The FCC Under Trump

President-elect Donald Trump announced that he will appoint Commissioned Brendan Carr as the next FCC Chair. Read more.

Empire of Purity: The History of Americans’ Global War on Prostitution by Eva Payne.

Eva Payne’s invaluable study, Empire of Purity, sheds fresh light on a critical moment of U.S. history, the late-19th and early-20th centuries, when the country transitioned into a world power. She … [Read More...]

The Need for an Enemy

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The FCC Under Trump

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DAVID ROSEN is a widely published author whose books include
Sex, Sin & Subversion: The Transformation of 1950s New York’s Forbidden into America’s New Normal (2016); Sex Scandal America: Politics & the Ritual of Public Shaming (2009); Off-Hollywood: The Making & Marketing of Independent Films (1991), originally commissioned by the Sundance Institute and the Independent Feature Project. He is author of many scholarly articles, book reviews and popular pieces on media-tech, telecom, politics, sex and American life.