The Global Nervous System The Global Nervous System
Stranded in Europe, I don't feel like a displaced person. I'm buoyed by an invisible network of friends and strangers all connected by social media.
Apr 19, 2010 / Micah L. Sifry
To Sustain Journalism, Support Subsidies To Sustain Journalism, Support Subsidies
Nation writers Robert McChesney and John Nichols support government subsidies to sustain journalism in the future.
Mar 5, 2010 / Video / The Nation
“And The Twitter Goes Wild” “And The Twitter Goes Wild”
The Twitter spotlight on Morning Joe.
Mar 3, 2010 / The Notion / Ari Melber
Obama’s Health Summit Faces Transparency, Twitter Obama’s Health Summit Faces Transparency, Twitter
One transparency group wants you to know how much every politicians at the health care summit accepted from health care and industry donors.
Feb 25, 2010 / The Notion / Ari Melber
Sparking a Media Revolution Sparking a Media Revolution
Authors of The Death and Life of American Journalism propose the government grant subsidies to ensure that democracy and a thriving press survive.
Feb 5, 2010 / Video / Press Room
Surveillance Can’t Make Us Secure Surveillance Can’t Make Us Secure
The goal of government surveillance is to create a deliberate backdoor into secure systems. The appeal to a hacker is obvious.
Jan 29, 2010 / Feature / Julian Sanchez
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Joseph Stiglitz's Freefall, Mark Weiss's The Whole Island and Robert Darnton's The Case for Books.
Jan 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella
For Prop 8 Trial, Supreme Court Banishes Cameras For Prop 8 Trial, Supreme Court Banishes Cameras
Had the Supreme Court not kicked video cameras out of the courtroom, the Prop 8 trial may have enabled Americans to see how a controversial court decision is born.
Jan 14, 2010 / Feature / Linda Hirshman
Investigative Reporting: ‘Luxury Item’? Investigative Reporting: ‘Luxury Item’?
Jane Mayer offers a perspective on the troubling losses in the field of investigative reporting. Investigative reporting, which is a slow, expensive undertaking, has become a "luxu...
Dec 20, 2009 / Video / The Nation Video
How Should the Role of Reporters Change? How Should the Role of Reporters Change?
David Schimke stresses the role of the trained citizen journalist in shaping coverage--and how mainstream reporters should learn to stray beyond the press conference model of news.
Dec 4, 2009 / Video / The Nation Video