Internet and New Media

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Can Engineers Change Silicon Valley’s Political Agenda? Can Engineers Change Silicon Valley’s Political Agenda?

An interview with Maciej Cegłowski from Tech Solidarity.

May 17, 2017 / Ben Tarnoff

Victory Day Ceremony

World War II Memories in Moscow, Another Cold War Inquisition in Washington World War II Memories in Moscow, Another Cold War Inquisition in Washington

On May 9, while Russia was commemorating the 27 million Soviet citizens who died fighting Nazi Germany, the US political-media class was vilifying the Kremlin and seeking its Ameri...

May 10, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

Civilans look at rubble from Saudi airstrike

24 Things the Media Missed While They Were Obsessing Over Trump’s Latest Soundbite 24 Things the Media Missed While They Were Obsessing Over Trump’s Latest Soundbite

These are major national-security issues—but don’t expect to see them on the news.

May 8, 2017 / Andrew J. Bacevich

It’s Not Too Late to Save Net Neutrality From a Captured FCC

It’s Not Too Late to Save Net Neutrality From a Captured FCC It’s Not Too Late to Save Net Neutrality From a Captured FCC

The Trump-appointed FCC chairman has ushered in a virulent strain of market libertarianism. He can and must be stopped.

May 5, 2017 / Victor Pickard

Putin 2016

Again, Is the Possibility of a Trump-Putin Détente Really Dead? Again, Is the Possibility of a Trump-Putin Détente Really Dead?

“Kremlingate” is said to have killed any prospect for Trump administration cooperation with Putin’s Kremlin, but the May 2 phone talk between the two leaders showed it is still ali...

May 3, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

A sign outside the Comcast Center in Philadelphia.

Help Activists Collect 1 Million Signatures for Net Neutrality Help Activists Collect 1 Million Signatures for Net Neutrality

Trump’s FCC chairman would allow monopoly Internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon to pick winners and losers online.

May 3, 2017 / NationAction

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Trump Wants to Build a Giant Steel Dome Trump Wants to Build a Giant Steel Dome

“And we’ll make the liberals pay for it!”

May 2, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

Donald Trump and Bill O'Reilly

From Fox News to ‘Breitbart’: Liars, Harassers, and Far-Right Bottom-Feeders From Fox News to ‘Breitbart’: Liars, Harassers, and Far-Right Bottom-Feeders

I’ve argued for years that treating Fox as legitimate was a terrible mistake. The rise of Breitbart shows I should have been even more cynical.

Apr 28, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Corporatization of the Web Has Thinned Out Our Culture and Undermined American Democracy

The Corporatization of the Web Has Thinned Out Our Culture and Undermined American Democracy The Corporatization of the Web Has Thinned Out Our Culture and Undermined American Democracy

In his new book Move Fast and Break Things, Jonathan Taplin argues that, among its many downsides, the digital revolution has diminished our very humanity.

Apr 27, 2017 / David Dayen

Ajit Pai

Trump’s FCC Has Begun Its Attack on Net Neutrality Trump’s FCC Has Begun Its Attack on Net Neutrality

This is an all-hands-on-deck moment for every American.

Apr 26, 2017 / John Nichols

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