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.
Incentive
I don’t think that the solution is to treat everyone exactly alike, because that eliminates incentives.
After youth activists storm their offices, 13 more House members agree to support a...
By day’s end, Sunrise had racked up nearly 150 arrests and support from the likely new leader of the House Rules Committee.
A jubilee moment in pandemic America?
The poetry of a movement to change this country...
Low-paid workers are unionizing. Corporations are spending a ton to stop them.
A record number of workers are trying to form labor unions, a Center for Public Integrity analysis shows. Corporate America is alarmed.
The first guaranteed basic income program designed for single black moms
The Magnolia Mothers Trust is the first of its kind that specifically targets single Black mothers.
Why is Ali the last American hero?
At least once a week, a stranger writing a book, magazine article, newspaper feature, or blog; representing a documentary film, radio serial,...
Police are still killing unarmed black people
So far this year, 390 people have been killed by police, according to a Washington Post database of police shootings.
The incredible belief that corporate ownership does not influence media content
As Sen. Bernie Sanders (CJR, 8/26/19) has recently noted, corporate ownership of media interferes with the core societal function of the press: reporting...
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."