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Will the Press Let Chris Christie Clear Himself?
We'll soon see if the press uses the new, one-sided report to return to its days of glowing Christie coverage.
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Racializing Lung Function
Lundy Braun's “Breathing Race into the Machine” traces the peculiar history of how 19th century research on lung capacity laid the foundation for a “scientific” framing of racial difference …
Egypt’s Courts Further Repression With Journalists on Trial and Mass Death Sentence for Morsi Supporters
Egypt is facing international criticism after the largest mass sentencing in its modern history.
Racism and Dishonesty in “Post-Racial” America: An Interview With Kiese Laymon
Novelist Kiese Laymon is brutally honest about his experiences growing up black in the South.
What Media Should Know About Hobby Lobby and the Fight for Contraceptive Access
Hobby Lobby, a secular, for-profit corporation, plans to wrongly argue before the Supreme Court today that emergency contraception, a form of preventive service like birth control that all health …
Why Is It That So Many Reporters Seem To Know So Little About Obamacare?
A great many reporters and editors at our most esteemed media outlets know very little about the policies available in the Exchanges.
On the Subjects’ Side: Photographer and Author Builder Levy
Photographer and author Builder Levy talks about Emmet Till, Appalachia and the intersections of photography and politics.
Paul Craig Roberts on Crimea, US Foreign Policy and the Transformation of Mainstream Media
Paul Craig Roberts, former assistant secretary of the treasury under Ronald Reagan, argues that there's no evidence the American people support Washington's meddling in Ukraine.
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Dismissal of Lawsuit Legitimizes Blatantly Racist Concert Promotion Policies
For 114 years, The William Morris Agency has perpetuated overtly racist policies. Now Leonard Rowe has filed commercial liens against the agency.
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Google for Media? How Big Tech Is Shaping Journalism
We are just entering the era when high-tech companies own, control and actively participate in mainstream media. Is that a good thing?