Reporting the Truth When Politicians Lie Reporting the Truth When Politicians Lie
With the global rise of organized misinformation campaigns, outlets should embrace “the truth sandwich” and place a false claim between the actual facts.
Oct 9, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard
If the World Can’t Stop the Genocide Against Us, Let It at Least Carry Our Stories If the World Can’t Stop the Genocide Against Us, Let It at Least Carry Our Stories
A journalist in Gaza debates whether to leave before his entire family is killed or stay so his people’s story is told.
Oct 3, 2025 / Mohammed al-Sawwaf
The World’s Newsrooms Can Learn From Bill McKibben’s Climate Journalism The World’s Newsrooms Can Learn From Bill McKibben’s Climate Journalism
Traditional journalists complain that he is an advocate—the same criticism Woodward and Bernstein faced during Watergate.
Sep 25, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope
Vile Grifters Are Taking Over Establishment Media Vile Grifters Are Taking Over Establishment Media
Paramount is reportedly set to pay between $100 million and $200 million for The Free Press and will install Bari Weiss at the top of CBS News.
Sep 4, 2025 / Jack Mirkinson
I Went to the “Free Press” Party for Under-30s. All I Got Was Ennui. I Went to the “Free Press” Party for Under-30s. All I Got Was Ennui.
At Bari Weiss’s “Cheers to the Republic” mixer, I met anti-vaxxers, was recruited for a trip to Israel, and heard the word “heterodox” more than I would have liked to.
Aug 19, 2025 / Sophie Hurwitz
Can Rupert Murdoch Conquer LA? Can Rupert Murdoch Conquer LA?
The tabloid baron will launch a West Coast version of the New York Post next year.
Aug 7, 2025 / Ben Schwartz
Introducing “The Nation Podcast,” a New Interview Series Introducing “The Nation Podcast,” a New Interview Series
Hosted by editor D.D. Guttenplan, the show will go behind the scenes of our biggest print stories with the journalists who wrote them.
Apr 8, 2025 / Press Room
Journalists Must Rethink Our Fear of Taking Sides Journalists Must Rethink Our Fear of Taking Sides
The media often acts as if identifying threats or naming falsehoods are acts of partisanship. They are not. They are journalism.
Oct 30, 2024 / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope
How the Sports Media Is Manufacturing Consent Over Gaza How the Sports Media Is Manufacturing Consent Over Gaza
Many sports journalists are afraid to touch the issue of Palestine—but the stories are there waiting to be told.
Jun 11, 2024 / Dave Zirin
News Deserts Are Obscuring the Breadth of Climate Disasters News Deserts Are Obscuring the Breadth of Climate Disasters
Bootstrapped publications like mine do their best to keep the news alive in communities now struggling just to survive.
May 15, 2024 / Jane Braxton Little