979, p. 23
  26. Exchange
    Richard A. Mugalian, Alfred W. McCoy, and Peter Dale Scott, ...
    The Nation, February 17, 1992, p. 182
  27. The Fix (1998)
    Michael Massing
    4 Reviews, 1 Readable
  28. Grave Thoughts
    Michael Massing
    Recalling a consersation with one of El Salvador's murdered priests
    The New Republic, December 11, 1989, pp. 12-13
  29. Books & the Arts
    Great Man, Will Travel
    Michael Massing
    Joseph Kraft
    The Nation, May 23, 1981, pp. 633-635
  30. Grenada Before and After
    Michael Massing
    The domestic and international troubles of a small country trying to chart an independe...
    The Atlantic Monthly, February 1984, pp. 76-88
  31. Articles
    H-e-e-re's Vladimir!
    Michael Massing
    The New Soviet Media Man
    The Nation, February 4, 1984, pp. 122-125
  32. Haiti
    Michael Massing
    The New Violence
    The New York Review of Books, December 3, 1987, pp. 45-51
  33. [+]
    Hanging Out (Review)
    Michael Massing
    Tally's Corner, by Elliot Liebow
    1. Tally's Corner by Elliot Liebow
    The New York Review of Books, May 25, 1995, pp. 34-36
  34. The Heart Market
    Michael Massing
    In These Times, February 14, 1979, p. 24
  35. How Free Is the Soviet Press?
    Michael Massing
    The New York Review of Books, September 28, 1989, pp. 55-58
  36. [+]
    How to Win the Tobacco War (3 Reviews)
    Michael Massing
    Ashes to Ashes, by Richard Kluger
    1. Ashes to Ashes by Richard Kluger
    2. The Cigarette Papers by Stanton A. Glantz, John Slade, Lisa A. Bero, and Peter Hanauer, ...
    3. Smokescreen by Philip J. Hilts
    The New York Review of Books, July 11, 1996, pp. 32-36
  37. [+]
    Iraq: The Hidden Human Costs (6 Reviews)
    Michael Massing
    One Bullet Away, by Nathaniel C. Fick
    1. One Bullet Away by Nathaniel C. Fick
    2. Generation Kill by Evan Wright
    3. House to House by David Bellavia and John R. Bruning
    4. Chasing Ghosts by Paul Rieckhoff
    5. Love My Rifle More Than You by Kayla Williams and Michael E. Staub
    6. Cobra II by Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor
    The New York Review of Books, December 20, 2007, pp. 82-89
  38. [+]
    Is It a Great Victory? (Review)
    Michael Massing
    The Gamble, by Thomas E. Ricks
    1. The Gamble by Thomas E. Ricks
    The New York Review of Books, April 30, 2009, pp. 41-43
  39. The Jamaica Experiment
    Michael Massing
    The Atlantic Monthly, September 1983, pp. 37-57
  40. [+]
    A Kinder, Gentler Fundamentalism (Review)
    Michael Massing
    The Transformation of American Religion, by Alan Wolfe
    1. The Transformation of American Religion by Alan Wolfe
    The Nation, October 6, 2003, pp. 32-33
  41. Letters
    John D. Moore, Jacques Derrida, and Thomas Sheehan, ...
    The New York Review of Books, February 11, 1993, pp. 44-48
  42. Letters
    Rachel Ehrenfeld, Peter Dale Scott, and Michael Massing, ...
    The New York Review of Books, March 4, 1993, pp. 56-60
  43. Letters
    Elizabeth Friedmann, Helen Vendler, and David McClintick, ...
    The New York Review of Books, February 3, 1994, pp. 44-48
  44. Letters
    Bill Keller, Michael Massing, Juan Cole, and Shmuel Galai, ...
    The New York Review of Books, September 24, 2009, pp. 93-96
  45. On Political Books: America's Guerrilla Warriors
    [+]
    The Limits of Macho (Review)
    Michael Massing
    David Hackworth knew how to win battles. But not the war.
    1. About Face by David H. Hackworth and Julie Sherman
    The Washington Monthly, June 1989, pp. 50-54
  46. Mexico
    Michael Massing
    The Narco-State?
