What ‘Girls’ and ‘Shameless’ Teach Us About Being Broke, and Being Poor What ‘Girls’ and ‘Shameless’ Teach Us About Being Broke, and Being Poor
Girls’s Hannah and Shameless’s Fiona are both penniless twentysomethings finding their way through big cities, but Hannah has a college degree—and a safety net.
Jan 17, 2013 / Nona Willis Aronowitz
The Movement Dr. Parker Made: Father of Media Reform Turns 100 The Movement Dr. Parker Made: Father of Media Reform Turns 100
At the behest of Reverend King, he challenged broadcast media to cover civil rights honestly, and in so doing forged a movement to make real the promise of a free press. ...
Jan 17, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols
Jodie Foster Refuses to Be a Role Model Jodie Foster Refuses to Be a Role Model
Good for her, better for us.
Jan 15, 2013 / Blog / Richard Kim
Lawrence Lessig: Aaron Swartz’s Life and Legacy Lawrence Lessig: Aaron Swartz’s Life and Legacy
Lawrence Lessig, a friend and mentor of Aaron Swartz, discusses the circumstances of Swartz's death and the government's culpability.
Jan 15, 2013 / Nation in the News / Press Room
For Kerry’s Seat, Party Activists Push Barney Frank Online For Kerry’s Seat, Party Activists Push Barney Frank Online
Although Governor Deval Patrick said it won’t affect his choice of a replacement, the petition drive could raise pressure to involve citizens in the process.
Jan 14, 2013 / Blog / Ari Melber
Everybody Should Be Watching HBO’s ‘Enlightened’ Everybody Should Be Watching HBO’s ‘Enlightened’
People talk a blue streak about Lena Dunham‘s Girls, but Enlightened has a deeper grasp of the world, including the problems of anti-corporate activism.
Jan 13, 2013 / Blog / Michelle Dean
Remembering Aaron Swartz Remembering Aaron Swartz
Each of our minds contain a universe, but how is it that his mind contained fourteen or fifteen of them?
Jan 12, 2013 / Blog / Rick Perlstein
Banned From TV on Conventional Wisdom’s Holy Day, Ornstein and Mann Briefly Return Banned From TV on Conventional Wisdom’s Holy Day, Ornstein and Mann Briefly Return
The centrist pundits do their first mainstream Sunday talk show since they blamed the mainstream media for not blaming Republicans.
Jan 11, 2013 / Blog / Leslie Savan
This Week in Poverty: Smiley Calls for White House Conference on US Poverty This Week in Poverty: Smiley Calls for White House Conference on US Poverty
It's the broadcaster's latest effort to focus national attention on poverty in America.
Jan 11, 2013 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
Without Public Arts Funding, We Wouldn’t Have ‘Les Misérables’ Without Public Arts Funding, We Wouldn’t Have ‘Les Misérables’
Blockbusters don't usually have strong ties to public funding. Les Mis is an exception.
Jan 7, 2013 / Blog / Michelle Dean