Culture

"I shouldn't be laughing, but it's just so bizarre."

If we were to step back from the diversionary label of journalism and evaluate the deeper ideological commitments that shape mainstream news, what are they really? Robert Jensen evaluates an organization’s coverage of environmental news.

Colbert managed to continue raising awareness for the hurricane survivors in Puerto Rico while raising $1 million in less than a week.

As momentum for impeachment builds, By the People is working to ensure that Trump’s removal is a truly transformative moment in our history.

Hispanics and the other racial minorities will be the country’s main demographic engine of population change in future years; this is the most significant demographic change Americans will see.

The sweeping shift from the $10-billion cereal market to healthier alternatives is, in fact, an enormous, grassroots victory, driven by the organic movement.

The people in power let the rich grow richer while the poor keep suffering.

In a recent study, we explored whether the race of mass shooters influences how the media depict their crime, their motivations and their lives.

Teresa Shook, one of the founders of the Women’s March movement, called for the removal of the four national co-chairs and accused them of allowing “anti-Semitism, anti-LBGTQIA sentiment and hateful, racist rhetoric to become a part of the platform.”

The 'booming economy' has done “little to narrow the persistent economic disparities by race, education, and geography.”