Alternative media

How Journalism Can Mend Its Broken Relationship With Young People

How Journalism Can Mend Its Broken Relationship With Young People How Journalism Can Mend Its Broken Relationship With Young People

If it doesn’t, everybody loses.

Sep 20, 2016 / StudentNation / Will Anderson

Roger Ailes, Bill O'Reilly

Donald Trump’s Misogynist Ratpack Donald Trump’s Misogynist Ratpack

Trump has surrounded himself with sexists and serial adulterers. Sexual harasser Roger Ailes is an “adviser.” No wonder he’s struggling with women voters.

Sep 7, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Clinton Trump

The Media Are Doing an Abysmal Job of Covering Donald Trump’s Racism The Media Are Doing an Abysmal Job of Covering Donald Trump’s Racism

Too many outlets have equated Hillary Clinton’s speech documenting Trump’s racism with his baseless accusation that she is a bigot.

Aug 30, 2016 / Joan Walsh

How Billionaires, Corporations, and Secretive Governments Curtail Press Freedom

How Billionaires, Corporations, and Secretive Governments Curtail Press Freedom How Billionaires, Corporations, and Secretive Governments Curtail Press Freedom

An informed public is vital to our democracy—but we will never be truly informed unless we fight for the media’s ability to hold those with power accountable.

Jun 21, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Greece Has New Independent Media—If You Want It Greece Has New Independent Media—If You Want It

Athens Live aims to provide journalism to a country with notoriously corrupt news outlets.

May 5, 2016 / Jessica Corbett

Al Jazeera America Newsroom

Farewell to Al Jazeera America Farewell to Al Jazeera America

The end of the media empire’s US venture doesn’t bode well for American viewers—or for journalism.

Apr 12, 2016 / Leslie Savan

David Hammons, Orange Is The New Black, 2014

David Hammons: The Private Public Artist David Hammons: The Private Public Artist

The staging of Hammons’s work at Mnuchin Gallery amounts to the punch line of a joke that has extended throughout his half-century career.

Mar 25, 2016 / Antwaun Sargent

In Cuba, Will the Revolution Be Digitized?

In Cuba, Will the Revolution Be Digitized? In Cuba, Will the Revolution Be Digitized?

US media depict the island as stuck in the digital dark ages, but Cuba has lively cultures of connectivity that could evolve into a self-sustaining, open, and accessible digital co...

Mar 18, 2016 / Sujatha Fernandes

Debbie Medina

Meet the Democratic Socialist Who’s Running for New York State Senate Meet the Democratic Socialist Who’s Running for New York State Senate

Bernie Sanders isn’t alone: Debbie Medina is in the race for State Senate in New York’s 18th District.

Mar 16, 2016 / Sam Adler-Bell

Ben Bagdikian Knew That Journalism Must Serve the People—Not the Powerful

Ben Bagdikian Knew That Journalism Must Serve the People—Not the Powerful Ben Bagdikian Knew That Journalism Must Serve the People—Not the Powerful

The brilliant reporter and editor who sounded the alarm against media monopoly called on us all to be stewards of democracy.

Mar 14, 2016 / John Nichols

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