News Industry

The crusading liberal magazine had planned to lay off its staff after its nonprofit board voted to shut down. But it reversed course on Wednesday.

The 68-year-old progressive publication, which published Ronnie Dugger, Molly Ivins and Kaye Northcott, hit financial troubles and wasn’t able to broaden its audience, board members said.

A technology and democracy expert said that while the platform has promise, users need to try it themselves and better understand how it works before allowing it to guide their news consumption habits.

We have a constitutional right to the free press. But with a government that increasingly obfuscates what is going on, and routinely misses the mark on…