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Op-Ed
Mainstream Press’s Initial Coverage of Climate Bill Was a Lazy Distortion
If a news story catches your eye, read about it again a couple of weeks later -- and look beyond the main networks.
Mysterious Right-Wing Donor Drops $1.6 Billion Gift on Federalist Society Boss
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: It’s all about the money. Why? Because money writes the rules.
The Plea Bargain Originated as a Means to Undermine Working-Class Solidarity
By making jury trials obsolete, plea bargaining allows the American criminal legal system to run on autopilot.
COVID Is Still Rampant, But Big Pharma Will Soon Charge for Shots and Treatments
COVID isn’t gone, and it is about to get expensive.
Trump’s Political Blunders Could Be a Gift to Democrats in November
Trump thinks that it's always better to be in the news but never seems to understand when he motivates the opposition.
Despite Trump’s Legal Woes, GOP Political Candidates Are Leaping to His Defense
Yet Liz Cheney, who mostly supported Trump priorities, thinks the Republican Party will somehow reject Trumpism.
Facebook Is Collaborating With Cops to Criminalize Pregnancy Outcomes
Now that “Roe” has fallen, Facebook is taking a lead role in the surveillance and criminalization of pregnant people.
Britain’s Economic Unraveling May Be Boris Johnson’s Real Legacy
The combination of Brexit, the aftereffects of COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine has left the British economy weak.
Wealthy Donors Bankroll Christian Nationalists to Sustain Unregulated Capitalism
Funded by a 1 percent of megadonors and corporations, the religious right has grown to a grotesque size.
Working in Prison Fields Didn’t “Correct” Me, It Revealed the System’s Brutality
If one was paid to design a system that exacerbates trauma for vulnerable women, this would be the ideal model.