Journalism

The Pentagon’s Putinesque Censorship Ultimatum

Defense reporters must refuse the Trump Administration's demand that they trade access for an agreement to publish only "authorized" material

Oct 14 •

A September to Remember

Our monthly roundup reveals a world on the edge of madness

Sep 30

The Unraveling of Shared American Culture

Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension shows how authoritarian threats and a politically fractured market undermine satire, news, and America’s shared stage

Sep 18 •

Mixing Fish and Fowl

Ever since I received a Pentax K1000 about 40 years ago, I have been unaccountably drawn to photographing creatures of the wild

Sep 7 •

The Pens of August

AQL reviews a month that could have fit right into "The March of Folly"

Aug 31

Snapback: The Sanctions’ Return

... and a meditation on the killing of journalists in Gaza

Aug 27 •

The peril of bearing witness in Gaza

The IDF strike on Nasser Hospital that killed five journalists highlights the risks faced by local reporters — and the world’s reliance on them

Aug 25 •

It’s time to come clean about reporting from unfree societies

The media is not transparent enough about the limitations of reporting from places run by thugs. Examples, from Russia to Gaza to North Korea and also…

Aug 21 •

Hotter than July

It has been a particularly scorching summer in the news. We offer a July retrospective.

Jul 31

A surreal encounter with Amr Moussa

At Lake Como, for a brief moment, the Arab Spring looked real

Jul 26 •

A surreal encounter with John McCain

WEEKEND READ: A testy brush with the mercurial maverick who might have changed history, but for a few unlucky breaks

Jul 13 •

What to look forward to in July

After a June that saw quite a collection of firsts

Jul 1 •

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