Everyone Wants to Stop ‘Fake News,’ but No One Seems to Know What Exactly It Is Everyone Wants to Stop ‘Fake News,’ but No One Seems to Know What Exactly It Is
Like “terrorism,” we are rushing to stop a politically loaded, abstract concept without bothering to define it.
Dec 9, 2016 / Adam Johnson
Chuck Jones Is a Better President Than Donald Trump Will Ever Be Chuck Jones Is a Better President Than Donald Trump Will Ever Be
Trump is attacking a steelworkers union leader for calling out Trump’s lies.
Dec 8, 2016 / John Nichols
Neo-McCarthyism and the New Cold War Neo-McCarthyism and the New Cold War
The preceding Cold War generated a prolonged slurring and suppression of dissenting American voices, and it may be happening again.
Dec 7, 2016 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen
Trump’s Team of Faux Populists and Real Crony Capitalists Trump’s Team of Faux Populists and Real Crony Capitalists
For progressive Democrats, the challenge now is not just to fight Trump’s policies but also to listen to the people he is betraying.
Dec 6, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Second Coming of MTV News The Second Coming of MTV News
Its rebirth gives insights into twin trends across the media landscape: prestige and diversity.
Dec 2, 2016 / Wei Tchou
How to Survive an Anti-Feminist Backlash How to Survive an Anti-Feminist Backlash
We can’t relax, and we can’t assume that everything will work out.
Nov 30, 2016 / Sady Doyle
False Narratives, Not ‘Fake News,’ Are the Real Cold-War Problem False Narratives, Not ‘Fake News,’ Are the Real Cold-War Problem
Any détente initiatives by President-elect Trump must break with spurious US accounts of the new Cold War.
Nov 30, 2016 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen
Putin Didn’t Undermine the Election—We Did Putin Didn’t Undermine the Election—We Did
Our election system is embarrassing not for anything Putin allegedly did. Leaders of both parties, if they had any concern for the republic, would move expeditiously to reform our ...
Nov 29, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
‘The Washington Post’ Promotes a McCarthyite Blacklist ‘The Washington Post’ Promotes a McCarthyite Blacklist
“PropOrNot” has smeared working journalists as agents of the Kremlin while wrapping itself in a cloak of anonymity.
Nov 28, 2016 / James Carden
The President-Elect Is an Internet Troll The President-Elect Is an Internet Troll
And the media has no idea what to do with him.
Nov 28, 2016 / Joan Walsh