Radio Nation with Laura Flanders
Radio Nation : Media Analysis
This week, Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel reflects on the role of independent media in turbulent political waters.
2007
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Ha'aretz, Israel's Liberal Beacon
A spirited daily paper is the last remaining defender of Israel's tradition of dissent.
2006
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Digital Music Revolution
Paul D. Miller : Corporate Media & Consolidation
The music industry lives in fear of downloadable media, but artists have the vision to re-engineer our collective psyche.
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Co-opting Consumers of Color
Makani Themba-Nixon : Race, Ethnicity & Religion
Fewer minority-owned outlets means fewer minorities in the media. With such threats to public discourse, what will become of our voices, points of view and interests?
2005
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The War on Al Jazeera
A top-secret memo detailing George W. Bush's proposal to bomb Al Jazeera is not "outlandish," as the White House claims. The Bush Administration had been threatening, insulting and imprisoning Al Jazeera staffers and other unembedded journalists long before Bush reportedly floated the idea to Tony Blair.
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Passing the Torch
Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel takes on the role of publisher and general partner at the magazine, and Victor Navasky becomes publisher emeritus and a member of the magazine's editorial board.
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State of the Magazines
Victor Navasky : Journalists & Journalism
On both sides of the Atlantic, liberal news magazines facing declining circulation have started to play into the celebrity culture. But there are gems that have the power to carry our culture through its Las Vegas-ization.
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Prometheus Unbound
The once-hunted outlaw of low-power radio is now a hero--including at the FCC.
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Protest and Survive
Victor Navasky : Journalists & Journalism
Thoughts on the critical role of the journal of dissent in America.
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Al Gore Gets Down
Al Gore's Current TV debuts today. But will his new network transform the media?
2004
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The Rebirth of the NYRB
Scott Sherman : Corporate Media & Consolidation
The highbrow literary magazine has re-emerged as a combative political actor.
2003
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The Rockland Radio Revolution
Kevin Y. Kim : Corporate Media & Consolidation
A small-town station in maine is proof that low-power radio builds community.
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Speaking for Ourselves
Makani Themba-Nixon & Nan Rubin : Civil Rights Activism
Seeking media justice--not just reform.
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Different Frequencies
Brooke Shelby Biggs : Corporate Media & Consolidation
How small and scrappy radio stations survive in the Clear Channel era.
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Liberal Signs of Life
Eric Alterman : Media Analysis
The "liberal media" is dead. Long live the liberal media.
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Alternative Voices on Campus
Emma Ruby-Sachs & Timothy Waligore : Student Movements
Progressive papers are key in creating a movement, but they lack support.
2002
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A 12-Step Program for Media Democracy
Jeffrey Chester & Gary O. Larson : Corporate Media & Consolidation
Never before have we had such communications power at our disposal. The corresponding danger, of course, is that we've never had so much to lose.
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Is There a Future for Pacifica?
Susan Douglas : Pacifica
The jury is still out on whether it can restore, let alone enhance, its influence.
2001
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The Making of a Movement
Robert W. McChesney & John Nichols : Corporate Media & Consolidation
How to get serious about media reform.
This week: A look at the advocacy group MoveOn.org at 10. Plus: Controversy in Africa over the indictment of the Sudanese President; Amy Alexander and Chris Rabb on the challenges facing minority journalists in their transition to the web; and The Nation's new sex column. (13mb mp3)
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