Let’s Admit the Truth About American Royals Let’s Admit the Truth About American Royals
According to polls, only about 6 percent of Americans are following with any close attention the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. But that's not stop...
Apr 27, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Oil Prices: Gouge Us Baby One More Time Oil Prices: Gouge Us Baby One More Time
Gas prices have been edging up since February, reaching $4 a gallon this Easter, and Republicans are gearing up to make a stink about it.
Apr 26, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Guantánamo Files Show Media Priorities Guantánamo Files Show Media Priorities
As I perused the latest WikiLeaks releases this morning, a retweet from their Twitter feed caught my eye: “Gitmo: Compare the first paragraph of these two stories about the s...
Apr 25, 2011 / Laura Flanders
US Lack of Investment Is Destabilizing the World US Lack of Investment Is Destabilizing the World
Here in the US all we seem to hear about is deficits and debt. Yet even the countries that hold a lot of our debt are concerned for our lack of investment at home.
Apr 20, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Missed Connections from the Economic to the Social Missed Connections from the Economic to the Social
Is there a journalism school somewhere that teaches up-and-comers to put stories into little boxes? Half our job in independent media, it seems to me, is putting the connections ba...
Apr 19, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Demonizing Taxes, Heightening Inequality Demonizing Taxes, Heightening Inequality
Today is Tax Day in the US, and that's almost universally greeted with groans and complaints. That tax word's been so effectively demonized that it may be there's no coming b...
Apr 18, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Time for Obama to Join the Fight Time for Obama to Join the Fight
Obama’s punching below his weight class again. That was Gary Younge’s metaphor, a boxing analogy that makes more sense if you consider the weight a politician carri...
Apr 14, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Cuts Leave Young People With No Future to Win Cuts Leave Young People With No Future to Win
Paul Mason of the BBC called them “the graduates with no future.” They've been at the center of protest movements around the world, from Tunisia to Wisconsin.
Apr 13, 2011 / Laura Flanders
When Will It Be Time to Cut Military Spending? When Will It Be Time to Cut Military Spending?
On Tuesday, April 12, people in more than 35 countries, as well as Columbus, Dallas, Kansas City and dozens of other cities throughout the United States, will participate in ...
Apr 12, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Shareholders Fight Back as Democrats Compromise Shareholders Fight Back as Democrats Compromise
The ink on the compromise that kept the government open—barely--isn't even dry and they're already talking about the next round of cuts in Washington.
Apr 11, 2011 / Laura Flanders