Media

President Donald Trump

Journalists Are Not the Enemy, Mr. President Journalists Are Not the Enemy, Mr. President

Americans who take seriously the democratic promise of the First Amendment must explicitly and consistently reject Trump’s attacks on freedom of the press.

Aug 16, 2018 / John Nichols

Mark Zuckerberg testifies to Congress

The Right Is Working the Ref Yet Again. This Time on Facebook—and It’s Working. The Right Is Working the Ref Yet Again. This Time on Facebook—and It’s Working.

Facebook caves to conservative critics by embracing Fox-friendly “news.”

Aug 16, 2018 / Column / Eric Alterman

Russia Sanctions Currency Exchange

Sanction Mania vs. Russia Sanction Mania vs. Russia

For nearly 100 years, Russia has been under US sanctions, often to the detriment of American national security.

Aug 15, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

This One Time, Sarah Huckabee Sanders Won’t Back Up Trump

This One Time, Sarah Huckabee Sanders Won’t Back Up Trump This One Time, Sarah Huckabee Sanders Won’t Back Up Trump

The press secretary won’t deny that Trump used the N-word. Still, will it matter?

Aug 15, 2018 / Joan Walsh

This Is Not a Time for Civility

This Is Not a Time for Civility This Is Not a Time for Civility

White-nationalist rallies are calls for genocide, and must be treated as such.

Aug 10, 2018 / Natasha Lennard

Pence Montenegro

Montenegro and NATO’s Faustian Bargain Montenegro and NATO’s Faustian Bargain

Did Montenegro’s NATO accession increase the collective defense of the West or merely protect a corrupt regime?

Aug 10, 2018 / Gordon N. Bardos

Trump speaks to navy and shipyard personnel

Has Trump Ushered In a Golden Age for News Media? Has Trump Ushered In a Golden Age for News Media?

Nichols on journalism, Harold Meyerson on Brett Kavanaugh, and Nomi Prins on Trump and economic entropy.

Aug 9, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Trump Nuclear Deal

Is Trumpism Fascism? Is Trumpism Fascism?

Katha Pollitt examines Trump’s ideology, Mike Lux surveys political strategy, and Harold Meyerson remembers Jonathan Gold.

Aug 2, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Net Neutrality Protest

Why Democrats Should Embrace ‘Internet for All’ Why Democrats Should Embrace ‘Internet for All’

Voters across the political spectrum believe Internet access is a right.

Aug 1, 2018 / Sean McElwee, Ganesh Sitaraman, and Jon Green

Fake News Poster MAGA Rally

Donald Trump’s Attacks on the Press Are an Attack on Democracy Donald Trump’s Attacks on the Press Are an Attack on Democracy

The president is trying to construct an alternate reality where he alone tells the truth.

Aug 1, 2018 / The Nation

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