The Google Settlement
Pamela Samuelson : Lawsuits
The Google Books settlement is a forward-looking commercial joint venture that far exceeds the scope of the class-action lawsuit.
Pamela Samuelson : Lawsuits
The Google Books settlement is a forward-looking commercial joint venture that far exceeds the scope of the class-action lawsuit.

Britt Harwood : Judaism & Jews
The new progressive Jewish organization J Street has benefited from the blogosphere's interest. But will exposure turn into political mobilization?

Christine Smallwood : Music
A conversation with the former frontman of Pulp about the sound of music in the digital era.
MSNBC
The Nation's Ari Melber shares his insights from the Netroots Nation conference on the direction Internet-based organizing is taking.
Ari Melber
The Netroots Nation conference pulls in big Democratic names and spawns arguments in unlikely places.

Christine Smallwood
A conversation with the author of Fair Use: Notes From Spam about spam, scambaiters and language games.
Tom Hayden : Afghanistan
MoveOn, once the most powerful grassroots peace organization, has rendered its members voiceless on the expanding wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan. And that silence sends a message.
Ari Melber : Barack Obama
President Obama cracked the White House door for citizens on Thursday, and some of their questions were still bubbling up long after the first virtual town hall ended.
Brendan Smith, Tim Costello & Jeremy Brecher
The tension around the pros and cons of online organizing has spurred a healthy debate in the social movement community.
Ari Melber : Barack Obama Administration
Barack Obama has mobilized the most connected national constituency in history. But can he use it to govern?
Ari Melber : Presidential Election 2008
In America's first Web-driven election, campaign videos made by ordinary people--not campaigns or the news media--grabbed most of the attention
Alexander Provan : The Short of It
Why do Internet boosters continue to confuse social networking with art?
Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman : Presidential Election 2008
The only one way Tuesday's vote will be protected is if citizens show up at the polls with cameras, note pads, cell phones and lawyers.
Ari Melber : Presidential Election 2008
Self-appointed Internet cops are forcing accountability for the dirtiest tricks in politics.
Eric Alterman : Presidential Election 2008
Politics ain't beanbag, but the thuggishness of McCain and Palin and their conservative media enablers have infected our political discourse.
With a surge of angry e-mail that sent Congressional servers into meltdown, taxpayers stormed their way into the bailout debate.
Ari Melber : Presidential Election 2008
Every major Democratic player came to Texas to engage with online activists who have been key to their success. So why do netroots continue to be cast as angry and estranged?
