Alternative & Independent Media

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.

Ha'aretz, Israel's Liberal Beacon

Stephen Glain : Israel

A spirited daily paper is the last remaining defender of Israel's tradition of dissent.

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.

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?

The War on Al Jazeera

Jeremy Scahill : Middle East

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.

Passing the Torch

: Nation History

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.

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.

Amy Goodman's 'Empire'

Lizzy Ratner : Pacifica

A profile of the dynamic host of Democracy Now!

Prometheus Unbound

Rick Karr : Radio

The once-hunted outlaw of low-power radio is now a hero--including at the FCC.

In Our Orbit

Autobiography & Memoir

Victor Navasky's new memoir of opinion journalism.

Protest and Survive

Victor Navasky : Journalists & Journalism

Thoughts on the critical role of the journal of dissent in America.

Al Gore Gets Down

Ari Berman : Television

Al Gore's Current TV debuts today. But will his new network transform the media?

PBS Adds Insult to Injury

Eric Alterman

The Rebirth of the NYRB

Scott Sherman : Corporate Media & Consolidation

The highbrow literary magazine has re-emerged as a combative political actor.

The Rockland Radio Revolution

Kevin Y. Kim : Corporate Media & Consolidation

A small-town station in maine is proof that low-power radio builds community.

Speaking for Ourselves

Makani Themba-Nixon & Nan Rubin : Civil Rights Activism

Seeking media justice--not just reform.

Different Frequencies

Brooke Shelby Biggs : Corporate Media & Consolidation

How small and scrappy radio stations survive in the Clear Channel era.