What George Carlin taught us about media propaganda by omission
George Carlin’s quip reminds us to demand the other score: the horrific cost of our unequal and unsustainable status quo.
Donald Trump’s hotel bans press for the inauguration, raising first amendment concerns
Throughout the 2016 campaign and into the transition, Trump has made his hostility to the press a centerpiece of his political strategy.
Big Pharma is the most widely hated industry in the US
With drug prices continuing to sore and the ongoing opioid epidemic and lawsuits associated with it, the industry's rating likely will not recover any time soon.
Economist Joseph Stiglitz: Capitalism hasn’t been working for most people for the last 40...
"We haven’t been challenged, to put it in a way. But we are being challenged now, because so many people have done so poorly."
From the 80s to today, the top 1 percent gain trillions, while the rest...
"Between 1989 and 2018, the top 1 percent increased its total net worth by $21 trillion."
Massive broadcast merger between Sinclair, Tribune has many worried about propaganda
The Sinclair-Tribune merger would bypass the congressional cap set at 39 percent, but because of an FCC loophole, only a portion of Sinclair’s current stations are considered in the count.
Racism: Are we all prejudice?
Prejudice then is a form of conditioning; it is discrimination or bias unconsciously expressed in varying degrees, fueling hurtful destructive patterns of behavior and social division.
Honoring two men just brought down by the coronavirus pandemic
John Prine and Bernie Sanders have left a legacy, the importance of which cannot be ignored.
5 ways to address internalized white supremacy and its impact on health
In this era of multiple pandemics, discussing the impact of internalized racism on our health is crucial to furthering Black resistance, healing and emancipation.
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.