This Week in Poverty: A Little Help for the Long-Term Unemployed? This Week in Poverty: A Little Help for the Long-Term Unemployed?
230,000 long-term unemployed workers lost their benefits on Sunday and the system is about to get a whole lot worse.
May 18, 2012 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
Dial M for Murdoch Dial M for Murdoch
British investigations reveal the shocking extent of his shady tactics. Can we really believe he hasn’t used the same methods here?
May 2, 2012 / Editorial / D.D. Guttenplan
And Your Smile Is a Thin Disguise… And Your Smile Is a Thin Disguise…
Eric is back from the pub tour, and Reed highlights some the lazy, biased reporting during the GOP horserace.
Apr 26, 2012 / Blog / Eric Alterman
The Road to Marjayoun: On Anthony Shadid The Road to Marjayoun: On Anthony Shadid
Anthony Shadid was an exceedingly rare reporter in the thinning ranks of American journalism.
Apr 25, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Scott Sherman
Moscow’s ‘Optimistic Channel’ Moscow’s ‘Optimistic Channel’
Just down the road from the Kremlin is a television station with opposition spirit.
Apr 3, 2012 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Promised Lands Promised Lands
Eric Alterman on Bruce and Reed on free speech in the media.
Mar 30, 2012 / Blog / Eric Alterman
Alisa Solomon: Grappling With Mike Daisey’s ‘Journalism’ Alisa Solomon: Grappling With Mike Daisey’s ‘Journalism’
How the artist's narrative carried everyone away.
Mar 29, 2012 / Audio / The Nation
Truth and Consequences: On Mike Daisey Truth and Consequences: On Mike Daisey
Chris Hayes's take on the Mike Daisey controversy.
Mar 27, 2012 / Blog / Chris Hayes
Jeremy Scahill: Obama Is the Only Person Keeping Abdulelah Haider Shaye in Prison Jeremy Scahill: Obama Is the Only Person Keeping Abdulelah Haider Shaye in Prison
Why is President Obama keeping a journalist imprisoned in Yemen?
Mar 20, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room
The Fox News Effect The Fox News Effect
This is your brain on two weeks of non-stop Fox News.
Mar 7, 2012 / Feature / Marvin Kitman