Local journalism as it has been known for 200 years has all but disappeared in most places in the United States over the past two decades

A look at how the media is covering the race for the White House and a private monopoly that has too much political influence and political power

In this interview, Robert McChesney, author with John Nichols of People Get Ready, discusses their new book, its challenge to the idea that…

There are probably many other ways we could support a great free press system (and a great culture) in the digital era. It is high time to start that discussion

Robert McChesney is a professor of media studies and a renowned scholar about the history and political economy of mass communication. He's…

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) writes of the new book Dollarocracy, by John Nichols and Robert McChesney: With this book, John Nichols and…

The Washington Post announced on Monday the paper had been sold to Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos for $250 million. Bezos,…

Robert McChesney is the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. His work concentrates…

Longtime media-reform advocate Robert McChesney looks at how the future of American politics could be largely determined by who controls the Internet…

In 1787, as the Constitution was being drafted in Philadelphia, Thomas Jefferson was ensconced in Paris as this young, undefined nation’s minister…