July 17, 1955: Disneyland Opens in Southern California July 17, 1955: Disneyland Opens in Southern California
“Life is bright-colored, clean, cute, titivating, safe, mediocre, inoffensive to the lowest common denominator, and somehow poignantly inhuman.”
Jul 17, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Is ‘Putin’s Aggression’ Primarily Responsible for the Increasingly Dangerous New US-Russian Cold War? Is ‘Putin’s Aggression’ Primarily Responsible for the Increasingly Dangerous New US-Russian Cold War?
What the ongoing policy conflicts in Moscow mean for US–Russian relations.
Jul 8, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
July 8, 1889: The First Issue of ‘The Wall Street Journal’ Is Published July 8, 1889: The First Issue of ‘The Wall Street Journal’ Is Published
What makes it a “fascinating organ”?
Jul 8, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
What the Fox Is Going On Between Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch’s Sons? What the Fox Is Going On Between Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch’s Sons?
Could shifts in Murdoch’s empire mean a kinder, gentler Fox News?
Jun 22, 2015 / Leslie Savan
Verizon Swallows Net-Neutrality Champion Huffington Post Verizon Swallows Net-Neutrality Champion Huffington Post
What happens to press freedom when an ALEC-supporting telecom giant owns one of the world’s most-read news sites?
May 15, 2015 / Leslie Savan
News We Can’t Lose News We Can’t Lose
As prospects for traditional media decline, alternatives are emerging.
May 13, 2015 / Column / Eric Alterman
We Spend $600 Billion a Year on Defense, but Couldn’t Stop a Mailman From Landing His Gyrocopter on the Capitol Lawn We Spend $600 Billion a Year on Defense, but Couldn’t Stop a Mailman From Landing His Gyrocopter on the Capitol Lawn
Doug Hughes is not a dangerous fruitcake. In fact, he is a small-d democratic idealist who went out of his way to alert the authorities in advance of his so-called “Freedom F...
Apr 17, 2015 / William Greider
Unburying the Lede: 10 Free Story Ideas Unburying the Lede: 10 Free Story Ideas
US journalism needs investigative reporting, and these are great places to start.
Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Michael Massing
Danny Schechter Was Our News Dissector Danny Schechter Was Our News Dissector
He criticized old media, he created new media and he knew the necessity of a free and freewheeling press.
Mar 20, 2015 / John Nichols
Obama’s Right to Embrace the Public Option for Closing the Digital Divide Obama’s Right to Embrace the Public Option for Closing the Digital Divide
The president wants cities to be able to innovate with municipal broadband systems.
Jan 15, 2015 / John Nichols