Diary of a Never-Ending Crisis Diary of a Never-Ending Crisis
“Keep walking, keep going, you can’t control it.”
Jul 29, 2020 / no-paywall / Najla Said
When Will the Media Stop Grading Trump on a Curve? When Will the Media Stop Grading Trump on a Curve?
The claim that Trump has adopted a somber new tone is plausible only if we completely ignore what he is actually saying.
Jul 22, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Climate Change Is a Political—Not Partisan—Story Climate Change Is a Political—Not Partisan—Story
And newsrooms need to cover the 2020 elections as a climate story.
Jul 15, 2020 / Covering Climate Now / Andrew McCormick
Why Do All These Racists Keep Working for Tucker Carlson? Why Do All These Racists Keep Working for Tucker Carlson?
Fox News wants to portray a recently fired writer as a bad apple, but he was part of an influential white nationalist social network within the American right.
Jul 13, 2020 / Jeet Heer
‘The Nation’ Names Kali Holloway as Columnist ‘The Nation’ Names Kali Holloway as Columnist
Focused on questions of inequality across race, gender, class, and complicity, she will help shape the magazine’s coverage at a pivotal moment of protest and politics.
Jul 13, 2020 / no-paywall / Press Room
How to Cover an Uprising (Without Causing Harm) How to Cover an Uprising (Without Causing Harm)
Journalists are biased toward sharing information. That’s our job. But we have to recognize that doing our jobs can mean doing harm—and that part of our jobs should be editorial ha...
Jun 26, 2020 / Cynthia Greenlee
Hong Kong’s Cartoonists Aren’t Giving Up on Dissent Hong Kong’s Cartoonists Aren’t Giving Up on Dissent
As the city braces for a new law that could stifle free speech, local artists are still spurring on the protest movement.
Jun 25, 2020 / Rachel Cheung
When We Don’t Say Their Names, We Deny Them Justice When We Don’t Say Their Names, We Deny Them Justice
The murders of black cis men sparked the current protests. But black women, trans, nonbinary, and queer folks are fighting for their lives too.
Jun 24, 2020 / Shirley Ngozi Nwangwa
Change Comes to the Streets of Philadelphia Change Comes to the Streets of Philadelphia
The uprising here may have been inevitable. But the aftermath has been full of surprises.
Jun 17, 2020 / Gene Seymour
The Media Isn’t Ready to Cover Climate Apartheid The Media Isn’t Ready to Cover Climate Apartheid
The press needs to reckon with the prevalence of a worldview that defaults to the perspective of the white and wealthy.
Jun 17, 2020 / Michelle García