    The New York Review of Books, June 15, 2000, pp. 24-29
  47. The Moral Quandary
    Michael Massing
    Anti-imperialism vs. humanitarianism
    The Nation, January 6, 2003, pp. 17-21
  48. Articles
    Moving the Goalposts
    Michael Massing
    Gorbaphones in the U.S. Media
    The Nation, December 26, 1988, pp. 713-715
  49. Art & Entertainment
    Networks Look Forward to Fed's Hand-Off Policy
    Michael Massing
    In These Times, May 2, 1979, p. 20
  50. The New Game in Guatemala
    Michael Massing
    The New York Review of Books, October 25, 1990, pp. 53-57
  51. A New Horizon for the News
    Michael Massing
    The New York Review of Books, September 24, 2009, pp. 31-34
  52. [+]
    The New Mafia (3 Reviews)
    Michael Massing
    The Gotti Tapes, by Ralph Blumenthal
    1. The Gotti Tapes by Ralph Blumenthal
    2. War on Drugs by Alfred W. McCoy and Alan A. Block
    3. Evil Money by Rachel Ehrenfeld
    The New York Review of Books, December 3, 1992, pp. 6-13
  53. [+]
    New Trouble in Panama (2 Reviews)
    Michael Massing
    Our Man in Panama, by John Dinges
    1. Our Man in Panama by John Dinges
    2. Divorcing the Dictator by Frederick Kempe
    The New York Review of Books, May 17, 1990, pp. 43-48
  54. [+]
    The News About the Internet (2 Reviews)
    Michael Massing
    Bloggers on the Bus, by Eric Boehlert
    1. Bloggers on the Bus by Eric Boehlert
    2. And Then There's This by Bill Wasik
    The New York Review of Books, August 13, 2009, pp. 29-31
  55. Life in the U.S.
    Newspaper Profits Fuel Gannett's Media Empire
    Michael Massing
    In These Times, December 13, 1978, pp. 19-20
  56. No Time for Orthodoxy
    Michael Massing
    Hard Questions on Nicaragua
    The Nation, April 6, 1985, pp. 395-398
  57. Obama: In the Divided Heartland
    Michael Massing
    The New York Review of Books, December 18, 2008, pp. 26-31
  58. [+]
    Political Booknotes (Review)
    Michael Massing
    In the Time of Tyrants, by Richard M. Koster and Guillermo Sanchez
    1. In the Time of Tyrants by Richard M. Koster and Guillermo Sanchez
    The Washington Monthly, November 1990, pp. 54-55
  59. [+]
    Political Booknotes (Review)
    Michael Massing
    Somoza Falling, by Anthony Lake
    1. Somoza Falling by Anthony Lake
    The Washington Monthly, March 1989, pp. 55-56
  60. [+]
    Political Booknotes (Review)
    Michael Massing
    What Should We Tell Our Children About Vietnam?, by Bill McCloud
    1. What Should We Tell Our Children About Vietnam? by Bill McCloud
    The Washington Monthly, October 1989, p. 55
  61. [+]
    The Power Conundrum (Review)
    Michael Massing
    Chasing the Flame, by Samantha Power
    1. Chasing the Flame by Samantha Power
    The Nation, June 9, 2008, pp. 33-39
  62. The Press
    Michael Massing
    The Prince and the Preppy
    The New Republic, January 20, 1986, pp. 20-25
  63. The Press
    Michael Massing
    Celebrity Sweepstakes
    The New Republic, June 16, 1986, p. 12
  64. Report from Grenada
    Michael Massing
    Unlikely Cold War Hot Spot
    The Nation, May 14, 1983, pp. 604-608
  65. Reports & Comment
    Michael Massing
    South Africa: The Business of Fighting Apartheid
    The Atlantic Monthly, February 1987, pp. 26-31
  66. Reports and Comment
    Michael Massing
    The Military: Conventional Warfare
    The Atlantic Monthly, January 1990, pp. 28-33
  67. Responses to Michael Massing: The U.S. Left and Nicaragua
    Michael Massing
    Reply
    The Nation, April 20, 1985, p. 462
  68. Films
    Michael Massing
    The Nation, October 24, 1987, p. 462
  69. [+]
    Political Booknotes (Review)
    Michael Massing
    The Tragedy of American Compassion, by Marvin Olasky
    1. The Tragedy of American Compassion by Marvin Olasky
    The Washington Monthly, September 1992, pp. 59-62
  70. Sad New El Salvador
    Michael Massing
    The New York Review of Books, May 18, 1989, pp. 53-59
  71. [+]
    The Salvation of Panama? (Review)
    Michael Massing
    Panama: The Whole Story, by Kevin Buckley
    1. Panama: The Whole Story by Kevin Buckley
    The New York Review of Books, June 13, 1991, pp. 23-25
  72. [+]
    Sitting on Top of the News (Review)
    Michael Massing
    The Commanders, by Bob Woodward
    1. The Commanders by Bob Woodward
    The New York Review of Books, June 27, 1991, pp. 6-11
  73. Snap Books
    Michael Massing
    The New Republic, May 4, 1987, pp. 21-25
  74. [+]
    Taking On Big Tobacco (Review)
    Michael Massing
    The struggle against tobacco companies is far from over.
