Internet and New Media

The Power of Online Politics The Power of Online Politics

The Nation's Ari Melber shares his insights from the Netroots Nation conference on the direction Internet-based organizing is taking.

Aug 18, 2009 / MSNBC

Bloggers Back Obama’s Agenda, Not His Strategy Bloggers Back Obama’s Agenda, Not His Strategy

The Netroots Nation conference pulls in big Democratic names and spawns arguments in unlikely places.

Aug 17, 2009 / Feature / Ari Melber

Back Talk: Graham Parker Back Talk: Graham Parker

A conversation with the author of Fair Use: Notes From Spam about spam, scambaiters and language games.

Jun 3, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood

The Silence of MoveOn The Silence of MoveOn

MoveOn, once the most powerful grassroots peace organization, has rendered its members voiceless on the expanding wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan. And that silence sends a message...

May 26, 2009 / Feature / Tom Hayden

The Nation/Campus Progress Youth Journalism Conference The Nation/Campus Progress Youth Journalism Conference

A roster of terrific journalists will be on hand on July 9 in DC.

May 26, 2009 / StudentNation / The Nation

The President’s Never-Ending Virtual Town Hall The President’s Never-Ending Virtual Town Hall

President Obama cracked the White House door for citizens on Thursday, and some of their questions were still bubbling up long after the first virtual town hall ended.

Mar 27, 2009 / Feature / Ari Melber

Social Movements 2.0 Social Movements 2.0

The tension around the pros and cons of online organizing has spurred a healthy debate in the social movement community.

Jan 16, 2009 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello, and Brendan Smith

Obama for America 2.0? Obama for America 2.0?

Barack Obama has mobilized the most connected national constituency in history. But can he use it to govern?

Dec 23, 2008 / Ari Melber

YouTubing the Election YouTubing the Election

In America's first Web-driven election, campaign videos made by ordinary people--not campaigns or the news media--grabbed most of the attention

Nov 4, 2008 / Feature / Ari Melber

The Idiocrats The Idiocrats

Why do Internet boosters continue to confuse social networking with art?

Nov 4, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Provan

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