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What if We Google ‘Democracy’ and Get ‘Oligarchy’? What if We Google ‘Democracy’ and Get ‘Oligarchy’?
The struggle over Google's deal with Verizon is about a lot more than technology and business. It's a vital debate about the future of the democratic discourse.
Aug 16, 2010 / John Nichols
WikiLeaks and War Crimes WikiLeaks and War Crimes
There was a brief moment when it seemed the evidence of civilian killings, military cover ups and widespread lack of accountability contained in the WikiLeaks documents would spark...
Aug 12, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
Evil Inequality In the Works for the Web Evil Inequality In the Works for the Web
As we've been rehashing the Constitution lately, maybe it bears reminding that we learned years ago that separate's not equal.
Aug 11, 2010 / Laura Flanders
The Right’s New Media Scare Tactics The Right’s New Media Scare Tactics
The right is using the internet and social networking sites to make stuff up about undocumented immigrants. On The Rachel Maddow Show, Melissa Harris-Lacewell asks why the left isn...
Aug 5, 2010 / The Rachel Maddow Show
WikiLeaks in Baghdad WikiLeaks in Baghdad
Soldiers involved in the "Collateral Murder" video have come forward to tell their story.
Jul 29, 2010 / Feature / Sarah Lazare and Ryan Harvey
Zealots and Fake Journalism: The Shirley Sherrod Case Zealots and Fake Journalism: The Shirley Sherrod Case
The Sherrod controversy "was a ginned-up, fabricated story,” The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel explains on The Today Show. “And this country can’t afford t...
Jul 23, 2010 / The Today Show
There’s a Beautiful Story Hidden in the Sherrod Mess There’s a Beautiful Story Hidden in the Sherrod Mess
Nation columnist, Melissa Harris-Lacewell is angry with the administration, the NAACP, and blogger Andrew Breitbart, but maybe some good can come out of all of this.
Jul 22, 2010 / Morning Joe
Palin’s Tweets Cause a Stir Palin’s Tweets Cause a Stir
At this point, Sarah Palin is just another member of the media.
Jul 19, 2010 / MSNBC
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Gabriel García Márquez's Clandestine in Chile; Jaron Lanier's You Are Not a Gadget; Roger Lowenstein's The End of Wall Street
Jun 16, 2010 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella
Wikileaks Whistleblower Says Docs Show ‘Almost Criminal Political Dealings’ Wikileaks Whistleblower Says Docs Show ‘Almost Criminal Political Dealings’
A US military intelligence analyst, who claimed to be the source for the Wikileaks "Collateral Murder" video, has reportedly been arrested. But the biggest story here may...
Jun 7, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill