CEO pay is up nearly 1000% over the last four decades
"The economy would suffer no harm if CEOs were paid less (or taxed more)."
The retired General who stopped a Wall Street coup
General Smedley Butler blew the whistle on a millionaire-led effort to oust FDR and the New Deal.
White nationalism, born in the USA, is now a global threat
Nationalist terror is a danger to the domestic security of the United States and, evidence shows, a global terror threat that endangers the very nature of global democratic society.
Thieves in the suites
After all, some of society's most inventive minds are flimflammers, Ponzi-schemers, gamers and embezzlers.
America’s Shkreli problem
What, if anything, does Martin Shkreli’s downfall tell us about modern America?
Myths and facts: Trump’s separation of families and detention of children at the US-Mexico...
Media Matters has gathered and debunked the most common strains of misinformation attempting to whitewash the cruel and unusual practice.
New Fox News National Poll Shows Bernie Sanders Leading Hillary Clinton
The new poll is the first to show Clinton trailing Sanders. Similar polls show Bernie behind, but closing the gap.
How Spanish can help us survive viral times
A journey into the heart of a language we need now more than ever.
Race of mass shooters influences how the media cover their crimes, new study shows
In a recent study, we explored whether the race of mass shooters influences how the media depict their crime, their motivations and their lives.
The DNA industry and the disappearing Indian
Today’s policy attacks on Native rights reproduce the same misunderstandings of race that the DNA industry is now so assiduously promoting.