What You Don’t See Can Hurt You What You Don’t See Can Hurt You
At $34 billion, you're already counting pretty high. After all, that's Harvard's endowment; it's the amount of damage the triple hurricanes -- Charley, Ivan, and Jeanne -- inflict...
Jun 26, 2008 / TomDispatch
Huffington Hails Obsessive Compulsive Media Huffington Hails Obsessive Compulsive Media
Web entrepreneur Arianna Huffington slammed old media at a political conference in New York today, assailing reporters for abandoning the pursuit of truth in favor of a "fake ...
Jun 23, 2008 / Ari Melber
Shelling Out for Shell Shelling Out for Shell
Free trade... Free oil contracts... There it is again, that cute word "free." Of 46 international oil companies, including firms from China, India and Russia that had th...
Jun 20, 2008 / Laura Flanders
The End of the eXile? The End of the eXile?
The crackdown on Russian media is afamiliar story. Certainly, the New York Times, the Wall StreetJournal and particularly the Washington Post are quick tohurl charges of authoritar...
Jun 19, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Small Donors Matter More Than Outdated Laws Small Donors Matter More Than Outdated Laws
Last winter, in the early stages of his run for the presidency, Barack Obama said he'd consider accepting public financing for the general election if his Republican opponent would...
Jun 19, 2008 / Ari Berman
Major Floods, No Context Major Floods, No Context
It's been a curious experience, each evening recently, turning on the NBC or ABC nightly news, with historic levels of flooding in Iowa as the lead story. ("Uncharted territor...
Jun 19, 2008 / TomDispatch
Of Weddings and Wedges Of Weddings and Wedges
In times like these, when many people's rights and benefits are shrinking, it's easy for the Right to set us at each other's throats. And if the past is any guide, that's just what...
Jun 17, 2008 / Laura Flanders
Russert (and a Million Others) RIP Russert (and a Million Others) RIP
If there was one topic that focused media attention this weekend, it was the death of one of the industry's own: Tim Russert. Russert's passing provoked praise and grief and mourni...
Jun 16, 2008 / Laura Flanders
Iowa Needs Your Help Iowa Needs Your Help
The state of Iowa was the star of this political season for over a year. The Hawkeye state launched Barack Obama's candidacy, derailed Hillary Clinton's and turned Mike Huckabee in...
Jun 14, 2008 / Ari Berman
Big Oil “Saved?” Big Oil “Saved?”
The Windfall Profits Tax Monster Is Back," so headlined the Houston Chronicle. The GOP's defeat of a bill that would have put a 25% excess, or "windfall" profits ta...
Jun 11, 2008 / Laura Flanders