We’re Living in a Golden Age of Investigative Journalism We’re Living in a Golden Age of Investigative Journalism
Newspapers in America may be closing up shop, but muckrakers around the world are holding corrupt officials and corporate cronies accountable like never before.
Aug 26, 2014 / Anya Schiffrin
Defend Journalism That Speaks Truth to Power: From Ferguson to Washington Defend Journalism That Speaks Truth to Power: From Ferguson to Washington
The First Amendment is under assault. Americans must preserve “the freedom that allows us to verify the existence of all other freedoms.”
Aug 18, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols
#CancelColbert and the Return of the Anti-Liberal Left #CancelColbert and the Return of the Anti-Liberal Left
The left can only afford to be contemptuous of liberal values when the right isn't in charge.
Apr 2, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Goldberg
Oneida Nation Fights to Change the Name of the Washington Football Team Oneida Nation Fights to Change the Name of the Washington Football Team
Finally, Native American voices are being heard by the media in protest of the name “Redskins.”
Sep 13, 2013 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Hacking for Immigrant Rights Hacking for Immigrant Rights
How programmers, journalists and immigrant rights advocates are redefining hacking—for immigrant justice.
Sep 9, 2013 / Leticia Miranda
Fat-Shaming All Around Us Fat-Shaming All Around Us
There’s nothing healthy about shaming people for their bodies.
Apr 25, 2013 / Blog / Chloe Angyal
This Week: For Media Democracy This Week: For Media Democracy
Some perspective on the concentration of the press in the power of a few and the dangers of media consolidation.
Apr 6, 2013 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The New Telecom Oligarchs The New Telecom Oligarchs
In her book Captive Audience, Susan Crawford shows how media giants exert a stranglehold over consumers and government.
Apr 3, 2013 / Feature / Michael J. Copps
Bill Moyers: For Campaign Cash, TV Gives Back Nothing Bill Moyers: For Campaign Cash, TV Gives Back Nothing
The campaign season earns local television stations enormous sums of money. What should they give back?
Aug 14, 2012 / Blog / Laura Flanders
Peter Kornbluh: WikiLeaks in Latin America Peter Kornbluh: WikiLeaks in Latin America
WikiLeaks revealed a Latin America dominated by American intervention and meddling.
Aug 3, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room