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What We Talk About When We Don’t Want to Talk About Nuclear War
10 Oct 2016 … You may have missed it. Perhaps you dozed off. Or wandered into the kitchen to grab a snack. Or by that point in the proceedings were checking out Seinfeld reruns. During the latter part of the much hyped but excruciating-to-watch Continue reading
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Morning Reads: Supremes Reject Kentucky Clerk’s Same Sex Marriage Protest, Obama in the Frozen North
9 Sep 2015 … As we continue our effort to keep you up-to-date on how money corrupts American government and politics, as well as other news of the day, we’re pleased to publish this daily digest compiled by BillMoyers.com’s Michael Winship. Marry the men Continue reading
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‘Yes, We Can’ Progressivism
2 Feb 2016 … Though it is little noted in discussions of this year’s election, Senator Bernie Sanders’s campaign has brought back the essential message of then-Senator Barack Obama’s “Yes We Can” campaign of 2008. The core of that message is the word “we,” Continue reading
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Trump’s Double Standard on Freedom of Speech
3 Mar 2017 … A March 24 decision by a US immigration court in Chicago to grant asylum to Amos Yee, an 18-year-old blogger from the tiny Asian city-state of Singapore, has lit up news media worldwide because it illuminates new dangers to Continue reading
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Why Ferguson’s About Net Neutrality, Too
8 Aug 2014 … News coverage of Michael Brown's death in Missouri is proof once more of social media's power and the necessity of an Open Internet. Continue reading
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A Relatively Calm Day… At Least in Politics
8 Aug 2020 … August 21, 2020 After the cascade of news in the past several days and the Democratic National Convention, today was a relatively calm day… at least in politics. There are, though, some important stories. The first is getting less play Continue reading
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Fighting to Rein in Dark Money
12 Dec 2013 … Every news cycle seems to bring another revelation of the corrupting influence of dark money on American politics. Continue reading
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The Other Special Prosecutor We Need
5 May 2017 … It’s been one revelation after the other these days about President Trump’s attempts to shut down the FBI’s Russiagate investigation. Turn on the news and you’re bound to hear comparisons to Nixon’s Watergate scandal and phrases like “obstruction of justice,” Continue reading
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Don’t Say You Weren’t Warned: Your Smart TV is Spying On You
3 Mar 2017 … Don’t say we didn’t warn you about this one: your “smart” TV may be spying on you. Really. According to classified documents leaked this week, the CIA found a way to hack the microphone on televisions equipped with voice control Continue reading
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Marty Kaplan on Big Money’s Effect on Big Media
4 Apr 2012 … The Norman Lear Center's Marty Kaplan says taking news out of the journalism box and placing it in the entertainment box is hurting democracy. Continue reading