Media Miss the Al Jazeera Story Media Miss the Al Jazeera Story
One of the biggest stories of the past few weeks has been the story of Americans discovering Al Jazeera English. It shouldn't have been so hard.
Feb 7, 2011 / Laura Flanders
The Green Bay Packers: A Team for Progressives The Green Bay Packers: A Team for Progressives
Dave Zirin says that the Green Bay Packers are a special case in football, representing a possibility for community involvement and social change rarely seen in sports.
Feb 7, 2011 / Press Room
The Green Bay Packers: A Team for Progressives The Green Bay Packers: A Team for Progressives
Dave Zirin says that the Green Bay Packers are a special case in football, representing a possibility for community involvement and social change rarely seen in sports.
Feb 7, 2011 / GRITtv
A University of Wisconsin-Madison Student Evacuated from Egypt Shares Her Story A University of Wisconsin-Madison Student Evacuated from Egypt Shares Her Story
An American student reflects on the early days of the protests.
Feb 7, 2011 / StudentNation / StudentNation
With AOL’s $315 Million Deal: Will ‘Huffington Post’ Still Be ‘Huffington Post’? With AOL’s $315 Million Deal: Will ‘Huffington Post’ Still Be ‘Huffington Post’?
Arianna Huffington says HuffPo won't change. Perhaps. But her challenge now is to do what big media aren't very good at: create journalism sufficient to the demands of de...
Feb 7, 2011 / John Nichols
Fox Be Damned: Why a Packers Victory Is the People’s Victory Fox Be Damned: Why a Packers Victory Is the People’s Victory
Amidst the bombast, the Packers won the Super Bowl. But the broadcast did what it could to hide the truth of the team's radical ownership structure.
Feb 7, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Army’s Mental Health Care Failed Bradley Manning Army’s Mental Health Care Failed Bradley Manning
The uprisings in Egypt have inspired all sorts of people, including Private Bradley Manning, the young man being held in solitary confinement in Quantico, accused of being the sour...
Feb 4, 2011 / Laura Flanders
As Muslim Populations Double, Can Americans Conquer Islamophobia? As Muslim Populations Double, Can Americans Conquer Islamophobia?
Over the next twenty years Muslim population in the US will double. As the numbers increase, will levels of mutual understanding and respect do the same?
Feb 4, 2011 / StudentNation / Maria Kari
No Prayers for David Kato No Prayers for David Kato
The Family, the secretive organization of evangelicals tied to extremist anti-gay legislation in Uganda, is refusing to pressure Ugandan lawmakers to drop the bill.
Feb 4, 2011 / Nancy Goldstein
Why Egypt’s ‘Systematic’ Attack on Press Freedom Should Convince Obama He Can’t Work With the Regime Why Egypt’s ‘Systematic’ Attack on Press Freedom Should Convince Obama He Can’t Work With the Regime
The United States has for more than two centuries held that freedom of the press is an essential freedom. Now that the Egyptian regime has launched a systematic attack on journalis...
Feb 4, 2011 / John Nichols