Robert McChesney, the Great Champion of Journalism and Democracy, Has Died Robert McChesney, the Great Champion of Journalism and Democracy, Has Died
The academic and activist inspired generations of people to challenge corporate power and support a media reform movement that lives on.
Mar 27, 2025 / John Nichols
Can the Free Press Be Saved? Can the Free Press Be Saved?
It will take a new movement of responsible readers and benefactors to protect independent media.
Mar 14, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Washington Post’s Dark Turn The Washington Post’s Dark Turn
Columnist and editor Ruth Marcus has become one of many journalists to resign from the newspaper following increasing interference by its owner Jeff Bezos.
Mar 11, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
What’s a Rebel Pundit to Do in the Age of Trump? What’s a Rebel Pundit to Do in the Age of Trump?
Supposedly contrarian journalists like Bari Weiss, Matt Taibbi, and Glenn Greenwald have a problem: The current establishment loves them.
Mar 7, 2025 / Eoin Higgins
The Democrats’ Choice: Fight Trump’s Oligarchy or Keep Groveling to Billionaire Donors The Democrats’ Choice: Fight Trump’s Oligarchy or Keep Groveling to Billionaire Donors
Elon Musk’s power grab is finally energizing a resistance. But it’s already being undermined by the party elite’s dependency on Silicon Valley.
Feb 10, 2025 / Jeet Heer
EU vs. US or People vs. Billionaires? EU vs. US or People vs. Billionaires?
Trump’s latest geopolitical moves are scary. But Americans and Europeans share a common foe.
Feb 6, 2025 / Nick Shaxson
Who Will Stop Elon Musk’s Coup? Who Will Stop Elon Musk’s Coup?
The world’s richest man now has the power to override congressional spending decisions and access to private information about every US taxpayer.
Feb 3, 2025 / Jeet Heer
The Social Critic Who Predicted Big Tech’s Dark Turn The Social Critic Who Predicted Big Tech’s Dark Turn
Theodore Roszak and the perils of technocracy.
Jan 31, 2025 / Peter Richardson and Michael J. Kramer
Trump’s Pardon of Ross Ulbricht Is a Sign of the Corruption to Come Trump’s Pardon of Ross Ulbricht Is a Sign of the Corruption to Come
The president granted the unconditional release of the online drug impresario as a favor to libertarians and cryptocurrency partisans.
Jan 27, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
CNN Surrenders to Trump CNN Surrenders to Trump
The corporate media’s commitment to fighting autocracy proves fickle.