Throw Out the Rules Throw Out the Rules
Despite the furious efforts of media activists, this past Tuesday the FCC approved new rules that will unleash a flood of media concentration across America. The new rules will fu...
Dec 20, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Snake Oil Market Softening Snake Oil Market Softening
Is that what makes his hair so nice?
Dec 20, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Letters Letters
WHAT IF THEY GAVE A WAR & NOBODY PAID?
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Dec 20, 2007 / Our Readers
Best of The Nation 2007 Best of The Nation 2007
It was a year of alarming news and amazing reporting on the Iraq War, the rise of private mercenary firms, the burgeoning business of disaster capitalism, an ever more vulnerable e...
Dec 19, 2007 / Feature / Joan Connell
Putin–Time Magazine’s 2007 Person of the Year Putin–Time Magazine’s 2007 Person of the Year
In its selection of Russian President Vladimir Putin as its It's also reassuring to know that Time's editors didn't gethoodwinked by Putin's steely blue ga...
Dec 19, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Hoax Exposed at Princeton A Hoax Exposed at Princeton
When a strait-laced Princeton student claimed he was attacked by liberal thugs, the conservative establishment rallied around him--until it turned out to be a lie.
Dec 18, 2007 / Feature / Max Blumenthal
FCC Votes for Monopoly, Congress Must Vote for Democracy FCC Votes for Monopoly, Congress Must Vote for Democracy
The Federal Communications Commission has, as expected, voted along party lines to approve the demand of Rupert Murdoch and other communications-industry moguls for a loosening of...
Dec 18, 2007 / John Nichols
Burger King as Scrooge Burger King as Scrooge
Farm workers who toil to pick tomatoes for Burger King's sandwiches earn 40 to 50 cents for every 32-pound bucket of tomatoes they pick, a rate that has not risen significantly in...
Dec 18, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
A Political Fight Brews Over FCC Rule Changes A Political Fight Brews Over FCC Rule Changes
No matter what the Federal Communications Commission does today with regard to media ownership -- and it is likely to do the wrong thing -- members of Congress are ready to push b...
Dec 18, 2007 / John Nichols
New Jersey Leads on Capital Punishment New Jersey Leads on Capital Punishment
Today Governor Jon Corzine signed into law a bill that ends capital punishment in New Jersey. "This is a day of progress for us and for the millions of people across our nation an...
Dec 18, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel