Stories by Megan Tady
Megan Tady is a National Political Reporter for InTheseTimes.com. Previously, she worked as a reporter for the NewStandard, where she published nearly 100 articles in one year. Megan has also written for Clamor, CommonDreams, E Magazine, Maisonneuve, PopandPolitics, and Reuters.
Posted on Nov 1, 2010, Source: In These Times
The merits of female candidacies should be based solely on experience and policy positions, regardless of their party affiliation or ideology.
Posted on May 3, 2010, Source: Free Press
It appears Obama's head of the FCC is wavering to pressure from the largest cable and phone companies, against universal internet access.
Posted on Mar 12, 2010, Source: FAIR
Our media powerhouses aren’t ready to evolve, and they’re prepared to sabotage content, creativity and innovation to avoid doing so.
Posted on Jul 20, 2009, Source: AlterNet
"I want an Internet that gives everyone an opportunity to create their own content, and go wherever they choose on the Web."
Posted on Apr 14, 2009, Source: Internet for Everyone
Even in some of our most tech-savvy wired cities, millions of people do not have high-speed Internet in their homes or businesses.
Posted on Mar 3, 2009, Source: Internet for Everyone
A documentary series on the digital divide in America with interviews reveals the vital social and economic justice role internet access plays.
Posted on Nov 24, 2007, Source: AlterNet
A new technology to capture carbon from power plants and store it underground has been dubbed a miracle cure for global warming. But critics think it puts us in more danger.
Posted on Oct 11, 2007, Source: The American Prospect
A slow wheel is beginning to turn in Congress in favor of forcing Big Pharma to disclose the amount of change it's dropping into doctors' pockets.
Posted on Sep 18, 2007, Source: In These Times
How current policies favor giant shipping companies and agribusinesses over the starving populations they are supposed to serve.
Posted on Sep 3, 2007, Source: In These Times
A recent victory for coal plants in Texas is just another reminder of how "compromise" with polluters won't get the environmental movement anywhere.
Posted on Aug 4, 2007, Source: In These Times
In the battle over whether the people or corporations should control public water, residents of Stockton, Calif., won a huge victory.
Posted on Apr 16, 2007, Source: The NewStandard
A new report shows a dramatic increase in greenhouse-gas emissions in the United States since 1990.
Posted on Mar 19, 2007, Source: The NewStandard
While the U.S. government and some corporations are finally acknowledging global climate change, some critics say partnering with such forces may "tame" the movement's goals and strategies.
Posted on Mar 5, 2007, Source: The NewStandard
As the ice they depend on for their way of life melts away around them, indigenous people of the Arctic are taking a crack at Washington in international court.
Posted on Feb 10, 2007, Source: The NewStandard
Suspicious of government assurances that a planned desert explosion in Utah will not rekindle radioactive fallout from past events, Westerners and Native Americans want the plan halted.
Posted on Aug 30, 2006, Source: The NewStandard
Bayer CropScience kept it a secret that its genetically modified rice contaminated public food supplies. The government was only too happy to help.
Posted on Aug 21, 2006, Source: The NewStandard
Right now, there is no standardized federal preparedness plan for disabled people, so when a Katrina-level disaster strikes again, many will be left in the cold.
Posted on Aug 2, 2006, Source: The NewStandard
The IRS has announced a drastic cut in staff who audit the tax returns of the super-rich -- Bush's gift to his wealthy supporters.
Posted on May 23, 2004, Source: WireTap
All across the country, college students are being denied the right to vote in their adopted hometowns -- effectively banning them from local politics.
Posted on Apr 26, 2004, Source: WireTap
The Oregon Bus Project is the free-wheeling, grassroots-shaking, democracy-flouting, politically-charged answer to what a small group of progressive activists saw as a crisis in their state.
Posted on Oct 7, 2003, Source: WireTap
Janneth can never go home. She crossed the river between Mexico and Texas four years ago, a yellow brick road of raging water.
Posted on Oct 4, 2003, Source: WireTap
Day Eight of the Immigrant Workers' Freedom Ride.
Posted on Oct 3, 2003, Source: WireTap
Empty promises from Senators Dick Durbin and Jesse Jackson, Jr.
Posted on Oct 1, 2003, Source: WireTap
Like many young people in the United States, Rafael is undocumented and not allowed to attend college because of his illegal status.
Posted on Sep 30, 2003, Source: WireTap
Day Three of the Immigrant Workers' Freedom Ride.
Posted on Sep 28, 2003, Source: WireTap
Day Two of the Immigrant Workers' Freedom Ride.
Posted on Sep 27, 2003, Source: WireTap
Day One of the Immigrant Workers' Freedom Ride.
Posted on Sep 25, 2003, Source: WireTap
Four decades after the Freedom Rides of the 1960s, people are back on the buses to demand justice with the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride.
Posted on Nov 30, -1, Source: WireTap
Day Four of the Immigrant Workers' Freedom Ride.
