Media

In a world where corporations are considered persons and a few individuals are funding the lion’s share of the presidential elections, independent media is critical to keeping citizens informed and motivated defenders of democracy.

Civil libertarians raise alarm over America’s national surveillance network.

A controversial public relations program run by former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's Pentagon was cleared of any wrong-doing by the agency's inspector general in a report published last month. The program used dozens of retired military officers working as analysts on television and radio networks.

A new book explains how Thomas Friedman's journalism is at the service of empire and capital.

Orientalist dehumanization is institutionalized in US media discourse, the result being that there is no overwhelming public concern when over a million Iraqi lives are lost thanks to America's bellicose projects.

The tentacles of this scandal reach deep into the very heart of how global corporate power works.