The Problem With Our Media Is Extreme Commercialism The Problem With Our Media Is Extreme Commercialism
For over a century the US has conducted an experiment in commercialized journalism by treating news as both a commodity and a public service.
Jan 30, 2017 / Victor Pickard
Nobody Wanted to Take Us In: The Story of Jared Kushner’s Family, and Mine Nobody Wanted to Take Us In: The Story of Jared Kushner’s Family, and Mine
As Trump bars refugees and Muslim immigrants from coming to this country, it’s worth remembering the Jews who were shut out the last time we closed our borders—like Jared Kush...
Jan 26, 2017 / Feature / Lizzy Ratner
Donald Trump’s Strategy? Destroy the International Community in Order to Save It. Donald Trump’s Strategy? Destroy the International Community in Order to Save It.
The new president has a wrecking ball, and “internationalism” is written all over it.
Jan 24, 2017 / John Feffer
In the Wings of Reality In the Wings of Reality
Claude Arnaud’s biography of Jean Cocteau shows how the artist lived a life nourished by infinity.
Jan 23, 2017 / Ricky D’Ambrose
Ethel Rosenberg’s Sons Still Seek Justice for Their Mother Ethel Rosenberg’s Sons Still Seek Justice for Their Mother
“We are giving the United States government the chance…to acknowledge the terrible wrong it did to her and to us.”
Jan 19, 2017 / Miriam Schneir
President Trump: So We’re Really Doing This President Trump: So We’re Really Doing This
Wowee.
Jan 19, 2017 / Matt Bors
Plenty’s Discontent Plenty’s Discontent
The lost sense of hope and idealism in David Hare’s England.
Jan 19, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon
What Art Under Trump? What Art Under Trump?
In a time of crisis and panic, artists and writers can help remind us that we are more than just voters and statistics.
Jan 18, 2017 / Feature / Margaret Atwood
All the Human Be-In Was Saying 50 Years Ago, Was Give Peace a Chance All the Human Be-In Was Saying 50 Years Ago, Was Give Peace a Chance
Then, as now, many in the political classes looked down on supposedly impractical efforts to change consciousness.
Jan 13, 2017 / Danny Goldberg
President Obama’s Last Confession President Obama’s Last Confession
Gasp!
Jan 10, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow