Spring 2003

Manufacturing Violence
Liane Casten comments

The Midwest Forum on Media Ownership
Karen Young reports

Business and Politics:
Age-Old Bedfellows
Daniel Glicken traces the history of big businesses' collusion with government

Who Controls the Tap?
Political and business interests continue to plague the world water crisis

The Looming Crisis in Pension Retirement Funds
by Bill Fortsch

Winter 2002

President's Statement
Liane Casten comments on the happenings at our November conference on propaganda

Personal Observations on the Conference
By CMW board member Joan Levin

Is Chicago Becoming a Police State
Emile Schepers comments on the security surrounding the Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue

Confessions of a Wimp
Margaret Nagel braves the anti-TABD protests

Fall 2002

Propaganda: The Art of War
By James Sandrolini

9-11: Unanswered Questions
The intelligence failure, the petroleum connection, insider trading – these and many more questions mandate thorough investigation by Congress and the media. Liane Casten reports

WLUW Woes Shrouded in Loyola Secrecy
By James Sandrolini

War on Terrorism,
or War on Truth?
Margaret Nagel decodes Bushspeak

The Tribune Machine
An insatiable appetite for media monopoly

Bias of the Buzzsaw
Book review by John K. Wilson

Summer 2002

The Drug War's Toll
on the Black Community
by Tribune columnist Salim Muwakkil

The Truth Behind America's Love Affair with the War on Drugs
by Liane Casten

McKinney's Rebel Yell
James Sandrolini reveals the truth about Cynthia McKinney's "loony statements"

The Untold Protest
Margaret Nagel reports on the 100,000-strong April peace march and rally in Washington, D.C.

Is the Media Beating the War Drum for an Attack on Iraq?
Kari Lydersen reports

Budget Blowout for Military Might
The government's military agenda

Coup Coverage
by a Co-opted Press
How the White House and the media missed the boat on Venezuelan politics

U.S. Ignores Global Warming
By Kari Lydersen

On the Brink of Disaster
Dave Kraft reports on the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste crisis

CAN TV Fights for Funds
Cable company RCN refuses to pay for public access. Kari Lydersen reports

Spring 2002

A Year of Shame
George W. Bush's first year in office

The War in America
As the nation's attention is diverted to the war on terror, unspeakable crimes are being committed

One-Sided Journalism
Ray Hanania comments on the Middle East news coverage in Chicago

Sanction Busters
Unjustified sanctions on Iraq and media apathy

Evildoers, Inc.
Inside the Enron scandal, where business and politics sleep together

Enron: The Chicago Media Perspective

The Bias of Bias
Bernard Goldberg's new book of lies

Winter 2001

Patriotic Correctness
The media becomes cheerleader for war and repression

The Government Targets Dissent
Anti-terrorism legislation that looms ahead

Why Do They Hate Us?
U.S. role in Middle East regimes incites Muslim anger

All Eyes on the Prize
Middle East oil shapes American foreign policy

The War Profiteers
Corporations use the 9/11 tragedy as excuse to plunder America

The FCC Attack on the Freedom of the Press
By Robert McChesney

Fighting for Our Freedom of Thought and Expression
New targets for wartime repression

Gore Wins!
Why the media refuse to admit Bush's defeat

Fall 2001

The Chicago Seven
Corporations that rule Chicago's media

Media Monopoly (PDF file) Just how much is controlled by the Chicago Seven? Find out from this map

A Guide to Alternative Media in Chicago

The Two Sides of Katharine Graham
Was she really a champion of the First Amendment?

Legal Fictions
The rise of corporate power in America

John Stossel, Corporate Journalist
A PR flack in disguise as a journalist

When Corporations Rule the World
Book review by Liane Casten