Fake News Brought to You by the Ad Wizards of Corporate America
Reading Time: 17 minutes Fake news is just one part of the story. Advertising itself is now considered “content” and directed at us in new and insidious ways.
Movies in the Trump Years
Reading Time: 12 minutes A major film critic questions the power of movies — or any art form — to move the needle of public opinion, for better or worse.
Religion, Sin, Identity Politics and the 2016 Election
Reading Time: 19 minutes Religious language and iconography, coupled with gender and identity politics may be the clearest lens through which to view what happened in this election.
Could a New Level of Protests Transform America?
Reading Time: 17 minutes Occupy Wall Street, the Tea Party, Black Lives Matter, and even the Trump and Sanders campaigns might just be the beginning of a new level of protests.
Pearl Harbor: It’s Taken 75 Years for the Truth to Emerge
Reading Time: 16 minutes After nine government reports, historians Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan reveal where the blame lies for Pearl Harbor.
In a 50/50 Country, the Democrats Are Shut Out From All Levels of Government
Reading Time: 11 minutes Republicans control 25 out of 50 Attorneys General, 31 out of 50 Secretaries of State, and 69 out of 99 State Legislative bodies. This shaped the election — and it might be shaping the recount.
With Fidel Gone, What’s Next for Cuba?
Reading Time: 15 minutes Peter Kornbluh, a renowned Cuba policy expert talks about what happens next. If Trump has not learned the lessons of history, it can go very badly.
Voting Is Not a Rational Choice
Reading Time: 11 minutes One of the world’s leading authorities on decision-making argues that our political choices are less rational than we think. Unlike Mr. Spock, we do not base our political choices on rationality.
Longtime JFK Assassination Researcher: We May Never Know the Truth
Reading Time: 10 minutes Robert Groden has devoted his entire life to studying the JFK assassination, trying to prove that Lee Harvey Oswald never shot anyone.
A Dark View from Flyover Country
Reading Time: 19 minutes Midwest-based journalist Sarah Kendzior thinks things are going to get a lot worse. Her view from mid-America is that the election is just the opening act of a future rife with fascism and violence.
Who Will Pull the Strings During Trump’s Presidency?
Reading Time: 11 minutes Peter Dale Scott thinks Trump’s election is both a kick in the rear for capitalism, a potential opportunity for the country, and that no matter what Trump says about “draining the swamp,” his administration will still be drawn into what Scott calls “The Deep State.”
What Happened and Why — and Where Do We Go From Here?
Reading Time: 18 minutes Before the dust even settled, Russ Baker talked with Jeff Schechtman about the real origins of the soon-to-be Trump presidency, what it all means, and how we can, and should, come together.
On Election Day, No One Can Hear You Scream
Reading Time: 11 minutes The current national campaign has created a feedback loop between personal and national anxiety.
AT&T-Time Warner … Just Another Business Deal or a Threat to Democracy?
Reading Time: 15 minutes The last time Time Warner merged, it was with AOL. Back then, the only losers were the investors and stockholders. Is this deal any different?
Risks to Voting You Probably Never Thought of
Reading Time: 15 minutes The director of a cybersecurity center reveals surprising information about voting — like how early voting can actually increase the risk of foul play, and how distrust of the current system may be as damaging as actual hacking.
How the 1964 and 1968 Elections Set the Stage for Trump
Reading Time: 1 minute The dystopian world view of Barry Goldwater in ‘64 and, in ‘68, the nativist populism of George Wallace, the racial tinge of Nixonian politics, and the promise of a “silent majority” are all antecedents of this year’s election.
The Taboo Subject of Class in this Election
Reading Time: 11 minutes More than race, more than the urban/rural divide, this election has exposed the often ignored class division in America.
Suicide by Torture — a Guantanamo Cover-Up
Reading Time: 17 minutes A psychotherapist takes us face to face with the evil of torture and tells the story of a government that interfered with the gathering of evidence to stop it.
Are Mainstream Media Stories about Veterans Having a Negative Impact?
Reading Time: 12 minutes How otherwise compassionate stories about broken and disoriented veterans are taking away opportunities from those that have uniquely employable skills.
How Much Faith Do You Have in the Vote Counting Process?
Reading Time: 21 minutes In a time when everything is digital and online, do we have to return to hand-counted paper ballots to assure trust in our election results?