Journalists Must Rethink Our Fear of Taking Sides Journalists Must Rethink Our Fear of Taking Sides
The media often acts as if identifying threats or naming falsehoods are acts of partisanship. They are not. They are journalism.
Oct 30, 2024 / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope
Newspapers That Refuse to Endorse Are Betraying Journalism—and Democracy Newspapers That Refuse to Endorse Are Betraying Journalism—and Democracy
Billionaire publishers who censor endorsements that offend Donald Trump confirm their scorching disregard for the traditions of a free press.
Oct 29, 2024 / John Nichols
What Is the Plan for Gaza’s Future? What Is the Plan for Gaza’s Future?
Netanyahu’s plan to remain in power doesn’t include peace.
Oct 29, 2024 / OppArt / Frances Jetter
The Washington Post’s Craven Capitulation to the Billionaire Class The Washington Post’s Craven Capitulation to the Billionaire Class
What the newspaper’s editorial-page editor really meant was, “My corporate paymasters want to wallow in Donald Trump’s tax cuts.”
Oct 25, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
Tucker Carlson’s Weird Spanking Fantasy Is Designed to Stir Up MAGA Misogyny Tucker Carlson’s Weird Spanking Fantasy Is Designed to Stir Up MAGA Misogyny
By extolling Trump as “Daddy” meting out corporal punishment, the disgraced TV host is pitching authoritarian patriarchy.
Oct 25, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Why We Need Prison Journalism More Than Ever Why We Need Prison Journalism More Than Ever
If we lose incarcerated journalists, we lose a whole voice from the conversation.
Oct 25, 2024 / Christopher Blackwell and Emily Nonko
“Call of Duty”: Pentagon Ops “Call of Duty”: Pentagon Ops
Inside the weird synergies that launched the videogaming industry---and made the Pentagon fantasies in Call of Duty its stock in trade.
Oct 24, 2024 / Feature / Jesse Robertson
The Kamala Harris Stan Wars Have Reached a Fever Pitch The Kamala Harris Stan Wars Have Reached a Fever Pitch
The election has turned the Internet into a dangerous battlefield—and nobody, not even a pop superstar, is safe.
Oct 24, 2024 / Faith Branch
Media Elites Are the Last People to Ask About the Future of Journalism Media Elites Are the Last People to Ask About the Future of Journalism
And New York magazine’s latest cover package does just that.
Oct 23, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
“The Israeli Army Martyred My Father”: What Gaza's Journalists Have Endured “The Israeli Army Martyred My Father”: What Gaza's Journalists Have Endured
Three Palestinian journalists describe what it is like to report from the middle of a genocide.
Oct 22, 2024 / Ruwaida Kamal Amer