This Article Is Not About Donald Trump
The menu of the news, as presently defined, lowers your chance of understanding the world.
The Intellectuals We Abandon
"One of the many cruelties of corporate capitalism is that it has abandoned the poor and, among them, the gifted intellectuals I teach."
The US Corporate Media are Essentially Propaganda Organs of the US Government
Can the US corporate media, particularly when it comes to foreign affairs, but also when it comes to matters like intelligence and domestic spying, be trusted to present the truth?
Black leaders express ‘profound indignation’ over Schumer and Pelosi’s failure to defend Maxine Waters...
"We write to share our profound indignation and deep disappointment over your recent failure to protect Congresswoman Waters from unwarranted attacks from the Trump administration and others in the GOP."
Progressive Briefing for Friday, August 3, 2018
7 hospitalized after pipeline explosion, Senate Democrats agree to major military spending, White House rolls back fuel economy standards, and more.
Corporate media join in editorializing for Press Freedom…for themselves
Mainstream media hypocrisy on display.
From farm to table, women in the US food system are speaking up about...
The U.S. food sector depends heavily on immigrant labor and is also the lowest-paid and most exploited one in the nation.
As camp fire death toll rises, meet the prisoners making $1 an hour to...
They make just a dollar an hour battling on the front lines but are rarely eligible to get jobs as firefighters after their release.
Should there be a maximum income?
What, after all, is the guiding light of society?
Ceasar: Grief and challenge
The intersection of guns, drugs, poverty, scant education, substandard health care, high unemployment, and corruption are literally producing conditions that invariably redound the hardest and worst on young people of color.