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Greenhouse Gases

Has Climate News Coverage Finally Turned a Corner? Has Climate News Coverage Finally Turned a Corner?

The Covering Climate Now collaboration is changing newsrooms and public awareness worldwide.

Nov 8, 2019 / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope

Mark Zuckerberg

Why Facebook Is Soliciting Lies Why Facebook Is Soliciting Lies

From Mark Zuckerberg’s standpoint, it’s both profitable and good politics to invite the Trumpian right to be deceitful.

Nov 7, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman

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Inconvenient Truths Inconvenient Truths

Alarming things we have learned under Trump, but not always about him.

Nov 6, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Democrats Need to Stop Freaking Out About Polls

Democrats Need to Stop Freaking Out About Polls Democrats Need to Stop Freaking Out About Polls

Centrists are overplaying the prospect of Trump’s reelection to scare Democrats away from progressive candidates.

Nov 6, 2019 / Jeet Heer

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This Is a Horror Story: How Private Equity Vampires Are Killing Everything This Is a Horror Story: How Private Equity Vampires Are Killing Everything

Corporate plundering did not start and will not stop with Deadspin.

Nov 5, 2019 / Kim Kelly

Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter.

Twitter Just Banned Political Ads. Hold Your Applause. Twitter Just Banned Political Ads. Hold Your Applause.

Being better than Facebook is not good enough.

Nov 1, 2019 / Jeet Heer

How Staples Center Kicked LA Gentrification Into Overdrive

How Staples Center Kicked LA Gentrification Into Overdrive How Staples Center Kicked LA Gentrification Into Overdrive

It was hailed as a turning point for a depressed downtown, but its construction helped start a wildfire of displacement.

Oct 31, 2019 / Jonny Coleman and Jacob Woocher

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The Journalists of ‘Deadspin’ Refused to Bow Down The Journalists of ‘Deadspin’ Refused to Bow Down

The bulk of the staff has resigned in response to G/O Media’s efforts to sabotage a sacred publication.

Oct 31, 2019 / Dave Zirin

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I Write About Endless Wars and I Keep Crying at Work I Write About Endless Wars and I Keep Crying at Work

They’re removed from immediate violence, but the media and public relations employees whose jobs require Google alerts for “drone strikes” are reporting PTSD, depression, and burno...

Oct 30, 2019 / Allegra Harpootlian

Argentina Can’t Quit Peronismo

Argentina Can’t Quit Peronismo Argentina Can’t Quit Peronismo

With the election of President Alberto Fernández and VP Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the country is experiencing a populist-nationalist throwback.

Oct 29, 2019 / Luisa Rollenhagen

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