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.
US media fudge rebels’ Douma surrender date to imply alleged Assad chemical attack turned...
A shifting timeline to confirm U.S. propaganda.
Corporate owners are spoiling sports
Whatever the sport, the name of the game these days is the same: money.
The government is expanding its social media surveillance capabilities
But social media monitoring programs and the algorithms that power them aren’t effective — and may be discriminatory.
The liberal arts are not disposable
A spinoff of a forthcoming book from Johns Hopkins Press about the value of the liberal arts.
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, June 20, 2018
U.S. withdraws from Human Rights Council, Canada legalizes recreational marijuana, first ladies unite against family separation at the border, and more.
When women workers lead the way
Struggles past and present show the left how we can make the connection between the fight for women’s rights and the struggle for economic and social equality.
University of Oxford study concludes Trump’s supporters share widest range of known junk news
A new study concluded that "junk political news and information was concentrated among Trump's supports," which was "mapped from public Twitter and Facebook data."
A Global Battle of Values and Ideals
Unity, cooperation and tolerance; such qualities necessitate and encourage a shift away from a narrow ‘me first’ approach to living to an awareness and responsibility for society more broadly and the natural world.
Donald Trump Triggers a Media Civil War
The mainstream and right-wing press are melting down as they fumble coverage of the uncontrollable GOP frontrunner.