Thursday, November 21, 2024

American Journalism’s Ideology: Why the ‘Liberal’ Media Is Fundamentalist

If we were to step back from the diversionary label of journalism and evaluate the deeper ideological commitments that shape mainstream news, what are they really? Robert Jensen evaluates an organization’s coverage of environmental news.

STUDY: Evening Cable News Spent Less Than Two and a Half Hours Discussing College...

Only 2 percent of guests discussing these issues identified as current or recent borrowers — 6 percent were students.
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Meet the kids who confronted Sen. Feinstein: We’re the ones who will have to...

They are members of Earth Guardians San Francisco Bay Area Crew.

Going to the Daytime Emmys

There was once a literate public. This is gone now, replaced by a vast burlesque.

The virtues of tearing down statues depends on where they are standing

Remembering history's good; celebrating it, not so much

Unions can protect workers from deportation. This coalition of 3.5 million is showing how.

The Teamsters is one of the labor unions taking a stand to protect TPS holders with the message that immigrant rights are worker rights.

Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, September 5

Women's March disrupts Kavanaugh hearing, Senator Jon Kyl replaces McCain, Rahm Emanuel not seeking re-election, and more.
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6 reasons for hope in Trump times

First, Donald Trump has been a giant wake-up call that we can’t take democracy for granted.

A culture shift can only happen with reparations and truth telling

The future is upon us, but it must be one that we can choose and see ourselves in. This requires a local, national, and global effort.

What iS the IRS doing?

I have never seen such screwing up by the IRS. What is going on?