In the US, news outlets like NPR claim to be independent—and to inform, as much as possible, from an objective point of view.
100 Days of Media Hoping for a New, Improved Trump
Nearly 100 days into the Trump presidency, corporate media are still struggling to reckon with the man that occupies the White House.
5 Reasons Why Trump’s Corporate Tax Cut is Appallingly Dumb
Don’t fall for Trump’s corporate tax giveaway masking as a tax cut. It will be a huge windfall for corporations and a huge burden on ordinary Americans.
WaPo Can Identify ‘Far Right’ in France–but in White House, It’s ‘Conservative’
There are no major ideological differences between White House strategist Steve Bannon and French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen.
Why Is There So Little Popular Protest Against Today’s Threats of Nuclear War?
A terrible thing if it takes a disastrous nuclear war between the United States and North Korea to convince people that nuclear war is simply unacceptable
Karma Catches Up With Bill O’Reilly
It’s hard not to celebrate the end of the sheer toxicity Bill O’Reilly’s show put out but that is what most are doing now.
Celebrate Earth Day with Activism in Support of Bills like Delaware’s HB58
It is an unspeakable tragedy that energy and environmental policy have become such contentious partisan issues in our country.
The Alarming Worldwide Alliance of Parties on the Far Right
Political parties on the far right are today enjoying a surge of support and access to government power that they have not experienced.
Five Top Papers Run 18 Opinion Pieces Praising Syria Strikes–Zero Are Critical
Five major US newspapers—the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and New York Daily News—offered no opinion space to anyone opposed to Donald Trump’s Thursday night airstrikes.
Why Trump Was Able to Sucker the World on Syria
It is pretty amazing how quickly the media and suck-up politicians can transform an incompetent leader. Bomb Syria and not much more?