Corporate Media Harms Not Only Through Omission, But Also by Distortion
From The Washington Post’sInvestigation of the January 6 insurrectionTo The Wall Street Journal’s series about FacebookAnd Reuters’How to examine “qualified immunity” protectsPolice are not to be prosecuted for excessive force. Establishment news outlets deserve credit for reporting a number of important stories over the past year. The establishment press failed to cover as many important […]
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How Virginia Blew Up ‘Larry Elder Was Wrong Candidate’ Narrative
After the California gubernatorial recall election, many pundits—as well as my opponent’s campaign manager—pushed the narrative that “Larry Elder was a gift” to Gov. Gavin Newsom. They said that a gentler, gentler Republican would have made all the differences in the world. This despite the fact that 75% California voters are either Democrats or independents. […]
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Higher Education Is Exploiting International Students for Cheap Teaching Labor
Teaching college is an odd job because it has high prestige but low wages. More than half of all teaching faculty are “adjuncts” — part-time, precarious workers paid on a per-class basis, with no benefits or guarantee of continued employment. One survey revealed that more than half (50%) of adjuncts work in teaching. less than […]
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US Killed Dozens of Syrians During Airstrike in 2019, Then Tried to Cover It Up
Advocacy groups, human rights defenders, fellow reporters, and other readersThis is The New York TimesSaturday was a terrible day for journalists Eric Schmitt & Dave Philipps. publishedTheir investigation into the deadly 2019 U.S. Airstrike in Syria, and all that followed. “This NYT report on the cover-up of U.S. war crimes in Syria should make your […]
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NYC Taxi Drivers Win Debt Relief After 2-Week Hunger Strike
After a two week hunger strike and two months’ worth of sit-ins in New York City, taxi drivers hosted a long-awaited celebration outside City Hall in November 10. New York City and New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA), a union that fights to relieve taxi drivers from thousands of dollars of debt, reached an agreement […]
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Hundreds of Toxic Chemicals Are Coursing Through Our Tap Water, New Report Says
According to a new analysis done by the The, more than 320 toxic chemicals have been detected in drinking water systems across the United States since 2019. Environmental Working Group(EWG), a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. These chemicals can cause cancer, adverse birth and reproductive outcomes, brain damage, and other health problems. The findings, part of […]
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The Tragic Cycle of Bottled Water
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, (MDHS). recently told the people of Benton Harbor — a predominantly Black city in southwest Michigan — to stop drinking, cooking or brushing their teeth with local tap water. “Out of an abundance of caution,” state officials instead recommended using bottled water to avoid the toxic taint […]
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20 Years After Patriot Act, Surveillance of Arabs and Muslims Is Relentless
The Patriot Act of October 2001 is more than 20-years old. In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, the U.S. government placed a heavy focus on Arabs in America. This justified an increase in surveillance and policing against them. It also inspired the convergence in common struggles for liberation, out of a growing consensus about the […]
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Establishment Dems in Buffalo Unfazed by Sabotage of Party’s Mayoral Nominee
Recently, the left was confronted with a disappointing reversal in a tug of war for Buffalo’s mayoralty. The success of incumbent mayor Byron Brown’s unlikely write-in campaign in meeting the challenge of socialist upstart and Democratic nominee India Walton, who had bested Brown in a surprise primary win earlier this year, was almost as much […]
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Pink Ribbon Banking Claims to Fight Cancer But Boosts Carcinogenic Fossil Fuels
October has come and gone, and despite promises to “raise awareness” by the hundreds of pink ribbon marketing campaigns that pop up during “Breast Cancer Industry Month,” it is estimated 43,000+ people will dieThis year, the U.S. has seen a significant increase in breast cancer. In fact, 2021 will be the year of breast cancer. […]
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