Why Some People Just Aren’t Buying Glenn Beck’s ‘Evolved’ Politics Why Some People Just Aren’t Buying Glenn Beck’s ‘Evolved’ Politics
Has Glenn Beck really changed?
Aug 8, 2014 / Leslie Savan
Great War: The View From America at the Start of World War I Great War: The View From America at the Start of World War I
The Nation recognized that US isolation would be tested as never before, but didn’t even consider intervention as a possibility.
Aug 5, 2014 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
The High Price That Surveillance Costs the Press and Our Democracy The High Price That Surveillance Costs the Press and Our Democracy
Eric on this week's concerts and Reed on electronic surveillance.
Aug 5, 2014 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Comcast-Affiliated News Site Censored My Article About Net Neutrality Lobbying Comcast-Affiliated News Site Censored My Article About Net Neutrality Lobbying
“This is exactly why we need Net Neutrality. We don’t want to live in a world where Comcast or AT&T gets to decide which side of the story you see.”
Aug 1, 2014 / Lee Fang
The ‘New York Times’ Editorial Board Calls for the Legalization of Marijuana The ‘New York Times’ Editorial Board Calls for the Legalization of Marijuana
The vision of these editors We always had was wrong. They’re not some guys with pipes and tweeds. They’re more like Cheech and Chong.
Jul 30, 2014 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Leading Civil Rights Group Just Sold Out on Net Neutrality Leading Civil Rights Group Just Sold Out on Net Neutrality
Civil rights groups seem willing to sell out their own members for a buck.
Jul 25, 2014 / Lee Fang
Why Is a Nice Network Like MSNBC Silencing Protest Over Pro-Israeli Coverage? Why Is a Nice Network Like MSNBC Silencing Protest Over Pro-Israeli Coverage?
Now that former MSNBC contributor Rula Jebreal has been canned for stating the obvious—that Israeli voices overwhelmingly outnumber those of Palestinians, including at MSNBC—will a...
Jul 24, 2014 / Leslie Savan
Russian and American News Media Give ‘Mirror Image’ Accounts of MH17 Crash Russian and American News Media Give ‘Mirror Image’ Accounts of MH17 Crash
In Russia and in the US, the media play the blame game.
Jul 22, 2014 / Press Room
Bad News Bad News
In a world overwhelmed by violence and conflict, the news just gets worse and worse.
Jul 22, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
Blinded Me with Balance: How the US Media Get Science Coverage Wrong (& How They Can Get It Right) Blinded Me with Balance: How the US Media Get Science Coverage Wrong (& How They Can Get It Right)
Eric on this week's concerts and Reed on the media’s coverage of climate change.
Jul 21, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson