Public spaces private control
The world of Neoliberalism attempts to reduce everything to a commodity, but public spaces are not simply a financial asset to be sold off to the highest bidder.
In unearthed audio, Tucker Carlson makes numerous misogynistic and perverted comments
During interviews on Bubba The Love Sponge, Carlson said he "love[s]" the idea of young girls sexually experimenting, used sexist terms to refer to a number of women, and defended statutory rape.
Russian propaganda? The new era of mainstream conspiracy theory
While it is true that Russia, China and other rival countries engage in espionage and propaganda, their efforts to change American minds pale in comparison to the stenography of the US and other Western media.
Trump admin’s move to delay placing Harriet Tubman on $20 bill is ‘rooted in...
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin made the announcement last week, saying Tubman won’t appear on the bill until at least 2026.
Violence against the media isn’t new – history shows why it largely disappeared and...
What these occurrences share, and what they’re illustrating, is a profound hatred towards purveyors of journalism.
21st Century Amerika, A Reality Show
“As our cities and towns crumble, literally and financially, we are ready to anoint one of these two predators as the new stooge of empire.”
Racial inequalities contribute to higher unemployment rates in black communities, new research reveals
The "devastating effects of COVID-19 on the economic and physical well-being of black Americans were entirely predictable given persistent economic and health disparities."
What’s stopping media from calling Las Vegas killer a ‘terrorist’? His whiteness
Like other mass shooters before him, Stephen Paddock has the benefit of White privilege even in the most vicious of circumstances.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, June 25, 2018
Poor People's Campaign marches on Washington, Saudi Arabia lifts the ban on women driving, Sarah Huckabee Sanders is kicked out of a restaurant, and more.
“You’re gonna kill me”: Bodycam video shows Dallas officers mocking man as he died...
“They don’t tend to spend money on the front end to prevent tragedies such as this.”