How awesome is ‘awesome’?
Will the U.S. military under Lloyd Austin's leadership recover its long-lost awesomeness?
Social media giants’ climate misinformation policies leave users ‘in the dark’: report
"Despite half of U.S. and U.K. adults getting their news from social media, social media companies have not taken the steps necessary to fight industry-backed deception," reads the report.
Myths And Facts About HB 2 — The Anti-Choice Law That Could Overturn Abortion...
In covering Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, some media outlets have relied on right-wing media talking points purporting false claims. Here are the facts.
The media and the earthquake
Our critic despairs of political coverage ever being put back together again.
Merry Christmas: Right-wingers, the Red Pope and Jesus
Rationality doesn't seem to be included in the liturgy of right-wingers' political church.
CNN and Fox News use the same climate change denier to talk science
It seems to be a media rule: If you’re “not a scientist,” pick the wrong one you like as your go-to authority.
Our culture of violence is a result of Americans (so far) not having to...
Here’s something to grouse about.
Teaching ‘Les Misérables’ in prison
The novel gave them a lens to view their lives and a ruling system every bit as cruel as Hugo’s 19th-century France.
Spreading wealth to maintain consumption
What will happen if robots, AI, and automation displace a huge percentage of workers. How will there be enough consumers to buy all the goods and services produced if there is a big drop in earnings?
In an unequal America, empathy, not just housing, has become too pricey
Empathy for the plight of the homeless, meanwhile, is withering away, particularly among society’s most fortunate, as the social distance between that top and the rest of society widens.