Big Oil Is Greenwashing the Planet Big Oil Is Greenwashing the Planet
The hosting of the recent COP28 climate summit by the United Arab Emirates is just one instance.
Dec 26, 2023 / Juan Cole
Whose “It’s a Wonderful Life” Is It Anyway? Whose “It’s a Wonderful Life” Is It Anyway?
How everybody’s favorite Christmas movie about the perils of monopoly capitalism became a victim of monopoly capitalism.
Dec 25, 2023 / Ray Nowosielski and David Cassidy
Argentina’s New President Swaps the Chain Saw for the Blender Argentina’s New President Swaps the Chain Saw for the Blender
As Javier Milei’s new free-market economic measures start to roll out, devaluation has already started to impact everyone in Argentina—especially the middle classes and the poor.
Dec 20, 2023 / Pablo Calvi
Silicon Landlords: On the Narrowing of AI’s Horizon Silicon Landlords: On the Narrowing of AI’s Horizon
The one thing science fiction couldn’t imagine is the world we have now: the near-complete control of Artificial Intelligence by a few corporations whose only goal is profit.
Dec 19, 2023 / Dwayne Monroe
The Definitive Guide to Starting Your Own Media Company The Definitive Guide to Starting Your Own Media Company
How to throw off the corporate shackles and launch an independent news outlet.
Dec 13, 2023 / Feature / Kelsey McKinney and Aleksander Chan
The Antitrust Lessons of the OpenAI Saga The Antitrust Lessons of the OpenAI Saga
The high-stakes battle for control of the tech start-up was a case study in the corporate strategy of vertical outsourcing.
Dec 12, 2023 / Brian Callaci
Local News Has Been Destroyed. Here’s How We Can Revive It. Local News Has Been Destroyed. Here’s How We Can Revive It.
A plan to build back better.
Dec 12, 2023 / Feature / John Nichols
One Big Cookout: From the “Negro Press” to Black Twitter One Big Cookout: From the “Negro Press” to Black Twitter
We always suspected that whatever magazines and newspapers for white folks weren’t telling us, Black newspapers and magazines would.
Dec 12, 2023 / Feature / Gene Seymour
Socialism and Disney Are Incompatible Socialism and Disney Are Incompatible
Our species can’t afford another century of the principles fostered by the Disney emporium.
Dec 11, 2023 / Ariel Dorfman
The Big Unfriendly Tech Giants The Big Unfriendly Tech Giants
We must ensure that corporations aren’t able to pick and choose winners and losers in journalism.
Dec 11, 2023 / Feature / Zephyr Teachout