Fake News? It’s Nothing New to African Americans. Fake News? It’s Nothing New to African Americans.
Fixing it requires the public airwaves to reflect the nation’s true diversity.
Feb 16, 2018 / Walter Mosley
The Russiagate Intelligence Wars: What We Do and Don’t Know The Russiagate Intelligence Wars: What We Do and Don’t Know
The Carter Page saga, and the battle over the dueling GOP and Democratic memos, is only one chapter in the investigation.
Feb 16, 2018 / Bob Dreyfuss
Is Kenya Sliding Toward Dictatorship? Is Kenya Sliding Toward Dictatorship?
Like Daniel arap Moi in 1982, Uhuru Kenyatta has embarked on a course of action that threatens hard-won democratic gains.
Feb 16, 2018 / Karen Rothmyer
David and Goliath: How Qatar Defeated the Saudi and UAE Annexation Plot David and Goliath: How Qatar Defeated the Saudi and UAE Annexation Plot
Emir Sheikh Tamim’s refusal to even discuss the Saudi/UAE demands has made him a national hero in Qatar.
Feb 16, 2018 / Juan Cole
Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is Great, Unless You Want Actually Functioning Infrastructure Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is Great, Unless You Want Actually Functioning Infrastructure
The plan’s private partnership model will pour public funds into corporate coffers.
Feb 16, 2018 / Michelle Chen
I’m a Founding Investor in Blue Apron, and Let Me Tell You: Trump’s ‘Harvest Box’ Is No Blue Apron I’m a Founding Investor in Blue Apron, and Let Me Tell You: Trump’s ‘Harvest Box’ Is No Blue Apron
The boxes are the epitome of hypocrisy for a party that spent eight years howling with rage about a first lady who just wanted school lunches to include more vegetables.
Feb 16, 2018 / Joe Sanberg
Want to Help Fight Mass Incarceration? There’s an App for That Want to Help Fight Mass Incarceration? There’s an App for That
The web service Appolition rounds up your purchases to the nearest dollar and donates the difference to get people out of jail.
Feb 16, 2018 / Arvind Dilawar
Into the Latin American Songbook Into the Latin American Songbook
No contemporary artist has reimagined Latin American folk songs as elegantly and tenderly as Natalia Lafourcade.
Feb 16, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Julyssa Lopez
PHOTOS: Since Standing Rock, 56 Bills Have Been Introduced in 30 States to Restrict Protests PHOTOS: Since Standing Rock, 56 Bills Have Been Introduced in 30 States to Restrict Protests
In the year since the last activists were evicted, the crackdown on journalists and activists has only intensified.
Feb 16, 2018 / Photo Essay / Zoë Carpenter and Tracie Williams
Saturday Night Massacre Saturday Night Massacre
Past as Prologue?
Feb 16, 2018 / OppArt / Steve Brodner