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Reviewing “The Watchdog That Didn’t Bark: The Financial Crisis and the Disappearance of Investigative Journalism“
Barking dogs and sinking ships: Journalism's search for metaphor and meaning.
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Brown Is the New Black
Fashions come and go. And this year, across the broad swath of Eurasia, fascism is in.
Sheppard Air Force Base: Uncounted Costs of Privatizing Government Services
Presidents Clinton and Bush supported the privatization of public services even when there was no credible evidence that the private sector cost less or delivered superior quality.
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A Panicked Press Turns Economics Into a Morality Play
The ever-changing reasons for a never-changing policy suggest that we aren't really talking about policy analysis.
Retrieving a Moral Comportment in an Age of Violence and Bullying
The Canadian government recently expressed the desire to address cyber-bullying through criminal code reform. It would be more effective to retrieve a more potent sense of moral accountability in …
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The Debate: Independence or Partisanship
The relationship between the Democratic Party and people working for change may result in getting the progressive agenda onto the political agenda.
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How a 12-Year-Old Homeless Girl Helped More Than 400 Children Find Safer Shelter
After more than a decade of repeated citations for deplorable conditions at New York City homeless shelters, more than 400 children and their families are being moved from the …
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A Transparent Shame: Why Isn’t This Watergate II?
A select Senate committee is charged with overseeing CIA skullduggery to insure, among other things, that it stays within the stretched confines of the Constitution. The CIA …
After Unprecedented Claim of Legislative Immunity, Vukmir Releases ALEC Records, Pays Damages
After nearly a year of litigation, the Center for Media and Democracy has settled its open records lawsuit against American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) National Board member and Wisconsin …
Stuck in the Bluff: The Controversy of Needle Exchange Programs
With hundreds of programs across the US and throughout the world, some states still view distributing needles as illegal.