Climate Change Is a Political—Not Partisan—Story Climate Change Is a Political—Not Partisan—Story
And newsrooms need to cover the 2020 elections as a climate story.
Jul 15, 2020 / Covering Climate Now / Andrew McCormick
It’s Time to Tell a New Story About the Coronavirus—Our Lives Depend on It It’s Time to Tell a New Story About the Coronavirus—Our Lives Depend on It
The way we talk about contagion matters. It shapes how societies respond—and whether many of us will survive.
Jul 14, 2020 / Feature / Sonia Shah
Why Do All These Racists Keep Working for Tucker Carlson? Why Do All These Racists Keep Working for Tucker Carlson?
Fox News wants to portray a recently fired writer as a bad apple, but he was part of an influential white nationalist social network within the American right.
Jul 13, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Facebook Fuels Its Users’ Ignorance With Lies Facebook Fuels Its Users’ Ignorance With Lies
It’s time to stop clicking on the ads.
Jul 9, 2020 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Climate Emergency Won’t Wait for the Press to Play Catch-up Again The Climate Emergency Won’t Wait for the Press to Play Catch-up Again
Newsrooms have to cover the real horse race in 2020: the race against climate breakdown.
Jul 1, 2020 / Covering Climate Now / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope
This Week in Authoritarian Newspeak This Week in Authoritarian Newspeak
Ignore this, please…
Jun 30, 2020 / Comix Nation / Jen Sorensen
Donald Trump Is the ‘Undertaker’ of American Politics Donald Trump Is the ‘Undertaker’ of American Politics
A master of political misdirection, the president hides behind the idea that he’s only doing schtick. But the joke is on us.
Jun 30, 2020 / Feature / Patricia J. Williams
Hong Kong’s Cartoonists Aren’t Giving Up on Dissent Hong Kong’s Cartoonists Aren’t Giving Up on Dissent
As the city braces for a new law that could stifle free speech, local artists are still spurring on the protest movement.
Jun 25, 2020 / Rachel Cheung
When We Don’t Say Their Names, We Deny Them Justice When We Don’t Say Their Names, We Deny Them Justice
The murders of black cis men sparked the current protests. But black women, trans, nonbinary, and queer folks are fighting for their lives too.
Jun 24, 2020 / Shirley Ngozi Nwangwa
The Media Isn’t Ready to Cover Climate Apartheid The Media Isn’t Ready to Cover Climate Apartheid
The press needs to reckon with the prevalence of a worldview that defaults to the perspective of the white and wealthy.
Jun 17, 2020 / Michelle García