Trends are not uniformly bleak. Perhaps one day it will be possible to retire the stereotypical Arab to a media Valhalla.
America in Crisis: Dangerous Flaws in the Structure of Our Government Could Lead to Our Undoing
If American democracy these days is in crisis, the structure of our government is part of the problem. This goes beyond the issues of flawed democracy.
America in Crisis: Donald Trump Ascribes to His Victims What He Does to Them (VIDEO)
The degeneration of political life in America was the subject of much commentary in 2016: commentary on the way Donald Trump came to power.
At NYT, Fantasy of Bill Clinton’s Centrism Saving the Dems Never Gets Old
The New York Times has a fairy tale it wants to tell you about the magical land of Centrism and how it needs to be saved from the sinister Lefties.
Stigma Over Solutions: How corporate media are enabling the opiate epidemic
That media paid so little attention to such an important topic is one of the many major problems with the corporate media coverage of the opiate epidemic.
Mr. Fraud is on the trail of — voter fraud?
Trump’s “Commission on Voter Integrity” wants the nation’s voter information, all of it, to keep alive the narrative that nation is awash in voter fraud.
Republicans’ Pattern of Denial Is Usually Followed by Acceptance
The Republicans campaign against the ACA has some reverberations of their eight decades of On-again/Off-again engagement with Social Security.
Robert Reich: Now’s the time for Medicare for all (VIDEO)
As Republicans in Congress move to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Democrats are moving in the opposite direction, toward Single-payer Medicare for All.
As Democratic Voters Shift Left, ‘Liberal Media’ Keep Shifting Right
Democrats move left while nominally liberal media—or major media whose editorial line is reliably pro-Democratic—have drifted rightward.
Robert Reich: It’s Time for Medicare for All
Democrats would be wise to seize the moment. They shouldn’t merely defend the ACA. They should also go on the offensive – with Medicare for all.