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December 20, 2022
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Twitter Files?
Just because the mainstream media decided to ignore them doesn’t mean the files aren’t newsworthy—or important.
Ross Barkan
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October 10, 2022
The Vultures at Alden Capital Want Us to Believe Their Neutrality Is in Good Faith
Ending the practice of endorsing presidential candidates isn’t an honorable act of bipartisanship. It’s a craven act of corporate greed.
Chris Lehmann
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July 21, 2022
Save Local News. Our Democracy Depends On It.
The government needs to invest now to revive local journalism—a public good that is essential to democracy.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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April 19, 2022
The American Media’s Approach to War Coverage Needs to Be Fundamentally Reimagined
We need more reporting on forgotten conflicts—and more stories that spotlight how war ravages people and leads to atrocities.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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December 10, 2021
Systemic Sadism at the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office
As the trial begins today of one officer accused of beating a man to death for the “crime” of driving his own car, a new PBS documentary flips the script on a department lionized by Cops.
Tom Gogola
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May 4, 2021
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August 4, 2020
Not All Presidential Liars Are Created Equal
What are the dangers of allowing Trump to dominate US political culture?
Eric Alterman
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June 8, 2020
America Is Fracturing—and So Is ‘The New York Times’
In the current crisis, the stakes are too high to chase clickbait.
Jeet Heer
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June 5, 2020
Tom Cotton Is Preparing to Be Trump 2.0
The Arkansas senator is a master of trolling the media and could unite the Republican Party. That would make him much more dangerous than Trump.
Jeet Heer
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May 15, 2020
The Virus, the Press, and the Comfortable Class
Liberal and conservative elites aren’t grappling with the pandemic’s toll on working-class people—and the impossible choices they’re forced to make.
Michael Massing