Access of Evil Access of Evil
Compliant coverage of the Iraq War proved the news business is morally compromised, no longer driven by creative people with something to tell but by global corporations with somet...
Jun 15, 2006 / Feature / Amy Goodman
Brave New Media Brave New Media
We don't need to buy a network to get our message out--just creatively use an array of low-cost tools from the Internet to iPods, cellphones and whatever comes next.
Jun 15, 2006 / Feature / Robert Greenwald
The National Entertainment State (Forum) The National Entertainment State (Forum)
If the promise of new media is to be fulfilled, progressives must chart a course of activism that confronts the increasing concentration of ownership among the Big Media powerhouse...
Jun 15, 2006 / Feature / The Nation
Rebels With a Cause Rebels With a Cause
A new generation of student activists is flexing its muscles, rolling back employment rules in France, demanding education reform in Chile and fighting for immigrant rights in the ...
Jun 15, 2006 / Column / Gary Younge
Prairie Grass Roots Prairie Grass Roots
In South Dakota, prochoicers are fighting back with a bipartisan initiative challenging the abortion ban and a grassroots effort that has put progressive Native American women on t...
Jun 15, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Bunkum From Benador Bunkum From Benador
The debunking of a PR agency that circulated a bogus story about persecution of Jews in Iran exposed the moving parts of a media machine bent on preparing the American public fo...
Jun 14, 2006 / Larry Cohler-Esses
Politicos Court Netroots at YearlyKos Politicos Court Netroots at YearlyKos
The growing potential for netroots activists to define issues, mobilize voters and raise significant amounts of money drew politicians to the national gathering, eager to leverage ...
Jun 13, 2006 / Feature / Ari Melber
Truth Is for ‘Liberals’ Truth Is for ‘Liberals’
Five years into the Bush Administration, the press corps still can't figure out how to handle the White House's primary media management tactic: lying.
Jun 8, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman
Borrowed Bodies Borrowed Bodies
In a New York courtroom, a jury must decide whether a hip-hop-loving young white man who beat a young black man with a baseball bat is guilty of assault or a hate crime.
Jun 8, 2006 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
The Pincer Strategy The Pincer Strategy
Growing concern over Bush's abuses of executive power could be the force that unites Democrats, Republicans and libertarians in a broad, nonpartisan effort to defend the Constituti...
Jun 8, 2006 / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith