Tweeters of the World, Unite! Tweeters of the World, Unite!
Can the women of color on Twitter who are feeding the media’s aggregation mania see remuneration for their efforts?
Mar 21, 2014 / Julia Carrie Wong
Why Women Use Birth Control Why Women Use Birth Control
A reporter interviews a young woman about her contraceptive choices.
Mar 18, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
Media Isn’t Baseball: Diversity Problems in the Clubhouse Media Isn’t Baseball: Diversity Problems in the Clubhouse
The numbers for representation of women and people of color in the media don’t add up to anything good.
Mar 17, 2014 / Julia Carrie Wong
Mayor de Blasio’s Message Problem Mayor de Blasio’s Message Problem
De Blasio has a message problem, but who’s to blame? The mayor? The media? Neither?
Mar 14, 2014 / Jarrett Murphy
Inside the Most Unregulated Labor Marketplace That Has Ever Existed Inside the Most Unregulated Labor Marketplace That Has Ever Existed
Nation author Moshe Z. Marvit has been awarded this month’s Sidney Award for casting “a light on a previously obscure, but profoundly exploited class of workers.”...
Mar 12, 2014 / Press Room
Nuclear-Option Fallout: Better Democracy, Same Old Media Nuclear-Option Fallout: Better Democracy, Same Old Media
Eric with the latest reviews and Reed on the “nuclear option” and the media.
Mar 12, 2014 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
DOJ Drops Most of the Charges Against a Journalist Indicted for Sharing a Link DOJ Drops Most of the Charges Against a Journalist Indicted for Sharing a Link
Barrett Brown’s attorneys warned that the charges against their client had chilling implications for free speech rights.
Mar 5, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
The Right Loses It Over Russia—Again The Right Loses It Over Russia—Again
Conservative hysteria over Putin’s aggression in 2014 is eerily reminiscent of right-wing reaction to a previous Crimean adventure, at the dawn of the Cold War.
Mar 5, 2014 / Column / Eric Alterman
De Blasio’s Cabinet Is Dominated by Lefties. Wait, Really? De Blasio’s Cabinet Is Dominated by Lefties. Wait, Really?
The Times raises a red flag over the mayor’s appointments.
Mar 3, 2014 / Jarrett Murphy
MSNBC and Its Discontents MSNBC and Its Discontents
Are Alec Baldwin and Bill Maher right about the network?
Feb 28, 2014 / Leslie Savan