Explainers

The president and his enablers have used their power to bully tech companies into letting Trump’s lies run unimpeded across social media.

On the heels of Prime Day, we’re shining a light on Amazon’s dirtiest deeds and calling for divestment from this morally bankrupt company.

News Voices: New Jersey’s aim is to address systemic barriers — and prepare the ground for an accessible and resilient local-media ecosystem to take root.

Trump’s executive order would undermine this law and force social-media sites to amplify his lies and propaganda with little fact checking or contextualizing.

Now that the federal-eviction moratorium has expired, millions are primed to lose their homes. On top of that, families are struggling to pay their broadband bills.

News Voices: Colorado is launching to help strengthen local news in a state that's seen widespread newsroom closures and journalist layoffs.

Fox’s toxic brand of racism, disinformation and coronavirus conspiracy theories could cost lives. But as its audience grows, it’s lured in new advertisers.

Incarcerated people are suffering in isolation during the pandemic. It’s past time for Congress to cap prison-phone rates to keep families connected.

Civil-rights icon John Lewis recognized that protecting the open internet is a critical racial-justice issue.

Donald Trump is once again using Twitter to incite anti-Black hate. If Twitter really cares about Black lives, it must turn off his microphone.