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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?
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The Culling of the American Herd
A Harvard/CUNY report that predicted as many as 17,000 Americans may die as a result of some states refusing to expand their Medicaid programs under Obamacare has received little …
It’s the Money, Honey
While global garment industry revenue represents the lion's share of many countries' exports and GDP, the workers who make the garments almost never make a living wage - and …
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Detroit, The Walking Dead and the Tea Party
The television series “The Walking Dead” serves as a metaphor for the destruction of the middle class and political/social forces in today's world.
Unintended – and Anti-Social – Consequences of Social Media Use
Social-media profits contribute to anti-social behavior, including tax avoidance, gentrification and big bucks to anti-democratic causes.