| Jun 12, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyWhether you think spying is OK or not depends on your relationship to the information being collected. If you’re on the gathering end, the invasion of someone else’s privacy doesn’t seem like a big deal. But if you’re the one whose private life...
| May 8, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyIf you hear someone talking about journalism these days, they’re usually complaining about how the industry is collapsing. Or how terribly biased the media is, one way or the other. But every time the annual White House Correspondents Dinner rolls around, the...
| May 1, 2013 | Economy / BusinessIs your Internet bill too high? You can thank the phone and cable companies for that. Today, high-speed broadband services offered by these national carriers cost more than $500 a year and even more when customers are forced to bundle Internet access with cable or...
| Apr 10, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyThe Associated Press recently announced a major change in the way it describes people with an unlawful presence in the United States. The AP Stylebook, which spells out the standards most media outlets use, no longer sanctions the terms “illegal” and...
| Jan 30, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyTime Warner Cable’s decision to drop Al Jazeera English from its lineup, right after AJE had purchased Current TV and that network’s carriage deals for $500 million, raised questions about the cable operator’s motives. But whatever the particulars...
