Journalists and Journalism

Putin Annual Address

Russian Diplomacy Is Winning the New Cold War Russian Diplomacy Is Winning the New Cold War

Washington’s attempt to “isolate Putin’s Russia” has failed and had the opposite effect. 

Nov 21, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Julian Assange

The Indictment of Julian Assange Is a Threat to Press Freedom The Indictment of Julian Assange Is a Threat to Press Freedom

If the First Amendment means anything, it is the right to obtain public-interest information from impure, indeed hopelessly tainted, sources.

Nov 20, 2018 / Bruce Shapiro

Zuckerberg Facebook

Antitrust For The Many, Not The Few Antitrust For The Many, Not The Few

Somebody needs to challenge Facebook's outsized power over the media. It should be a cooperative association, not another unaccountable behemoth.

Nov 20, 2018 / Nathan Schneider

NYT Headquarters

How ‘The New York Times’ Deceived the Public on North Korea How ‘The New York Times’ Deceived the Public on North Korea

Stretching the findings of a think-tank report on Pyongyang’s missile bases is a reminder of the paper’s role in the lead-up to the Iraq War.

Nov 16, 2018 / Tim Shorrock

Trump Speaks with Reporters

The President and the Media Are a Match Made in Heaven The President and the Media Are a Match Made in Heaven

“It may not be good for America, but it’s damn good for CBS.”

Nov 15, 2018 / Tom Engelhardt

Bookshelf

‘The Nation’ Assumes Full Leadership of the Victor S. Navasky Internship Program ‘The Nation’ Assumes Full Leadership of the Victor S. Navasky Internship Program

Competitive early-career journalism program, previously administered in partnership with The Nation Institute, will continue to offer educational opportunities and experiences to e...

Nov 14, 2018 / no-paywall / Press Room

The US Capitol Building at sunset

Who’s Really ‘Undermining’ American Democracy? Who’s Really ‘Undermining’ American Democracy?

Allegations that Russia is still “attacking” US elections, now again in November, could delegitimize our democratic institutions.

Oct 31, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Elizabeth Warren Walking Waving

If You Build a Left Movement, the Candidates Will Come If You Build a Left Movement, the Candidates Will Come

The “what” and “why” of politics are more urgent than the “who.”

Oct 26, 2018 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge

Anti-Nuclear War Demonstration

The Abolition of Nuclear Abolitionism? The Abolition of Nuclear Abolitionism?

President Trump’s withdrawal from the INF Treaty nullifies a historic precedent.

Oct 24, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Trump and Gianforte handshake

President Body Slam Needs to Be Checked and Balanced President Body Slam Needs to Be Checked and Balanced

America needs a Congress that will challenge this president when he attacks freedom of the press, the Bill of Rights, and the Constitution.

Oct 19, 2018 / John Nichols

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