The corporate media is directly profiting from Mike Bloomberg’s rise as he spends fortune...
"...I don’t think any person in American history has ever spent more money cultivating an image in the public of himself as has Michael Bloomberg."
27 U.S. Governors Refuse to Accept Refugees Fleeing Violence in Syria
In the wake of Friday’s attacks in Paris, governors of at least 27 U.S. states have said they will not accept Syrian refugees. Hear the reaction from Roula Allouch, national board chair of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
Honoring a victim’s memory on Workers’ Memorial Day
This is about prevention, not condemnation.
National (in)security
In the United States of inequality.
‘A beautiful moment:’ Arundhati Roy hails Indian Court legalizing gay sex, overturning Colonial Law
It's a major victory for LGBTQI groups.
#BlackFridays walkouts turn rage into action and community
This initiative, connected by the Twitter hashtag #BlackFridays, has resulted in a number of symbolic walkouts across the country led by a network of women of color.
In Haiti, Washington meddling missed by press
Haitian and foreign readers and viewers would be so much better served if corporate media could follow the advice of its own codes of ethics.
Preparing native youth to Steward Ancestral Lands
The Tribal Steward Program introduces young people to land conservation and restoration in Northwest tribal communities.
Meet the Two Journalists Facing Jail Time for Covering Pipeline Protests
Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and documentarian Deia Schlosberg have been arrested for committing journalism.
After the insurrection, America’s far-right groups get more extreme
The Conversation asked Matthew Valasik, a sociologist at Louisiana State University, and Shannon E. Reid, a criminologist at the University of North Carolina—Charlotte, to explain what right-wing extremist groups in the U.S. are doing.