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NPR Scandal Reversal: The Raw Footage Shows Something Else
This just in…. When I wrote a piece the other day about a scandal rocking National Public Radio over “inappropriate” comments NPR fundraising executives make on edited hidden-camera footage, …
Freedom for the Thought That We Hate
Many of the US Supreme Court's most important decisions upholding free speech involve the most hateful speech imaginable, testing our national commitment to the First Amendment. Five years …
Philanthro-Feudalism Is the Future!
More GRITtv China's new economic plan is a relic of the past. It focuses on raising standards of living. How quaint!
Japan Facing Biggest Catastrophe Since Dawn of Nuclear Age
Japan remains in a state of emergency three days after a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit the country. An estimated 10,000 people have died, and Japan is facing the …
E.J. Dionne, Jr. | The High Cost of a Broken Metaphor
Washington - “We're broke.” You can practically break a search engine if you start looking around the Internet for those words. They're used repeatedly with reference to our local, …
Rabbi Michael Lerner: A Quarter Century Devoted to Repairing the World
Political activist, editor of Tikkun - the progressive Jewish interfaith magazine based in Berkeley, California - and rabbi of Beyt Tikkun Synagogue of San Francisco, Michael Lerner spoke with …
Radioactive Releases in Japan Could Last Months, Experts Say
Washington - As the scale of Japan’s nuclear crisis begins to come to light, experts in Japan and the United States say the country is now facing a cascade …
The Corporate-GOP Attack on America’s Middle Class
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's autocratic attempt to abrogate the democratic right of public employees to bargain with their governmental bosses is not wearing well with the public. Recent polls …
Is Egypt the Future IndoTurkeZil? So Many Ways to Strut Your Democratic Stuff in a New World
Three mummies were recently found in an underground temple in Luxor, Egypt. Translated hieroglyphs identified them as the Clash of Civilizations, the End of History, and Islamophobia. They ruled …
The Key to Rebuilding Workers’ Power: Unrig the Rules
The battle in Wisconsin over the rights of public-sector workers holds the potential to reawaken workers across the country to demand their fair share of the economic pie. This …