A Dirty Trick That Won’t Change the Outcome A Dirty Trick That Won’t Change the Outcome
Forget the polls. The overwhelming percentage of people who actually vote have already made up their minds about the character of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
Nov 1, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How Trump’s Media Cheerleaders Turned Campaign Coverage Into a Total Disaster How Trump’s Media Cheerleaders Turned Campaign Coverage Into a Total Disaster
Journalists and media moguls have disgraced themselves in pursuit of ratings and ideological goals.
Oct 28, 2016 / Column / Eric Alterman
November 1: Media Malpractice and Election 2016 November 1: Media Malpractice and Election 2016
Tune in for a livestream featuring Joan Walsh, Farai Chideya, Katha Pollitt, and Rinku Sen, moderated by Laura Flanders.
Oct 27, 2016 / Video / The Nation
AT&T’s Plan to Control Media Won’t Let Freedom Ring AT&T’s Plan to Control Media Won’t Let Freedom Ring
The company’s mega-merger with Time Warner would erode equity in media. Don’t let its fake interest in racial justice make you think differently.
Oct 26, 2016 / Malkia Devich-Cyril
Iran/Contra Was the Prototype for Post-Vietnam Imperial Adventure Iran/Contra Was the Prototype for Post-Vietnam Imperial Adventure
On the 30th anniversary, we can see that it was an ideological project, with the New Right reasserting the righteousness of militarism and markets.
Oct 25, 2016 / Greg Grandin
Amy Goodman: ‘The State Cannot Stop This Journalism.’ Amy Goodman: ‘The State Cannot Stop This Journalism.’
Goodman goes free as a North Dakota judge concludes that covering the Dakota Access Pipeline is not a crime.
Oct 20, 2016 / Editorial / Lizzy Ratner
Did the White House Declare War on Russia? Did the White House Declare War on Russia?
Vice President Biden announces a forthcoming covert strike against Russian president Putin and Moscow calls it a “declaration of war.”
Oct 19, 2016 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen
Democracy’s Revenge Democracy’s Revenge
What political scientists and policy journalists often miss about American politics.
Oct 19, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Timothy Shenk
What if the Next Presidential Debate Actually Covered Critical Issues? What if the Next Presidential Debate Actually Covered Critical Issues?
We need a debate worthy of the challenges we face as a nation.
Oct 18, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What We Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Climate Change What We Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Climate Change
Years from now, historians will marvel at the absence of global warming in the 2016 campaign coverage and presidential debates.
Oct 14, 2016 / Column / Eric Alterman