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The Hidden Costs of US Air War
When Russian air strikes kill civilians in Syria, it is big news in US newspapers, but there is near-total silence when US bombs kill civilians in Iraq or Syria.
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The Mainstream Media’s Big Disconnect: Why They Don’t Get Middle America
The journalists covering the elections are out of touch and missing this year's big stories.
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How Sanders Could Lay the Foundation for a Third US Political Party
A new, independently financed political party could make Bernie Sanders' call for “political revolution” more than a dream.
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Whistleblowers and Leak Activists Face Powerful Elites in Struggle to Control Information
The struggle over controlling this kind of information is one of the great conflicts of our times.
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Jamie Dimon Tells Us We Need to Leave Too-Big-to-Fail Banks Alone
Dimon writes grandiose letters to shareholders. Unfortunately, the financial media takes them seriously.
Court’s Decision on Recording Police Erodes First Amendment Rights and Transparency
The right to record police activities is an increasingly vital digital rights issue.
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William Rivers Pitt | “Good” Television: Why the Networks Want Clinton v. Trump
Editors, columnists and producers are rubbing their hands together as they do all they can to steer the situation toward a Trump v. Clinton contest.
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Panama Papers Controversy Offers an Opportunity to Push for Transparency
Politically, what is criminal about the Panama Papers is what people can do legally.
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Why the National Enquirer’s Hot Air Is Filling the Mainstream Media’s Balloon
The allegations against Ted Cruz shows how politics and media have become part of show business.
Happy Endings and Innocence: Media Myths of Mass Incarceration
James Kilgore says that pop culture works to poorly frame the crisis of mass incarceration as one about “innocence,” as opposed to one of human rights.