Mainstream media

Laura Flanders interview

A Message to Independent Journalists A Message to Independent Journalists

Maybe our job is not to achieve scale, to obey the protocols of the market, but to tip the scale.

May 14, 2019 / Laura Flanders

Trump Putin Vietnam

Russiagate Zealotry Continues to Endanger American National Security Russiagate Zealotry Continues to Endanger American National Security

If Venezuela becomes a Cuban Missile–like Crisis, will Trump be free to resolve it peacefully?

May 8, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Venezuela Protests

Once Again, Mainstream Media Get It Wrong on Venezuela Once Again, Mainstream Media Get It Wrong on Venezuela

Foreign outlets, dutifully supporting Trump administration calls for regime change, reported that a widespread uprising was underway, even though Juan Guaidó’s coup attempt had lit...

May 2, 2019 / Michael Fox

Robert Mueller sworn in

Mueller’s Own Mysteries Mueller’s Own Mysteries

Little-noted aspects of the first volume of the Mueller report.

May 1, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Stack of newspapers

The Urgent Necessity of Public-Interest Journalism The Urgent Necessity of Public-Interest Journalism

The winners of this year’s Hillman Prizes remind us how the media can spur desperately needed reforms.

Apr 30, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Ilhan Omar vs. the Outrage Machine Ilhan Omar vs. the Outrage Machine

No observation goes unpunished.

Apr 30, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

Live, April 30: Covering Climate Change in a 1.5-Degree World

Live, April 30: Covering Climate Change in a 1.5-Degree World Live, April 30: Covering Climate Change in a 1.5-Degree World

A town hall, convened by Columbia Journalism Review and The Nation, and co-sponsored by The Guardian and WNYC.

Apr 29, 2019 / The Nation

Mueller Russia Probe

Will the Mueller Report Make the New Cold War Even Worse? Will the Mueller Report Make the New Cold War Even Worse?

How the long-anticipated report addresses—or ignores—Russiagate allegations will be vital for US-Russian relations.

Apr 17, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Muller in June, 2017

The Fictitious ‘Russian Attack’ vs. the Real Imperative to ‘Cooperate With Russia’ The Fictitious ‘Russian Attack’ vs. the Real Imperative to ‘Cooperate With Russia’

The Kremlin did not “attack America” in 2016, but the myth could lead to war between the nuclear superpowers.

Apr 3, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Rachel Maddow

The Real Costs of Russiagate The Real Costs of Russiagate

Its perpetrators, not Putin or Trump, “attacked American democracy.”

Mar 27, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

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