Spreading hate and bigotry: WSJ and NYT’s offensive pieces ignite fury over Islamophobic narratives
In a world where headlines often shape perceptions, two leading newspapers' recent pieces have sparked a fierce debate over the role of media in perpetuating Islamophobia and bigotry, challenging us to confront the shadows cast by biased narratives.
On a Philippine island, indigenous groups take the fight to big palm oil
After years of struggling against the odds for the rights to their land, the indigenous peoples of Palawan appear to be making progress.
Trump’s FCC has paved the way for a giant, local Fox News
Relaxed media consolidation rules have allowed Sinclair Broadcasting to buy Tribune Media, creating a local news behemoth with a conservative bent.
AP Smears Trump
“This AP article is extremely vague about what it is alleging, or who was behind the allegations, but it does provide several hints regarding whether its main sources were from the Trump campaign, or from the Clinton campaign, or both equally.”
APA Suggests Boosting Creativity Can Improve Health Efficiently
Creativity is highly contagious, the more it is performed, the more it spreads. Ever wondered about the miracles of creativity and art...
How to counter the growing threat of agent provocateurs
Those who want movements to fail will try to lure them into violence. A new handbook shows how to reduce that risk.
Progressive Briefing for Friday, July 20, 2018
Progressives go big on Medicare for All, California Supreme court squashes splitting the state into two, Zinke takes a wrecking ball to the Endangered Species Act, and more.
Attempt to close Al-Jazeera is an attack on freedom of expression, UN says
The channel has become part of Qatar’s grand strategy, and asking them to close it down is like asking Switzerland to close its banks.
The cleaning lady
She works hard for her money, as the song relates. She's the cleaning lady, the one who gets on her knees and...
California approves net neutrality law, defying FCC
21 states and the District of Columbia are suing the FCC in an attempt to reverse their decision to repeal net neutrality.