How to Navigate the Age of Disinformation
We appear to be living in the upside-down, where people are bots, facts are fiction, and our reality is governed by algorithms.
Pressing Issues
Will This California Law End Freelance Work?
AB 5, which goes into effect this year, is meant to penalize abusive employers like Uber and Lyft, but it’s poised to set a dangerous precedent that could affect many part-time workers—especially women and people of color.
The Whitewashing of Kamala Harris
With the media's freeze-out of the California senator, are we losing one of our best Democratic contenders for the presidency?
The Inequities In #MeToo Reporting
Women journalists are breaking the biggest stories and bringing down powerful abusers. So why are so many men getting the follow-up assignments?
Does Money Advice for Women Actually Help?
There’s an increase in finance-related content for young women because they need and want it. But is the advice helpful? Or simply condescending?
Women’s Anger Was Supposed to Be a Reckoning. Why Isn’t it?
The media often minimizes women's rage as a fad, from the #MeToo movement to assault claims against the U.S. president, even by high-profile figures like columnist E. Jean Carroll. Are we on the cusp of revolt, or historical erasure?
The Media Can’t Resist Powerful Liars
Donald Trump turned his fraud into free press and rode the wave of exposure all the way to the White House. But he's hardly the first to play this game—and he won't be the last.
Outrage Is Killing Context
From gun violence to the Mueller report, are knee-jerk reactions and social media #campaigns doing more harm than good?
The Media Is Exacerbating the Climate Crisis
Mainstream news outlets mock the Green New Deal and patronize young climate activists while taking money from Big Oil and special interests. Is it any wonder the U.S. leads the world in climate denialism?