Why It’s OK for ‘The New York Times’ to Not Be Charlie Why It’s OK for ‘The New York Times’ to Not Be Charlie
While the Times frequently needs pushing on its watery language, there are real ethical reasons to exclude Charlie’s Mohammad cartoons.
Jan 15, 2015 / Leslie Savan
What Americans Should Do After Charlie Hebdo What Americans Should Do After Charlie Hebdo
We must resist the push to increase surveillance and repeat the foreign policy mistakes of the past.
Jan 14, 2015 / The Editors
Speed Kills Speed Kills
Has digital technology destroyed leisure?
Jan 14, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
On Bill Moyers’s Legacy On Bill Moyers’s Legacy
Following a career of more than forty years, Bill Moyers retires.
Jan 13, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Charlie Hebdo ‘Hot Takes’ The Charlie Hebdo ‘Hot Takes’
What is it about horrific events that brings out horrific media coverage?
Jan 13, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow
Margaret Cho Can Be Hysterically Funny About Koreans—but She Wasn’t Last Night Margaret Cho Can Be Hysterically Funny About Koreans—but She Wasn’t Last Night
Yes, her schtick as a North Korean general was a gross bit of yellowface minstrelsy, but let’s remember her longer career.
Jan 12, 2015 / Richard Kim
Nous Sommes Tous Charlie: Defend Freedom of Expression in France and Around the World Nous Sommes Tous Charlie: Defend Freedom of Expression in France and Around the World
We cannot have democracy without a free press, and the robust debate it fosters.
Jan 8, 2015 / John Nichols
What’s the Real Reason Al Qaeda Attacked ‘Charlie Hebdo’? What’s the Real Reason Al Qaeda Attacked ‘Charlie Hebdo’?
The attack in Paris was all about polarizing the French and European public.
Jan 8, 2015 / Juan Cole
Fox Captures the Culprit for the Paris Attacks: Bill de Blasio, With an Assist From Obama Fox Captures the Culprit for the Paris Attacks: Bill de Blasio, With an Assist From Obama
Not even the conservative media could connect the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris to #BlackLivesMatter protests in New York City… could they?
Jan 7, 2015 / Leslie Savan
Blowing the Whistle on Government Recklessness Is Not a Crime Blowing the Whistle on Government Recklessness Is Not a Crime
Support Jeffrey Sterling and help resist the Obama administration’s attacks on whistleblowers.
Jan 7, 2015 / NationAction