Media activism

On Not Looking Away

On Not Looking Away On Not Looking Away

All perpetrators ask is that we remain bystanders. But to combat complicity, we must confront tragedy.

Jul 16, 2019 / Arran Skinner

Julian Assange

Trump’s Charges Against Julian Assange Would Effectively Criminalize Investigative Journalism Trump’s Charges Against Julian Assange Would Effectively Criminalize Investigative Journalism

Ever since the Pentagon Papers case, an Espionage Act loophole has been waiting for a president thuggish enough to make use of it.

May 31, 2019 / Bruce Shapiro

Freedom of Speech in Singapore

Why We Challenged Singapore’s ‘Fake News’ Legislation Why We Challenged Singapore’s ‘Fake News’ Legislation

Activist victories against Singapore’s ruling party are close to impossible—but we kept fighting, because we had no other option.

May 30, 2019 / Kirsten Han

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

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

Putin Helicopter

Who Putin Is Not Who Putin Is Not

Falsely demonizing Russia’s leader has made the new Cold War even more dangerous.

Sep 20, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

President Donald Trump

Journalists Are Not the Enemy, Mr. President Journalists Are Not the Enemy, Mr. President

Americans who take seriously the democratic promise of the First Amendment must explicitly and consistently reject Trump’s attacks on freedom of the press.

Aug 16, 2018 / John Nichols

Trump Jingping Beijing

The Dark Side of the Chinese Dream The Dark Side of the Chinese Dream

We should pay more attention to Beijing’s repressive actions.

Jul 3, 2018 / Rian Thum and Jeffrey Wasserstrom

Gaza-journalists

To Be a Palestinian Journalist in Gaza Is to Be Always Under Threat To Be a Palestinian Journalist in Gaza Is to Be Always Under Threat

“Everyone is targeted. Even if you’re a journalist.… As long as you are Palestinian and there, you are targeted.”

Apr 27, 2018 / Hamza Saftawi and Miriam Berger

dennis kucinich speech

Dennis Kucinich Is Back in the Running Dennis Kucinich Is Back in the Running

He's making a tech-savvy Ohio Broadband plan central to his unexpectedly potent bid for governor of Ohio.

Apr 19, 2018 / John Nichols

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