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  • Letters From an American
    Changing the Media Narrative
    June 8, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    Trump and the GOP are trying to change the poll numbers because they have lost control over the country’s narrative. The president rode to the White House on the argument that people of color and women were criminal socialists demanding a government handout, paid for by taxes on hardworking white men, but all of a sudden, with white police officers murdering a handcuffed Black man, and police riots during protests over that killing, it is ...

  • Democracy & Government
    Trump’s FCC Wants to Kill a Free and Open Internet
    December 11, 2017
    | Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
    The commission votes on Thursday whether to end net neutrality and place the internet under the thumb of corporate America.
  • Media
    The Swamp Fighters: Craig Aaron
    December 7, 2017
    | John Light and Susannah Jacob
    Free Press' president and CEO talks about net neutrality, Sinclair Broadcast Group and what it's like to defend free speech and open internet in the Trump era.
  • Democracy & Government
    If Net Neutrality Goes, Elites Will Rule the Internet
    November 27, 2017
    | John Nichols
    “This naked corporatism is Washington at its worst,” says former FCC commissioner Michael Copps.
  • Media
    Trump’s Secret Weapon Against a Free Press
    November 15, 2017
    | Tim Karr
    FCC Chair Ajit Pai is doing his best to undermine net neutrality and the fight against media consolidation.
  • Civil Liberties
    The Future of the Internet is Up for Grabs — Theoretically
    October 3, 2017
    | Ryan Barwick
    Critics say new FCC chair Ajit Pai has already made up his mind on net neutrality.
  • Democracy & Government
    This Sinclair-Tribune Merger Is a Rotten Deal for America
    September 6, 2017
    | Michael Winship
    What’s to be done about 'the most dangerous company most Americans haven’t heard of?'
  • Media
    Just Months Ago, This Merger Wouldn't Have Been Legal
    August 17, 2017
    | John Light
    Progressive media watchdog groups, Rupert Murdoch and conservative news outlets all want to stop a merger between Sinclair Broadcasting and Tribune Media.
  • Media
    On July 12, Everyone Can Stand Up for Net Neutrality
    July 10, 2017
    | Michael Winship
    Imagine a world without internet freedom. This week, a major protest on the web will show what it would be like.
  • Media
    Copps: 'Maybe the Worst FCC I’ve Ever Seen'
    June 19, 2017
    | Michael Winship
    The Trump White House and new FCC chair are rolling back the effort for an internet that's open to all.


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