It's no new big news that we're living in an era of distraction. States are trying to clamp down on cell phones in schools, ...

I was looking for self-help advice in' "The Sirens' Call," an examination of the system widely monopolizing our time and ...

I read part of Chris Hayes’ book “The Sirens’ Call” while watching an NBA game. I wrote this story in short bursts, often ...

In this interview, the MSNBC host discusses Trump’s mastery of our age of attention, and his new book, The Sirens’ Call.

(Neither MSNBC nor NBC News independently confirmed The Hill’s report, though NBC News did report that she was confronting some opposition from Senate Republicans.) A month later, her problems ...

Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "Ministry of Truth: Democracy ...