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Dollarocracy: Corporate Cash in Politics
The cost of American democracy is the most expensive in the world.
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Why the Washington Post’s New Ties to the CIA Are So Ominous
The Post is supposed to expose CIA secrets. But Amazon is under contract to keep them.
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The Ideology Problem: Thomas Patterson’s Failed Technocratic Dream for Journalism
Thomas Patterson's new book avoids the most crippling affliction of mainstream journalism in the United States: “The Ideology Problem.”
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Beyond Net Neutrality: Grassroots Voices Tell Tom Wheeler What’s Up
Activists lined up recently to tell new FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler how telecom policies affect their lives.
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What FOX NEWS and Hannity Blocked Me from Saying: Mumia as Fuel for Right-Wing Agenda
Like the struggle that freed Mandela, the fight to free Mumia is bound up in the struggle to build a better world.
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Journalism Is Action
Maya Schenwar: Stories are acts, and acts have impacts, and when we report on something, we are putting the existence of that something out into the universe.
Washington’s Millionaire Boyz Club
Michael Winship: It's all about location, location, location. Especially if your location is Capitol Hill.
Mine Featured in “Coal” Reality TV Show Cited for Labor Law Violations
The National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint against Cobalt Coal and two other entities, charging that the companies subverted unions in pursuit of profit.
Fakethrough! GMOs and the Capitulation of Science Journalism
While the media in general has recently taken much criticism, for trivializing news and other flaws, the science media has somehow escaped serious attention.
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What “American Hustle” Doesn’t Tell You About ABSCAM
For Arab Americans, this was the story of ABSCAM. It was an “American Hustle” to be sure, but one that was profoundly hurtful to an entire culture.