magazine November 17, 2003

PR Watch Has Its Eyes Open

Ten years ago John Stauber decided to take on the media arm of corporate America: the public relations industry.… more

By Joel Bleifuss   

Winning the War of Ideas

If the triumph of the New Right could be blamed on one person, that villain might be Austrian economist… more

By Christian Parenti   

The Candidates on the Media

Perhaps it’s surprising that most Democratic candidates are now speaking out on media ownership and deregulation of the public… more

By Williams Cole   

Seize the Moment

Many progressive Americans sense that we are at a watershed moment in our relationship to the mainstream media. Progressive… more

By Susan J. Douglas   

WW3 Illustrated

The startling cinematic success of American Splendor—an indie film uniquely merging the real-story-behind-the-film-story with the comic drawings that stand… more

By Paul Buhle   

Supporting Young Thinkers

Right-wing foundations understand how to create dedicated ideologues. They target budding freshmen conservatives from their move-in day and support… more

By Mischa Gaus   

Cracking the Media Walls

The major news outlets are like walls with cracks. The confining structures of big media loom large every day—yet… more

By Norman Solomon   

No Brass Check Journalists

Upton Sinclair self-published a book called The Brass Check in 1919, 13 years after The Jungle. The brass check… more

By Studs Terkel   

Profile: Media Education Foundation

Sut Jhally believes the left faces two basic tasks: “The first is to understand and analyze the world better… more

By Brian Cook   

From the Screen to the Streets

It has taken 10 years of talk about “new media” for a critical mass to understand that every computer… more

By Howard Rheingold   

A Language for Change

When Ronald Reagan accepted the Republican presidential nomination in 1980, he called for “a new consensus with all those… more

By David Kusnet   

Lessons from the Idiot Box

With its talking turd and adolescent T&A it’s easy to dismiss Comedy Central as a joke. But then 11… more

By Cynthia Moothart   

Profile: Prometheus Radio Project

Despite an early victory, the court battle between the Federal Communications Commission and media reform advocates, the staff of… more

By Emily Udell   

Media Forecast is Hazy

It’s bad weather in the communications industry, and not just for progressive media makers. These days, most media people,… more

By Pat Aufderheide   

Knowing What’s Nice

Author’s note: I’m working on a novel, If God Were Alive Today, about a fictitious man, Gil Berman, 36… more

By Kurt Vonnegut   

Carry It Forward

Wellstone’s legacy lives on

Killer Candidate

Ex-general threatens Guatemalan election

White-Collar Blues

Professional jobs shifting overseas

Teaching Commercialism

Remember the field trips you took in elementary school—maybe to the fire department, a farm, a radio station or… more

Making it Official

Same-sex couples win registry rights in Cook County

Creating Better Choices

Progressives have ideas about what a media strategy should be, but little collective agreement.

Racial Bias Still Haunts Media

A study of Time and Newsweek stories found that the term “young black males” was synonymous with the word criminal.

Sympathy for the Devil

I find myself frustrated with those who seem to be enjoying the spectacle of Rush Limbaugh’s decline.