The media hype around crime pushes the country further Right

'Being tough on crime is never about looking at the structural inequality'

May 5, 2023, 14:15 PDT

Fox settlement shows press freedom isn’t incompatible with accountability

Media outlets should have the freedom to report the truth, not lies

April 20, 2023, 13:39 PDT

As media fall for right-wing ‘woke’ hysteria, racial justice advocates are getting pushed to the fringe

November 19, 2021, 3:00 PST

Revelation that AT&T helped found OAN shows how business wants to monetize extremism

October 16, 2021, 12:55 PDT

Tucker Carlson points U.S. conservatives toward European fascism

The top-rated Fox News host has designated Hungary’s anti-democratic leader Viktor Orbán as a role model

August 7, 2021, 0:26 PDT

In some quarters, leak of billionaires’ tax avoidance provokes more outrage than their non-payment

Centrist and conservative politicians more interested in pursuing who leaked proof billionaires don’t pay taxes than fixing the laws they abuse

June 18, 2021, 12:40 PDT

After hushing Israel’s critics, conservative Jewish pundits are suddenly concerned about free speech

Jewish right-wing media figures are showing that they love false censorship claims just as much as their Christian Right counterparts

May 22, 2021, 2:00 PDT

Substack isn’t the disruption it’s marketed as, for both good and ill

Substack and grassroots media platforms are empowering independent opinions, but what the world needs more is producers, editors, and investigators working together to counteract corporate media.

March 8, 2021, 14:22 PST

Andrew Cuomo’s COVID reckoning vindicates his progressive critics

The New York governor’s reputation for handling the coronavirus epidemic was always inflated, just as his progressive opponents had said.

February 19, 2021, 17:23 PST