Miseries of ‘Il Manifesto’ Miseries of ‘Il Manifesto’
Italy's small, independent, radical daily is an indispensable voice on the left.
Mar 18, 2009 / Feature / Norman Birnbaum
The Death and Life of Great American Newspapers The Death and Life of Great American Newspapers
The collapse of journalism threatens democracy itself--that's why we need a government rescue.
Mar 18, 2009 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
Love Me, I’m a Conservative Love Me, I’m a Conservative
Atlantic blogger Ross Douthat joins the New York Times's op-ed lineup. Depressing.
Mar 18, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt
John C. Hyde, Journalist and Author John C. Hyde, Journalist and Author
Remembering a journalist, biographer and head of the Fund for Investigative Journalism.
Mar 17, 2009 / Rebecca Clarren
It Can Happen Here It Can Happen Here
Media watchdogs who slept through the Bush era now have little interest in examining just how many of our liberties were lost.
Mar 11, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Post’s Stimulus Chimp The Post’s Stimulus Chimp
The uproar over the New York Post's racially insensitive cartoon has nothing to do with Al Sharpton and everything to do with the ugly history of stereotypes.
Feb 27, 2009 / Les Payne
War Is Over (If You Want It) War Is Over (If You Want It)
This just in: we won the Iraq War. And for the past eight years George W. Bush kept us safe.
Feb 26, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman
What Would Molly Think? What Would Molly Think?
Molly Ivins would have loved the outcome of the November election. In a way, she saw it coming.
Jan 29, 2009 / Betsy Moon
The Defamation League The Defamation League
Abe Foxman and Bill Kristol gutlessly attack Bill Moyers and David Grossman.
Jan 28, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman
Gaza Agonistes Gaza Agonistes
There's panic in the neocon playground as young liberal Jewish bloggers refuse to be silenced.
Jan 15, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman