Billionaires Can’t Save American Journalism
The start of 2024 has been catastrophic for news outlets all over the country, even the ones owned by billionaires. What could an alternative look like?
The Biggest Losers: Big Bird and the American People
The first presidential debate of 2012 was an exercise in ridiculousness that produced no insight, no plan, no inspiration, no leadership, and no truth.
Our Press Freedom is under Fire
In its latest assessment, Reporters Without Borders ranked the United States No. 47 for media freedom.
Author Event: I Mix What I Like
In a moment of increasing corporate control in the music industry, Jared A. Ball analyzes the colonization and control of popular music and posits the homemade hip-hop mixtape as an emancipatory tool for community resistance. Join us when author Jared Ball discusses and signs his book hot off the presses, “I Mix What I Like! A Mixtape Manifesto”.
NPR’s Stupid Situation
A string of high-profile blunders and trumped-up stings are endangering a key public and cultural institution.
CEO Pay Bashing, Tea Party Style
Has Jim DeMint, the right-wing senator leading the assault on federal domestic spending, finally gone too far? His corporate executive benefactors may soon come to think so.
The Case for Spending More on Public Broadcasting
Before political gamesmanship erases some of our most trusted sources of news and information, we should take a step back and take a serious look at the positive role that public media play around the world.