Fox’s Absurd Unreality Show Is Now Aided and Abetted by Trump’s Undersized Hands Fox’s Absurd Unreality Show Is Now Aided and Abetted by Trump’s Undersized Hands
How many times in the last two months have we all woken up and wondered what the hell Trump is going on about now?
Mar 15, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman
Stop the Trump Administration From Defunding the Arts and Humanities Stop the Trump Administration From Defunding the Arts and Humanities
This is not about fiscal responsibility.
Mar 13, 2017 / NationAction
The Young Turks Are Beating Major Media Operations—on YouTube The Young Turks Are Beating Major Media Operations—on YouTube
They sat down with Laura Flanders to discuss the future of progressive media.
Mar 8, 2017 / Feature / Laura Flanders
Trump’s Net Neutrality-Hating FCC Chair Is Already Gutting Public-Interest Regulations Trump’s Net Neutrality-Hating FCC Chair Is Already Gutting Public-Interest Regulations
But movements can counter him.
Mar 2, 2017 / John Nichols
49 Years Ago, Harry Belafonte Hosted the Tonight Show—and It Was Amazing 49 Years Ago, Harry Belafonte Hosted the Tonight Show—and It Was Amazing
He interviewed RFK and MLK months before their deaths. Fifteen of 25 guests were African American.
Feb 16, 2017 / Feature / Joan Walsh
The Second Coming of MTV News The Second Coming of MTV News
Its rebirth gives insights into twin trends across the media landscape: prestige and diversity.
Dec 2, 2016 / Wei Tchou
Donald Glover’s Show About Nothing Donald Glover’s Show About Nothing
Atlanta’s surreal comedy and steady stream of reality checks.
Nov 2, 2016 / K. Leander Williams
Luke Cage Is Not for Hire Luke Cage Is Not for Hire
Netflix and Marvel revive the character who originated amid the post–civil rights turmoil.
Oct 12, 2016 / Loren A. Lynch
Mr. Bright Side Mr. Bright Side
Trump’s Gospel of Positive Thinking
Oct 4, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann
Diamond-Dust Baroque Diamond-Dust Baroque
The Get Down, Baz Luhrman’s fairy-tale remix of the birth of hip hop, offers a glimpse of the beginning of the end of US power.
Sep 15, 2016 / Joshua Clover