| Feb 21, 2011 | Peace / SecurityThe truth is dear, We must profess; Just don’t seek it, In the press. Maybe we were fortunate that the U.S. press chose to print any WikiLeaks disclosures at all. Given the media’s generally supportive stance of unilateral American foreign policy, it could...
| Feb 14, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyAs street protests toppled dictators in Tunisia and Egypt, many Americans turned to Al-Jazeera English for the most comprehensive, informed coverage of those historic developments. But they mostly weren’t watching the channel on television. That’s...
| Feb 2, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyA chilling trial is underway in Tucson for the murder of 9-year-old Brisenia Flores and her father. According to eyewitness testimony from her mother (the attackers thought she was dead), Brisenia pleaded with anti-immigration vigilantes who had invaded her own home,...
| Jan 31, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyThe New York Times recently named Trish Hall its next op-ed editor. She’s going to call the shots regarding who gets a guest spot in the nation’s premiere opinion pages, which typically feature brilliantly written, sharply argued, and perfectly edited...
| | Rights / DemocracyThere’s a feast raging on the Internet. Websites and bloggers are helping themselves to huge servings of whatever newspapers offer online. People who run content-starved outlets steal articles from newspapers’ websites and post them on their own sites,...