Profit, not free speech, governs media companies’ decisions on controversy
Government rules and regulations do little to limit what television shows, films, music albums, video games and social media content are available to the public.
A modern-day lynching?: “Always in season” looks at 2014 hanging in NC & legacy...
A disturbing new documentary that examines lynching in the United States both past and present.
A political renaissance in Ethiopia: What should change look like?
This is a truly historic time for Ethiopia, general elections are scheduled to take place in 2020, between now and then the opportunity exists for a national debate to take place.
Press Freedom is under threat in the land of its birth
Hong Kong looks freer than the U.S. these days.
Trump administration revives public charge clause that kept Nazi-era refugees from the US
The Trump administration is as likely to succeed in communicating what it wants to lower-level officials as was the Nazi-era State Department.
Let’s reframe individual action as political strategy
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad.
Study Confirms Network Evening Newscasts Have Abandoned Policy Coverage For 2016 Campaign
It’s troubling that the networks have decided this year to walk away from their responsibility to help inform voters about key issues of public concern.
TV stations follow John Oliver’s lead in the movement to forgive medical debt
How former debt collectors showed everyone how to buy up people’s medical debt at pennies on the dollar.
Chelsea Manning: We got this
"We need to start pushing back. And the way we do that is by focusing on the systemic problems."
Tennessee legislators strip $250.000 from Memphis for removing Confederate statues
Republican-dominated House in Tennessee voted to strip away $250,000 from Memphis’ bicentennial celebration next year in retaliation for removing the historical monuments.