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November 1, 2022
How Social Media Erases Context
Indiscriminate sharing has dissolved the boundaries between what we say and when and where we say it.
Alexis Grenell
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October 28, 2022
Propaganda’s Worst Enemy
Samizdat 2.0 is here, and so is the hope of change in Russians’ mindset.
Stanislav Kucher
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August 15, 2022
The Long Shadow of the Fatwa
We don’t know the motives behind the attack on Rushdie yet, but it is just one more threat to his life in a series of them.
Jeet Heer
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June 3, 2022
The Silenced Students in the “Free Speech” Debate
Marginalized people at universities across the country are trying to reframe the conversation around censorship and expression.
Mira Sydow
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June 2, 2022
First Thought, Best Thought? Not for Elon Musk.
The Hill offloads comment moderation to Facebook and Twitter. What could possibly go wrong?
Tom Gogola
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May 27, 2022
Waging Proxy War in Ukraine Won’t Save Us From Ourselves
The policing of public opinion over Ukraine goes to extremes unimagined during the fight against Hitler.
David Bromwich
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May 3, 2022
We Cannot Rely on Billionaires to Create Necessary Guardrails on Social Media
Nothing makes the case for public ownership of online public spaces like a billionaire proposing to buy one.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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April 14, 2022
We Can’t Let Billionaires Control Major Communications Platforms
Elon Musk may not be sitting on Twitter’s board, but he remains its largest shareholder—and that’s bad news.
Victor Pickard
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March 30, 2022
Across the Country, Faculty Fight to Defend Academic Freedom
Displaying an unprecedented solidarity, the academic community is mobilizing to confront an existential assault on its professional work and values.
Ellen Schrecker
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December 28, 2021
These Progressives Fought the Good Fight in 2021—and Gave Us Hope for 2022
For a year that saw progress come slowly and presidential approval ratings decline, these progressives held the line, speaking truth to power, defending democracy, and showing up for the American people.
John Nichols