Wake-up Call Wake-up Call
By adopting the principles of natural capitalism, America can regain its sanity and reverse the reckless use, overuse, waste and destruction of our natural resources.
Jun 27, 2006 / Brie Cubelic
A Generation of Peace A Generation of Peace
"I dream of the day that our children will turn the pages of history books and look to my generation, who said no to the horrors of war and chose nonviolence over nonexistence."
Jun 27, 2006 / Zaid Jilani
America’s Most Trusted Source of News: Ourselves America’s Most Trusted Source of News: Ourselves
Rather than let pundits guide our public policy debates, citizens must seize the initiative and join the conversation.
Jun 27, 2006 / Nikolas Bowie
The Uses and Abuses of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi The Uses and Abuses of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was a really bad guy. But the Bush Administration's armchair warriors mythologized him into a self-fulfilling prophecy of insurgent terror.
Jun 21, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman
A Ten-Point Plan for Media Democracy A Ten-Point Plan for Media Democracy
With Congress poised to pass legislation that rewrites the Telecom Act, here are ten action items for a media reform agenda.
Jun 20, 2006 / Feature / Jeffrey Chester
The National Entertainment State, 2006 The National Entertainment State, 2006
After a decade of strategic mergers, impulsive couplings and messy divorces--the birth of new media--this chart shows that national media landscape still bears the oversized footpr...
Jun 20, 2006 / Feature / The Nation
The Death of News The Death of News
The press that once went hoarse over Monica Lewinsky's dress is largely silent over the Bush regime's vast abuses of power.
Jun 20, 2006 / Feature / Mark Crispin Miller
Mega-merger Mania Mega-merger Mania
Americans overwhelmingly oppose media consolidation, but the FCC is poised to further relax media ownership rules.
Jun 15, 2006 / Feature / Eric Klinenberg
Bush World Bush World
In the guise of giving us what we want, media giants have created a culture defined by untrammeled greed, the worship of power and a ruthless disregard for the public good.
Jun 15, 2006 / Feature / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Use the Tools Use the Tools
The fight over media consolidation is anachronistic. Progressives should focus instead on mastering the tools of new media--it's here, not in the corporate boardroom, where the new...
Jun 15, 2006 / Feature / Markos Moulitsas