    1. Assuming the Risk by Michael Orey
    The Washington Monthly, October 1999, pp. 42-43
  75. Trotsky's Orphans
    Michael Massing
    The New Republic, June 22, 1987, pp. 18-21
  76. TV's Fall Line-Up
    Michael Massing
    In These Times, August 22, 1979, p. 24
  77. Twin Nuke Towers On Screen Register Modern Paranoia
    Michael Massing
    In These Times, July 18, 1979, p. 23
  78. The Two William Bennetts
    Michael Massing
    The New York Review of Books, March 1, 1990, pp. 29-33
  79. Articles
    U.S. Drug Policy On Trial
    Michael Massing
    Noriega in Miami
    The Nation, December 2, 1991, pp. 697-699
  80. Unesco Under Fire
    Michael Massing
    The Atlantic Monthly, July 1984, pp. 88-93
  81. The Unesco Walk
    Michael Massing
    The Nation, December 28, 1985, p. 701
  82. Upside Down in Angola
    Michael Massing
    The New Republic, March 3, 1986, pp. 16-19
  83. Book Review: Special Section
    [+]
    The Village People (Review)
    Michael Massing
    Sidewalk, by Mitchell Duneier
    1. Sidewalk by Mitchell Duneier
    Lingua Franca, November 1999, pp. 3-7
  84. Visible Imports
    Michael Massing
    The New Statesman, May 6, 1977, p. 598
  85. The War on Cocaine
    Michael Massing
    The New York Review of Books, December 22, 1988, pp. 61-66
  86. The War on Cocaine
    Ann B. Wrobleski, Victor Mosquera Chaux, and Michael Massing, ...
    An Exchange
    The New York Review of Books, March 2, 1989, p. 40
  87. Washington
    Michael Massing
    The Saturday Review, March 17, 1979, pp. 14-15
  88. Washington Cans Noriega
    Michael Massing
    The Intervention That Misfired
    The Nation, May 21, 1988, pp. 708-709
  89. The Way to War
    Michael Massing
    The New York Review of Books, March 28, 1991, pp. 17-22
  90. [+]
    The Welfare Blues (Review)
    Michael Massing
    Life for Me Ain't Been No Crystal Stair, by Susan Sheehan
    1. Life for Me Ain't Been No Crystal Stair by Susan Sheehan
    The New York Review of Books, March 24, 1994, pp. 45-48
  91. [+]
    West of Downtown (Review)
    Michael Massing
    The Corner, by David Simon and Edward Burns
    1. The Corner by David Simon and Edward Burns
    The New York Review of Books, December 18, 1997, pp. 46-49
  92. [+]
    What Ever Happened to the 'War on Drugs'? (5 Reviews)
    Michael Massing
    The Search for Rational Drug Control, by Franklin E. Zimring and Gordon Hawkins
    1. The Search for Rational Drug Control by Franklin E. Zimring and Gordon Hawkins
    2. Cocaine Changes by Dan Waldorf, Craig Reinarman, and Sheigla Murphy, ...
    3. Dead on Delivery by Robert M. Stutman and Richard Esposito
    4. Against Excess: Drug Policy for Results by Mark A.R. Kleiman
    5. Pipe Dream Blues by Clarence Lusane and Dennis Desmond
    The New York Review of Books, June 11, 1992, pp. 42-46
  93. What Future for the News?---An Exchange
    Michael Massing
    The New York Review of Books, November 5, 2009, p. 57
  94. Life in the U.S.
    When You Can Play Anything You Want on Your TV, Will You Have Anything You Want to Play?
    Michael Massing
    In These Times, January 31, 1979, p. 19
  95. While Haiti Burns
    Michael Massing
    The New Republic, November 16, 1987, pp. 14-15
  96. Who Are the Sandinistas?
    Michael Massing
    The New York Review of Books, May 12, 1988, pp. 51-58
  97. Articles
    Who's Afraid of Reed Irvine?
    Michael Massing
    The Rise and Decline of Accuracy in Media
    The Nation, September 13, 1986, pp. 200-214
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