Ted Morgan

Ted (Edward P.) Morgan is professor of political science at Lehigh University and the author of What Really Happened to the 1960s: How Mass Media Culture Failed American Democracy.

Op-Ed

Fifty Years Ago: A Turning Point in Civil Rights, the 1960s and US Politics

As we observe important 50-year anniversaries, we are also losing awareness of the power and potential of direct political action.

By: Ted Morgan ,; Truthout

November 8, 2014

News Analysis

Hidden History: The War on Poverty at 50

Despite mass media attention to the War on Poverty at 50, its centerpiece, the Community Action Program, is ignored.

By: Ted Morgan ,; Truthout

February 25, 2014

Op-Ed

Edward Snowden and the Media: the Big Picture

The commercial mass media are in their element now with the Edward Snowden revelations.A highly controversial issue framed as national security vs. individual liberty, a dramatic figure to focus …