After Three Mile Island: The Rise and Fall of Nuclear Safety Culture After Three Mile Island: The Rise and Fall of Nuclear Safety Culture
The 1979 partial meltdown prompted more regulations and greater enforcement. Then in the 1990s, a Republican Congress took aim.
Mar 22, 2011 / Christian Parenti
Who’s Afraid of Elizabeth Warren? Who’s Afraid of Elizabeth Warren?
Conservatives' hyperbolic attacks distort the objectives of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Mar 14, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
When Murdoch Wins, Citizens Lose When Murdoch Wins, Citizens Lose
FCC leniency has allowed News Corp to create countless coverage-restrictive duopolies.
Mar 10, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How Bloomberg Does Business How Bloomberg Does Business
The mayor's company created a “coalition” to promote its interests in the Comcast-NBC merger, proving itself an agile peddler of influence in Washington.
Feb 10, 2011 / Feature / Aram Roston
Banking for the People Banking for the People
The State Bank movement is gaining support among those disillusioned by the failings of Giant Banks.
Feb 7, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Big Media Gets Bigger as FCC and Justice Department Approve Comcast/NBC Merger Big Media Gets Bigger as FCC and Justice Department Approve Comcast/NBC Merger
The FCC's vote to approve Comcast's proposed acquisition of a majority stake in NBC Universal represents the ultimate surrender to the demands of corporate America.
Jan 19, 2011 / John Nichols
Rahm Redux: Top Banker for Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Redux: Top Banker for Obama Chief of Staff
Bill Daley's appointment for White House chief of staff is another indication of Wall Street's sway over the Obama Administration.
Jan 5, 2011 / Ari Berman
In a Year of Deep Disappointments, The Deepest: Obama Pledged to Protect Internet Freedom; But His FCC Put It At Risk In a Year of Deep Disappointments, The Deepest: Obama Pledged to Protect Internet Freedom; But His FCC Put It At Risk
Despite the president's peomise to protect a free and open Internet, his FCC chair has engineered a Net Neutrality rule change that gives telecommunications corporations openings t...
Dec 31, 2010 / John Nichols
Fix the Filibuster Fix the Filibuster
The most important vote of the 112th Senate will likely be its first.
Dec 22, 2010 / Chris Hayes
FCC Chair Genachowski’s Fake ‘Net Neutrality’ Scheme Threatens Internet Freedom, Digital Democracy FCC Chair Genachowski’s Fake ‘Net Neutrality’ Scheme Threatens Internet Freedom, Digital Democracy
Candidate Barack Obama promised to defend net neutrality. But President Obama's FCC chair is not doing that. It's time for some digital activism to defend digital democracy.
Dec 1, 2010 / John Nichols