TNR’s New Owners TNR’s New Owners
No matter what you think of The New Republic's politics, the public sphere will suffer if the magazine becomes homogenized by its new corporate owner.
Mar 6, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Clint Hendler
Empire Fall Empire Fall
A biography of Bernard Fall examines the life of the man who laid the foundations for contemporary war reporting.
Feb 27, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Christian Parenti
In Russia’s Blogosphere, Anything Goes In Russia’s Blogosphere, Anything Goes
Russian blogs are flourishing as alternative media and launchpads for an emerging civil society, but corruption and government manipulation are flourishing as well.
Feb 22, 2007 / Feature / Anna G. Arutunyan
L’Étranger L’Étranger
The media have fashioned an impossible portrait of Barack Obama: an American cleansed of the baggage of racism and slavery.
Feb 22, 2007 / Feature / Patricia J. Williams
Bloggers on the Trail Bloggers on the Trail
John Edwards's netroots flap only proves that Democrats should tap into bloggers' energy and learn to manage their passions.
Feb 22, 2007 / Ari Melber
In the Morgue In the Morgue
To understand the human costs of US actions in Iraq, read the blog postings of Iraqi employees of the McClatchy News Service Baghdad bureau.
Feb 21, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
The Daffodil Delusion: Sensationalizing Global Warming The Daffodil Delusion: Sensationalizing Global Warming
Media frenzy to the contrary, a warm winter doesn't point to the end of the world--scientific evidence does.
Feb 16, 2007 / Michael Corcoran
Sold to Mr. Gordon, Another Bridge! Sold to Mr. Gordon, Another Bridge!
The New York Times's credulous reporting of flimsy "evidence" regarding Iranian weapons in Iraq is enabling Bush's anti-Iran propaganda drive.
Feb 15, 2007 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Mission to Caracas Mission to Caracas
Hugo Chávez's critics may mock his ideas of twenty-first-century socialism as empty rhetoric. But maybe it's magical realism--still a fiction, but one to be nourished as a r...
Feb 14, 2007 / Victor Navasky
Dude! Where’s My Debate? Dude! Where’s My Debate?
The majority of Americans support fair-trade policies--so why do mainstream pundits treat the idea with so much contempt?
Feb 8, 2007 / Column / Eric Alterman