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PoliticsAugust 6, 2019
What Netflix’s ‘Great Hack’ Gets Wrong About Cambridge Analytica
The British consulting firm didn’t steal the 2016 election, and it couldn’t have if it tried.
Micah L. Sifry
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Political FiguresJuly 11, 2019
Before Donald Trump, There Was Ross Perot
Perot was a “welfare billionaire” who grew rich off Medicare and Medicaid contracts—and turned the deficit into a national fetish.
Micah L. Sifry
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Internet and New MediaMarch 28, 2018
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October 12, 2017
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National SecurityFebruary 8, 2017
Steve Bannon Wants To Start World War III
His 2009 film, Generation Zero, shows a hellishly bleak vision of our past, present, and future, driven by a magical belief in historical determinism.
Micah L. Sifry
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Election 2016July 11, 2016
Hillary Clinton’s Technology Agenda Isn’t Good Enough
And Bernie Sanders deserves some of the blame, too.
Micah L. Sifry
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Election 2016March 14, 2016
How the Sanders Campaign Is Reinventing the Use of Tech in Politics
The watchword is no longer Big Data but Big Organizing, in which thousands of volunteers play a leadership role in the campaign.
Micah L. Sifry
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ActivismOctober 21, 2014
The Internet Is People: A Response to Marshall Ganz
Ganz seems to think my book blames technology alone for the Internet’s failure to democratize politics. That’s far from the case.
Micah L. Sifry
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CultureOctober 31, 2013
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Internet and New MediaMarch 3, 2011
In the Age of WikiLeaks, the End of Secrecy?
For a healthy democracy, transparency is the best medicine.
Micah L. Sifry