Internet and New Media

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

How Social Media Ensures that No One Hears Amber Heard

How Social Media Ensures that No One Hears Amber Heard How Social Media Ensures that No One Hears Amber Heard

The entertainment-misogyny complex has created a host of incentives for demonizing figures like Amber Heard for speaking out about their trauma. 

Nov 30, 2022 / Deborah Epstein and Ray Epstein

Protesters demanding Julian Assange's release

A United Front Is Needed to Fight the Threat to Journalism Posed by the Assange Prosecution A United Front Is Needed to Fight the Threat to Journalism Posed by the Assange Prosecution

The New York Times and major European publications recognize the US Department of Justice’s pursuit of Julian Assange as an attack on press freedom. Now, say it louder.

Nov 29, 2022 / John Nichols

The Upside to FTX’s Downfall

The Upside to FTX’s Downfall The Upside to FTX’s Downfall

Congress has the chance to be bipartisan at last and regulate Big Tech.

Nov 22, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

I’m Not Leaving Twitter. Neither Should You.

I’m Not Leaving Twitter. Neither Should You. I’m Not Leaving Twitter. Neither Should You.

Twitter is an effective tool for challenging the status quo and powerful people and institutions. That’s why Elon Musk snatched it up.

Nov 16, 2022 / Olayemi Olurin

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Letters From the November 14/21, 2022, Issue Letters From the November 14/21, 2022, Issue

The real labor revival… The platform is the message…

Nov 1, 2022 / Our Readers

How Social Media Erases Context

How Social Media Erases Context How Social Media Erases Context

Indiscriminate sharing has dissolved the boundaries between what we say and when and where we say it.

Nov 1, 2022 / Column / Alexis Grenell

Elon Musk stares down the camera at the 2022 Met Gala.

Elon Musk’s Big Twitter Adventure Will End in Disaster Elon Musk’s Big Twitter Adventure Will End in Disaster

The good news is that the plutocrat’s move to turn a social media platform into a forum for the far right probably won't work.

Oct 31, 2022 / Jeet Heer

A painting in Novaya Gazeta's Moscow editorial office, of Russian President Vladimir Putin and other political figures reading the independent newspaper.

Propaganda’s Worst Enemy Propaganda’s Worst Enemy

Samizdat 2.0 is here, and so is the hope of change in Russians’ mindset.

Oct 28, 2022 / Stanislav Kucher

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