Internet and New Media

Access to Journalism Is a Human Right

Access to Journalism Is a Human Right Access to Journalism Is a Human Right

Corporate overlords and repressive governments want to control the Internet. But information belongs to us.

Jan 10, 2023 / Maria Bustillos

Flooded homes in New Jersey

Global Warming Is the Front-Page Story of Our Lifetime Global Warming Is the Front-Page Story of Our Lifetime

So why isn't it treated that way?

Jan 9, 2023 / Tom Engelhardt

What I Learned From the Darkest Corners of the Internet

What I Learned From the Darkest Corners of the Internet What I Learned From the Darkest Corners of the Internet

There’s no path out of our strange, increasingly conspiratorial moment, filled with viral lies and rampant disinformation, without rewriting the algorithms governing our lives.

Dec 27, 2022 / Andy Kroll

Sex Workers Have Been Banned From Airbnb for Years. Will You Be Next?

Sex Workers Have Been Banned From Airbnb for Years. Will You Be Next? Sex Workers Have Been Banned From Airbnb for Years. Will You Be Next?

Using surveillance technology, platforms have found new ways to continue targeting marginalized groups.

Dec 26, 2022 / Olivia Snow

Elon Musk and his Twitter profile.

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Twitter Files? Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Twitter Files?

Just because the mainstream media decided to ignore them doesn’t mean the files aren’t newsworthy—or important.

Dec 20, 2022 / Ross Barkan

Citizen Musk

Citizen Musk Citizen Musk

The rise and fall of a would-be media tycoon.

Dec 19, 2022 / Chris Lehmann

America Online: A Cautionary Tale

America Online: A Cautionary Tale America Online: A Cautionary Tale

On the rise and fall of the quintessential ’90s online service provider—and a warning about today’s social-media giants.

Dec 15, 2022 / Feature / Joanne McNeil

Elon Musk Buys Social Network Twitter

Elon Musk Is Everything That’s Wrong With the Media Elon Musk Is Everything That’s Wrong With the Media

The aspiring Twitter impresario has taken the major problems of the industry and kicked them into overdrive.

Dec 13, 2022 / Chris Lehmann

Exterior view of the New York Times building

We’re Freelancers, but We’re Striking in Solidarity with New York Times Employees We’re Freelancers, but We’re Striking in Solidarity with New York Times Employees

The resurgence of American labor organizing has relied on solidarity beyond the bargaining unit—and that’s what we’re offering.

Dec 8, 2022 / Bryce Covert, Jillian Steinhauer, and Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein

Kanye West in California

Kanye West, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the Mainstreaming of Nazism Kanye West, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the Mainstreaming of Nazism

MAGA and cowardly Republicans are whitewashing Hitler fans.

Dec 2, 2022 / Jeet Heer

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