Magazine: Q and A

Exit Interview

C-SPAN’s maestro exits the stage

By Erika Fry   May 22, 2012 at 06:50 AM

In 1979, Brian Lamb, then the head of Cablevision’s DC bureau, achieved what now seems unimaginable: He convinced Congress... More

Language Corner

That’s that, part one

A word used too often, or not enough

By Merrill Perlman   May 22, 2012 at 06:50 AM

“President Obama said Wednesday he would go to Europe.” Is Wednesday the day he is going to Europe? Or the... More

The Audit

Audit Notes: Facebook IPO edition

By Ryan Chittum   May 21, 2012 at 05:03 PM

I'm happy to say I was wrong (and Felix was right) in guessing that retail investors would jump into Facebook... More

The Kicker

The Pulitzer Prize luncheon, storified

Giddy prize recipients react to Tom Friedman, winning

By Kira Goldenberg   May 21, 2012 at 03:17 PM

The Pulitzer Prizes were officially presented to recipients on Monday afternoon at Columbia University's Low Library rotunda. See attendee reactions... More

The Audit

The Chicago Tribune lights up the flame-retardant industry

An outstanding investigation show how chemical companies preserve a toxic cash cow

By Ryan Chittum   May 21, 2012 at 11:07 AM

A tremendous Chicago Tribune investigation into flame-retardant chemical manufacturers shows how they push their poisons on an unsuspecting public despite... More

The Observatory

The western frontier

KQED Quest, Pacific Standard keep their eyes on the other coast

By Curtis Brainard   May 21, 2012 at 11:00 AM

American media may cluster in the east, but the west is still the land of pioneers, even in the domains... More

Swing States Project

The over-covered image war

Journalists are exaggerating the risk that Mitt Romney will be “defined” early

By Brendan Nyhan   May 21, 2012 at 10:50 AM

The message war in the presidential election got underway in earnest last week, with the Obama campaign releasing a new... More

Campaign Desk

Medicare and the $500 billion bogeyman

Will a half-truth still work for the GOP?

By Trudy Lieberman   May 21, 2012 at 06:50 AM

Republicans and their allies are dusting off an old $500 billion deception about Medicare, trying once more to scare seniors... More

Magazine: Review

The re-entry problem

America’s tough-on-crime policies didn’t work. Now what?

By Alan Prendergast   May 21, 2012 at 06:50 AM

Over the course of eight days in 1978, a 15-year-old terror named Willie Bosket managed to satisfy his curiosity about... More

Behind the News

Murdoch may sell his British papers

The British press asserts the embattled mogul may ditch the papers under phone hacking scrutiny

By Emily Bell   May 19, 2012 at 07:45 AM

News International, the UK outpost of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, might be preparing to sell off or isolate its scandal-struck... More

The News Frontier

You have a right to remain recording

Carlos Miller’s crusade for freedom of photography

By Alysia Santo   May 18, 2012 at 04:10 PM

On January 31, officers from the Miami-Dade and City of Miami Police Departments donned riot gear and headed to Government... More