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Weekly Pulse: Single-Payer Bills Pass Vermont Senate, House
By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger The Vermont state Senate passed legislation to create a single-payer health insurance system, Paul Waldman reports for TAPPED. Since the state House has...
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Weekly Diaspora: One Year After SB 1070, What’s Changed?
by Catherine A. Traywick, Medica Consortium blogger A year ago this month, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed SB 1070 into law, effectively pushing an already vibrant anti-immigrant movement to a new...
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Weekly Mulch: Greening the Royal Wedding is the Least of Our Worries
The biggest news for the environment this week might just be that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge took pains to add a couple of green touches to this morning’s Royal Wedding. The flowers were...
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Wavelength: “Underdog” AT&T Tells FCC That Eliminating Competitors Will...
by Eric K. Arnold, Media Consortium blogger The proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger continues to dominate media policy headlines, but the wireless merger isn’t the only game in town. AOL’s recent buyout...
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Weekly Audit: The Closing Bell
By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger This week marks the final edition of the Weekly Audit. It has been a pleasure compiling the best financial and economic writing in the Media Consortium....
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Weekly Pulse: Arrests over the Ryan Plan, and the GOP’s Kinder, Gentler...
By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger This week marks the final edition of the Weekly Pulse. I have been writing the newsletter since 2008 and it has certainly been an exciting time to be...
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The Wavelength: “Underdog” AT&T Tells FCC That Eliminating Competitors Will...
by Eric K. Arnold, Media Consortium blogger The proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger continues to dominate media policy headlines, but the wireless merger isn’t the only game in town. AOL’s recent buyout...
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Weekly Diaspora: What Homeland Security Looks Like After Bin Laden’s Death
by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Nearly a decade ago, America’s War on Terror began as a manhunt for Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind behind the 9/11 terrorist...
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Weekly Mulch: House Republicans Push for Renewed Offshore Drilling
Ed. note: This is the final edition of the Mulch. To keep up with the best environmental coverage the progressive media has to offer, follow The Media Consortium on Twitter or connect with us on...
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The Wavelength: Your So-Called Private Life
by Eric K. Arnold, Media Consortium blogger Smart phones are hip, trendy, and loaded with user-friendly apps. But these devices also collect and store your personal information, leaving huge security...
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