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An Informed and Educated Electorate
Before the Reagan presidency, it was possible for any American student with academic competence to attend college and graduate without debt.
Bill Moyers on His Legendary Journalism Career: “Democracy Should Be a Brake on Unbridled Greed and Power“
Bill Moyers, July 21, 1965. (Photo: Yoichi Okamoto / Wikimedia)
Racialized Memories and Class Identities – Thinking About Glenn Beck’s and Rush Limbaugh’s America
Racism today has been both reconfigured and made invisible with regard to its real victims.
The Case for Socialism
It's obvious that if you repeat something often enough, in an authoritative voice, listeners will begin to believe what you say. That’s the theory behind both advertising and …
Tribes and Skies
Among things that TV did indeed change, Calvino suggests, is the way we view our leaders.
Stupid People With Guns
Angry, stupid and armed can turn out to be a pretty ridiculous combination.
The Voice of Lorna’s Silence
The film is a letter from the liquid modern world and one I would dearly have wished to write myself.
Ann Coulter and Blowhard Politics
The reduction of politics today to the simple matter of ensuring that blowhards can utter stupid things is truly pervasive.
Free Press Haven: Iceland May Soon Become Utopia for Journalists and Publishers
Icelandic members of parliament have plans to transform their crisis-ridden North-Atlantic nation into a sanctuary for publishers, production companies and information technology firms from around the world.
Albert Camus: I Rebel, Therefore We Exist
Half a century has passed without Albert Camus' poignant, nagging and prodding, provoking and invigorating comments.