Rupert Murdoch Makes James an Offer He Can’t Refuse Rupert Murdoch Makes James an Offer He Can’t Refuse
Even in such a busy week it is worth taking a minute to reflect on what amounts to the firing of James Murdoch by his father.
Mar 2, 2012 / D.D. Guttenplan
NYC to Release Teachers’ ‘Value-Added’ Ratings: Why It’s Not Fair NYC to Release Teachers’ ‘Value-Added’ Ratings: Why It’s Not Fair
Bill Gates and Wendy Kopp agree: the volatile data reports unfairly shame teachers.
Feb 24, 2012 / Dana Goldstein
Rubin Agonistes Rubin Agonistes
Alter-Reviews and Reed Richardson zeros in on the flip-flop blogging of the Washington Post's Jenifer Rubin.
Feb 24, 2012 / Eric Alterman
Sean Combs’s New Channel: Comcast’s Crumb? Sean Combs’s New Channel: Comcast’s Crumb?
Comcast’s new minority-owned channels are the direct result of a deal cut with civil rights organizations. So where are the women’s channels?
Feb 24, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Sarah Wildman: Pioneering Magazine ‘+972’ Challenges the Status Quo Sarah Wildman: Pioneering Magazine ‘+972’ Challenges the Status Quo
What makes +972 such a unique magazine with an extraordinary ability to shake up conventional ideas about Israel and Palestine?
Feb 23, 2012 / The Nation
Remembering Anthony Shadid Remembering Anthony Shadid
The most gifted foreign correspondent in a generation reported with authority and empathy.
Feb 17, 2012 / Ruth Baldwin
This Valentine’s Day, Occupy the Romantic-Industrial Complex This Valentine’s Day, Occupy the Romantic-Industrial Complex
Let's find a way to honor relationships that does not rely on buying stuff.
Feb 13, 2012 / Samhita Mukhopadhyay
When Will the Justice Department Get Serious About Murdoch? When Will the Justice Department Get Serious About Murdoch?
What did the Murdochs know and when did they know it?
Feb 13, 2012 / D.D. Guttenplan
The Protocols of the Elders of Sheldon The Protocols of the Elders of Sheldon
In light of a Pew Research Center survey on public engagement with the presidential campaign, Reed looks at how biased the media has become.
Feb 9, 2012 / Eric Alterman
Santorum’s Symbolic Victories Santorum’s Symbolic Victories
Don’t believe the media hype. Tuesday’s events awarded no delegates, and it’s too soon to say what Rick Santorum’s nominal wins will mean.
Feb 8, 2012 / Ben Adler