Patent Offers Clues on How Google Controls the News Patent Offers Clues on How Google Controls the News
Google is one of the most important “publishers” in the world, and the company’s lucrative algorithm reveals a picture of the future of profitable content.
Feb 22, 2013 / Ari Melber
Rupert Murdoch Actually Raises a Good Point About Keystone XL Rupert Murdoch Actually Raises a Good Point About Keystone XL
The existing portions of the Keystone pipeline saw fourteen spills in its first year of operation, and extending it across the entire country would pose a huge public health hazard...
Feb 22, 2013 / George Zornick
Workers Cleaning Target Stores Threaten to Strike Workers Cleaning Target Stores Threaten to Strike
Janitors say they’re prepared to walk off the job to protest unsafe conditions and illegal retaliation.
Feb 22, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Political Corruption and Media Retribution in Spain and Greece Political Corruption and Media Retribution in Spain and Greece
What happens when the media report the crimes of the elite, amid the worst economic crisis in decades? They get threatened—sometimes with their lives.
Feb 21, 2013 / Andy Robinson
‘I Can’t Keep My Mind on the Show’ ‘I Can’t Keep My Mind on the Show’
The political press doesn't understand just how differently the right thinks—it's scientifically proven.
Feb 21, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
The Very American Cynicism of House of Cards The Very American Cynicism of House of Cards
We need to ask ourselves what these tales in political corruption are teaching us to believe.
Feb 21, 2013 / Michelle Dean
Feminism Has Come a Long Way—or Has It? Feminism Has Come a Long Way—or Has It?
The last century—and the next—of women’s struggle for justice.
Feb 21, 2013 / Ruth Rosen
We’re All Women Workers Now: How the Floor of the Economy Has Dropped for Everyone We’re All Women Workers Now: How the Floor of the Economy Has Dropped for Everyone
Sexist practices once reserved for female employees have now spread throughout the whole economy.
Feb 21, 2013 / Bryce Covert
Oscar Pistorius and the Global System of Deadly Misogyny Oscar Pistorius and the Global System of Deadly Misogyny
The murder of Reeva Steenkamp has generated conversation about everything except what really matters: the global epidemic of violence against women.
Feb 21, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Obama Wants Quality Preschool for All Kids—Will We Get It? Obama Wants Quality Preschool for All Kids—Will We Get It?
What's next for early childhood education? The Nation's Bryce Covert talks with Dana Goldstein and Melissa Lazarín about the policy and politics of universal preschool.
Feb 20, 2013 / The Nation