Internet and New Media

Silicon Valley Boosts a ‘Tech Groupie’ for Congress

Silicon Valley Boosts a ‘Tech Groupie’ for Congress Silicon Valley Boosts a ‘Tech Groupie’ for Congress

Major tech donors are investing in Ro Khanna. To get to Washington, he’ll have to push another Democrat out of the way.

May 21, 2014 / Feature / Ellen Cushing

Why We All Need to Act to Save the Internet

Why We All Need to Act to Save the Internet Why We All Need to Act to Save the Internet

After the FCC's vote to kill net neutrality, it's time to fight back. 

May 15, 2014 / NationAction

I Almost Blew Off Edward Snowden—and the Largest National Security Leak in a Generation

I Almost Blew Off Edward Snowden—and the Largest National Security Leak in a Generation I Almost Blew Off Edward Snowden—and the Largest National Security Leak in a Generation

The NSA leaker indisputably proved all that the US government had done to destroy the privacy of Americans and people around the world.

May 13, 2014 / Glenn Greenwald

Is Bitcoin the Future of Money?

Is Bitcoin the Future of Money? Is Bitcoin the Future of Money?

Libertarians and leftists alike predict a world of competing digital currencies.

Apr 30, 2014 / Feature / Doug Henwood

We Must Protect Net Neutrality

We Must Protect Net Neutrality We Must Protect Net Neutrality

Contact Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler and tell him that we need a free and open Internet.

Apr 24, 2014 / NationAction

Net Neutrality Will Be Saved Only If Citizens Raise an Outcry

Net Neutrality Will Be Saved Only If Citizens Raise an Outcry Net Neutrality Will Be Saved Only If Citizens Raise an Outcry

The FCC is mistaken—and democracy is threatened—when commissioners fail to embrace their authority to protect a free and open Internet. 

Apr 24, 2014 / John Nichols

Where Twitter and Feminism Meet

Where Twitter and Feminism Meet Where Twitter and Feminism Meet

What role should the social platform play as the feminist movement continues to grow?

Apr 17, 2014 / Mariame Kaba, Andrea Smith, Lori Adelman, and Roxane Gay

Why the ‘Open’ Internet Is So Closed to Women

Why the ‘Open’ Internet Is So Closed to Women Why the ‘Open’ Internet Is So Closed to Women

While the Internet may create space for many voices, it also reflects and amplifies real-world inequities in striking ways.

Apr 10, 2014 / Astra Taylor

Merging Cable Giants Is ‘an Affront to the Public Interest’

Merging Cable Giants Is ‘an Affront to the Public Interest’ Merging Cable Giants Is ‘an Affront to the Public Interest’

Americans can and should say "no" to the consolidation of communications.

Feb 14, 2014 / John Nichols

The Invisible World of Software Backdoors and Bounty Hunters

The Invisible World of Software Backdoors and Bounty Hunters The Invisible World of Software Backdoors and Bounty Hunters

It's increasingly clear that the online world is, for both government surveillance types and corporate sellers, a new Wild West where anything goes.

Feb 6, 2014 / Pratap Chatterjee

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