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
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
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
Arnold and Antonio? Arnold and Antonio?
Some strange goings-on out here on the Left Coast. The progressive Democrat Mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, has so far not endorsed the party's nominee for Governor, P...
Jun 19, 2006 / The Nation
Onward Christian Lawyers Onward Christian Lawyers
In his scathing dissent in the Supreme Court decision that overturned state sodomy laws, Justice Scalia objected to the court's imposition of "foreign moods, fads or fashions on A...
Jun 19, 2006 / The Nation
Mayor Ron Dellums Mayor Ron Dellums
It took nearly two weeks of counting paper ballots, but this weekend it became official. Legendary, retired Bay Area congressman Ron Dellums is the new Mayor of Oakland. Dellums s...
Jun 19, 2006 / The Nation
Democrats to Jefferson: Step Down Democrats to Jefferson: Step Down
Democrats got tough with Rep. William Jefferson last night, voting 99-58 to boot the corrupt Congressman off the powerful Ways and Means Committee. Today he was formally removed ...
Jun 16, 2006 / The Nation
It’s Sandal Season. Was Your Pedicure Made in a Sweatshop? It’s Sandal Season. Was Your Pedicure Made in a Sweatshop?
In a recent post I suggested that our society needs nurses more than we need manicurists. That's true, of course, but I didn't mean to belittle nail workers. Sure, good nursing ...
Jun 16, 2006 / The Nation
House Votes 256-153 for Perpetual War House Votes 256-153 for Perpetual War
The incendiary House debate over whether the time has come to establish an Iraq exit strategy ended Friday morning with a 256-153 vote to maintain an open-ended occupation of the...
Jun 16, 2006 / The Nation
Who Supports the Troops? Who Supports the Troops?
The February Le Moyne College/Zogby International survey of U.S. troops serving in Iraq found that 72 percent of them thought United States forces should exit that country by the ...
Jun 16, 2006 / John Nichols