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Craig Aaron at the National Conference for Media Reform

April 10, 2013 | Money & Politics

Craig Aaron, head of the media reform group Free Press, challenges the most powerful lobbies in Washington to protect our airways from corporate control.

Amy Goodman’s ‘Other’ America

April 10, 2013 | Perspectives

In a wide-ranging conversation, the host and executive producer of Democracy Now! tells Michael Winship why she believes independent media is essential to a functioning democracy. Continue reading

President Bush speaks at a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

An Anniversary Many Would Like to Ignore

March 20, 2013 | Connecting the Dots

It’s been a decade since the start of the Iraq War, but many of those responsible would rather not reminisce about the true roles they played. Continue reading

Bringing High-Speed Internet to Cajun Country

February 7, 2013 | News & Notes

How one Louisiana town fought telecom companies to build one of the fastest networks in the nation for its residents. Continue reading

How Big Telecom Increases Our Digital Divide

February 5, 2013

Susan Crawford joins Bill to discuss how powerful media conglomerates put profit ahead of the public interest when it comes to Internet access. Continue reading

President Franklin D. Roosevelt shown at the White House, in Washington on Jan. 30, 1935 with an imposing battery of microphones lined up in front of him as he broadcast to the nation. (AP Photo)

The FCC, the Public Interest and the Blue Book

December 19, 2012 | Q&A

Victor Pickard answers our questions about the (almost) golden age of the FCC when progressive commissioners tried to make commercial media more attentive to public interests.