24 Things the Media Missed While They Were Obsessing Over Trump’s Latest Soundbite 24 Things the Media Missed While They Were Obsessing Over Trump’s Latest Soundbite
These are major national-security issues—but don’t expect to see them on the news.
May 8, 2017 / Andrew J. Bacevich
It’s Not Too Late to Save Net Neutrality From a Captured FCC It’s Not Too Late to Save Net Neutrality From a Captured FCC
The Trump-appointed FCC chairman has ushered in a virulent strain of market libertarianism. He can and must be stopped.
May 5, 2017 / Victor Pickard
Again, Is the Possibility of a Trump-Putin Détente Really Dead? Again, Is the Possibility of a Trump-Putin Détente Really Dead?
“Kremlingate” is said to have killed any prospect for Trump administration cooperation with Putin’s Kremlin, but the May 2 phone talk between the two leaders showed it is still ali...
May 3, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
Help Activists Collect 1 Million Signatures for Net Neutrality Help Activists Collect 1 Million Signatures for Net Neutrality
Trump’s FCC chairman would allow monopoly Internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon to pick winners and losers online.
May 3, 2017 / NationAction
Trump Wants to Build a Giant Steel Dome Trump Wants to Build a Giant Steel Dome
“And we’ll make the liberals pay for it!”
May 2, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow
From Fox News to ‘Breitbart’: Liars, Harassers, and Far-Right Bottom-Feeders From Fox News to ‘Breitbart’: Liars, Harassers, and Far-Right Bottom-Feeders
I’ve argued for years that treating Fox as legitimate was a terrible mistake. The rise of Breitbart shows I should have been even more cynical.
Apr 28, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Corporatization of the Web Has Thinned Out Our Culture and Undermined American Democracy The Corporatization of the Web Has Thinned Out Our Culture and Undermined American Democracy
In his new book Move Fast and Break Things, Jonathan Taplin argues that, among its many downsides, the digital revolution has diminished our very humanity.
Apr 27, 2017 / David Dayen
Trump’s FCC Has Begun Its Attack on Net Neutrality Trump’s FCC Has Begun Its Attack on Net Neutrality
This is an all-hands-on-deck moment for every American.
Apr 26, 2017 / John Nichols
Mounting Incitements to War With Russia Mounting Incitements to War With Russia
Villainizing the Kremlin—without much evidence—for crises from Washington and Europe to Syria, Ukraine, and Afghanistan is increasing the possibility of a US-Russian war.
Apr 26, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
A New Organization Is Battling Russia’s Culture of Impunity A New Organization Is Battling Russia’s Culture of Impunity
To end the attacks on journalists, activists, and writers, Freedom of Speech is standing for the best traditions of Russian civil society.
Apr 24, 2017 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina