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The Digital Divide
An investigation by nonprofit newsroom The Markup found that four internet providers disproportionately offered lower-income and least-White neighbor…
3 years, 6 months ago
The F Word (Rebroadcast)
Early in the pandemic, weight was named a risk factor for severe covid-19. But what if the greater risk is poor medical treatment for fat people? Thi…
3 years, 7 months ago
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What counts as media? For us, its any medium through which we express ourselves — whether from one to one, from one to many, or just from one... to o…
3 years, 7 months ago
At What Cost?
A jury recently ordered Alex Jones to pay nearly one billion dollars to the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook shooting. On this week’s On the…
3 years, 7 months ago
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee
Monday was Indigenous People’s Day, renamed from Columbus day to honor the lives and history lost to centuries of colonization. Often the stories sha…
3 years, 7 months ago
So Sue Me
This week, two cases headed to the Supreme Court that could change the internet as we know it. On this week’s On the Media, a look at the legal gray …
3 years, 7 months ago
Still Loading...
Are the women-led protests in Iran powerful enough to force change when past attempts have failed? On this week’s On the Media, a look at the moments…
3 years, 7 months ago
In John Waters' Home (But Not In His Colon)
John Waters is the writer and director of such cult classics like Pink Flamingos, Serial Mom, and his biggest mainstream success, Hairspray. He’s bee…
3 years, 7 months ago
Case Closed?
Adnan Syed, the subject of the hit podcast Serial, left prison this week after serving two decades for a murder conviction. On this week’s On the Med…
3 years, 8 months ago
No. The Medieval Times Were Not All Game of Thrones
Today, when we encounter the medieval world it’s mostly a dark time. Un-enlightened by reason, but also literally gloomy – all bare stone and grey sk…
3 years, 8 months ago