The Obsession With Jussie Smollett’s ‘Hoax’ Is Obscuring the Real Threat of Racist Violence The Obsession With Jussie Smollett’s ‘Hoax’ Is Obscuring the Real Threat of Racist Violence
Where’s the media furor over real-live racists Christopher Paul Hasson and Roger Stone?
Feb 22, 2019 / Joan Walsh
Fixing Tech’s Ethics Problem Starts in the Classroom Fixing Tech’s Ethics Problem Starts in the Classroom
In the age of big data, some universities are trying to train future technologists to consider the implications of tools before they’re used.
Feb 21, 2019 / Stephanie Wykstra
White People Can’t Quit Blackface White People Can’t Quit Blackface
And it’s not because they think it’s funny.
Feb 20, 2019 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
How the Russiagate Investigation Is Sovietizing American Politics How the Russiagate Investigation Is Sovietizing American Politics
“Collusion,” “contacts,” selective prosecutions, coup plotting, and media taboos recall repressive Soviet practices.
Feb 20, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
Are We Witnessing the End of News? Are We Witnessing the End of News?
If you think the media are in trouble now, just wait till there’s a recession.
Feb 20, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Maddening, Baffling, Exhausting Endurance of Anti-Semitism The Maddening, Baffling, Exhausting Endurance of Anti-Semitism
In an age of conspiracy theories, what chance do we have against the oldest conspiracy theory of all?
Feb 13, 2019 / Talia Lavin
An Honest, Good-Faith Medicare-for-All Debate An Honest, Good-Faith Medicare-for-All Debate
Just kidding!
Feb 12, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
Got Local News? Not if the Vultures at Alden Capital Grab Gannett Got Local News? Not if the Vultures at Alden Capital Grab Gannett
“Journalism will only die if we choose not to fight for it,” says Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Feb 8, 2019 / Julie Reynolds
Trump’s ‘Caravan’ Is a Made-up Monster Fabricated by the Far Right Trump’s ‘Caravan’ Is a Made-up Monster Fabricated by the Far Right
How a group of white nationalists lobbied the President to turn desperate refugees into the enemy.
Feb 8, 2019 / Ian Allen
She’s With Stupid She’s With Stupid
Sure, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slips up sometimes–but have you listened to her Republican colleagues?
Feb 7, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt