In the transformation of the publishing industry and print journalism some see the rise of a new civic democracy. Others see the death of the fourth estate and perhaps the end of American democracy. Writing in the Nation, John Nichols and Robert McChesney note that the disappearance of papers and reporters is ominous.

In the transformation of the publishing industry and print journalism some see the rise of a new civic democracy. Others see the death of the fourth estate and perhaps the end of American democracy. Writing in the Nation, John Nichols and Robert McChesney note that the disappearance of papers and reporters is ominous.

Years after the Exxon Valdez belched guck all over the Alaska coast, ruining a fishing industry and bankcrupting a people, the financial industry's flooded our economy with garbage, and we're going to let the ships captains control the clean up?

Big Noise Films, makers of the Fourth World War, Zapatista, Black and Gold among others, have been filming in Iraq since before the invasion.

Helen Benedict, author of The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq about some of the wars hidden stories and hidden costs.

The Iraq war wasn’t one of the US media’s finer moments. From WMD to embedded journalists and the laundry list of so-called milestones marking a turning point in Iraq, the media largely followed the government's lead. But six years on, have they improved? Even though the war is deeply unpopular, coverage of the US occupation hasn't necessarily gotten better.

Has war coverage improved? We talk to Dahr Jamail, Amy Goodman, and Yifat Suskind. An interview with Helen Benedict, author of The Lonely Soldier.

Amy Goodman called it the Access of Evil...When pushed about the timidity of their questions to people in power, reporters will often--even more timidly--squeak something about their fear of losing access to their subjects.

What difference would EFCA make? Employees at the Smithfield pork processing plant in North Carolina have battled for more than a decade to form a union. They've confronted threats from their employer and various layers of intimidation. Last December, however, they were successful in forming a union in one of the least union friendly states.

The end of civilization as we know it? The worst bill ever? That is how the right and much of business have characterized the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). From Newt Gingrich to Mitch McConnell and business leaders including Warren Buffet the argument is being made that EFCA will in fact cost jobs.