Judge Resigns Over Congressional Meddling Judge Resigns Over Congressional Meddling
The announcement this week by U.S. District Judge John S. Martin of the Southern District of New York that he would leave the bench because he was fed up with Congressional meddli...
Jun 25, 2003 / John Nichols
Senate Committee Rebukes FCC Senate Committee Rebukes FCC
When the Federal Communications Commission voted June 2 to remove key restrictions on media consolidation, dissident Commissioner Michael Copps warned, "This Commission's drive to...
Jun 19, 2003 / John Nichols
Making Media an Issue Making Media an Issue
MILWAUKEE -- When Democratic party activists from across Wisconsin gathered for their party's state convention last weekend, they heard speeches from three presidential candidates...
Jun 16, 2003 / John Nichols
Bill Moyers’s Presidential Address Bill Moyers’s Presidential Address
Democratic presidential candidates were handed a dream audience of 1,000 "ready-for-action" labor, civil rights, peace and economic justice campaigners at the Take Back America co...
Jun 9, 2003 / John Nichols
Standing Up to the FCC Standing Up to the FCC
Even as he condemned the 3-to-2 vote of the Federal Communications Commission to allow media conglomerates to dramatically increase their control over newspapers and radio and ...
Jun 5, 2003 / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
FCC Rejects Public Interest FCC Rejects Public Interest
Monday's 3-2 vote by the Federal Communications Commission to remove barriers to corporate consolidation of control over the media capped a process that, even by the standards of ...
Jun 3, 2003 / John Nichols
Local Heroes Local Heroes
Eight state legislators who are making a difference.
May 22, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols
ALEC Meets His Match ALEC Meets His Match
Challenging the right's powerhouse.
May 22, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols
Taking It to the States Taking It to the States
Important battles are being waged--and won--far beyond the Beltway.
May 22, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols
FCC Travels on Industry’s Dime FCC Travels on Industry’s Dime
With the June 2 vote by the Federal Communications Commission on a series of rule changes that would dramatically reshape the nation's media landscape rapidly approaching, it is a...
May 22, 2003 / John Nichols