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Company Behind Iowa Caucus App Has a Deeply Troubling Plan to Manipulate Voters
The company plans to feed voters strategic “local” news based on their online activity.
The Internet Is Widely Accessible in Cuba. Why Is the US Insisting It Isn’t?
The only access Cuba blocks is to right-wing anti-government propaganda coming out of the U.S.
MSNBC Anchor Chuck Todd Is Under Fire for Comparing Sanders Supporters to Nazis
Chuck Todd cited a right-wing columnist's description of Sanders's online supporters as a “digital brownshirt brigade.”
MSNBC Host Skewered for Ludicrous Remarks on Sanders’s Democratic Socialism
Chris Matthews suggested that a Bernie Sanders victory would lead to public executions of establishment politicians.
Journalistic “Objectivity” Is Being Weaponized to Silence Oppressed People
Anything that encourages us to be less curious is a dangerous thing, says former “Marketplace” reporter Lewis Wallace.
The Green New Deal Could Revolutionize Theater
A New Green Federal Theater would herald an expansive, eco-centered consciousness in art and culture.
Media Attacks Aren’t Slowing Sanders’s Surge — They’re Showing His Independence
Corporate media outlets are trying desperately to shape public opinion as the efficacy of their propaganda wanes.
10 Years After His Passing, Howard Zinn Remains a Threat to the Status Quo
In popular culture and in classrooms, Zinn's ideas have been steadily gaining ground.
Is the New James Bond Film Just More Neoliberal Hype?
James Bond ultimately serves the interests of that small, real-life group of people he pretends to want to vanquish.
Bolsonaro’s Brazil Says Glenn Greenwald’s Journalism Is a Cybercrime
His investigation revealed damning insight into the campaign that paved the way for the election of Jair Bolsonaro.