What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
In 1865 22-year-old Henry James contributed a scathing book review titled "The Noble School of Fiction" to the very first issue of The Nation.
May 5, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Mark Hatch-Miller
Is Union-busting Bad for Business? Is Union-busting Bad for Business?
About those secret payments, alligator boots, and how to "Love Mom, Not Wal-Mart."
May 5, 2005 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
Good, Gray NPR Good, Gray NPR
Once a quirky upstart, NPR is now soberly (sometimes dully) mainstream.
May 5, 2005 / Feature / Scott Sherman
Anyone Listening? Anyone Listening?
Clear Channel failed its listeners in Minot, North Dakota.
May 5, 2005 / Feature / Eric Magnuson
Congress Tunes In Congress Tunes In
Chastened by voter response to their earlier errors, many legislators push reform.
May 5, 2005 / Feature / John Nichols, Robert W. McChesney, and Ben Scott
Amy Goodman’s ‘Empire’ Amy Goodman’s ‘Empire’
How a prospective biochemist became a muckraker and champion of media reform
May 5, 2005 / Feature / Lizzy Ratner
Prometheus Unbound Prometheus Unbound
The once-hunted outlaw of low-power radio is now a hero--including at the FCC.
Calling Air America Calling Air America
Launched last year on a wing and a prayer, it's still aloft and gaining altitude.
May 5, 2005 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman
Confessions of a Listener Confessions of a Listener
Radio in America is far from dead.
May 5, 2005 / Feature / Garrison Keillor
Radio Days–and Nights Radio Days–and Nights
Responding to our call for "Radio Raves," readers eager to extol the virtues of their favorite radio stations overwhelmed our in-box.
May 5, 2005 / Our Readers