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Fourteen Propaganda Techniques Fox “News” Uses to Brainwash Americans
When access to quality information is willfully or unintentionally obstructed, democracy itself is degraded.
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)
A History of Happiness
Most Americans today consider happiness not only something that would be nice to have but something we ought to have.
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.