"Stickin' It To The Man"

In the movie "School of Rock," a substitute teacher (played by Jack Black) explains the purpose of rock 'n' roll to his 5th grade students. Do rock & roll and independent media share a similar purpose?

"Daily Show" on End of NY Times?

The Daily Show's cruel 2009 look at the struggles of the New York Times and its "aged news." It made me unusually sympathetic to the Times.

What ever happened to independence?

More collusion between powerful media (in this case, the New York Times) and powerful political entities (in this case, the CIA.) On "national defense" issues, the mainstream press often seems more like a Fourth Branch of Government than a Fourth Estate

Billionaire Political Funder...

confronted by Democracy Now journalists in one of the wings of the Republican National Convention. Their TV camera takes a beating.

WikiLeaks Founder in Limbo inside Ecuador's Embassy in London

Here's my column from London on my visit to the Ecuadoran embassy -- encircled by British police -- where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange resides, after having been granted asylum to go to Ecuador. British authorities -- who won't allow Assange to leave England -- want to extradite Assange to Sweden, where there are sex assault allegations (no formal charges) against Assange. Filmmaker Michael Moore tweeted my column, and co-wrote a NY Times column with filmmaker Oliver Stone, raising questions about the actions of England and Sweden.

Students' Blogs

Nik DeCosta-Klipa . . . Jackie Eisenberg . . . Elma Gonzalez . . .  Geoffrey Yas Guthe . . . Rebecca Hellmich . . . Nate King . . . Natalie Krawczyk . . . Cady Lang . . . Meagan McGinnes . . . Suzette Moschetti . . . Jamie Nash . . . Erica Lynn Palumbo . . . Roberto Rivera . . .  Alex Violo . . . Kristy Zhen

Class Syllabus -- Indy Media

Click here for "Independent Media: Issues and Challenges" syllabus (Fall 2012)