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George Floyd’s Death Proves There is No “New Right”

July 1, 2020 Adam Levin Ideas, Media, Racial issues, Republican Brain Leave a comment

In the early 2000s, conservatism–excuse me, neoconservatism–was mainly focused on implementing austerity and fostering the War on Terror abroad. After the election of Barack Obama, we saw right-wing discourse shift in a libertarian direction.

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iDENTITY JOURNALISM

Identity journalism pollutes the Democratic debate stage

September 14, 2019 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2020 Election, Candidates, Ideas, Media Leave a comment

Something I’m calling “identity journalism” has taken over the Democratic primary debates in 2019. Watching the third in a series of who-knows-how-many “debates” among

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Fighting to protect our freedom?

April 2, 2018 Susan Cunningham Military Leave a comment

I have to share some thoughts about how we are being manipulated into repeating the falsehood that our military men and women are “fighting

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Capitalism isn't working

Material Conditions First!

June 21, 2017 Adam Levin Activism, Capitalism, Corporations, Democracy, Economy, Media, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Consider two anecdotes: The First: Recently I tried to get into the mind of a Trump supporter that had posted a status about the

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Why a progressive would not mind seeing Trump win Iowa

December 29, 2015 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Democracy, Voting/Elections One comment

I have a very vivid memory of being in a meeting hall in St. Louis in late 2007 as Obama organizers were recruiting supporters

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Ferguson bus tour: Beyond the riot-porn

June 17, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Cities, Ferguson, Media, Missouri region Leave a comment

There’s a lot more to Ferguson, Missouri than what we’ve seen in the media. After Michael Brown was killed by a Ferguson cop, and

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Obamacare enrollment, Year 2: Mainstream media outlets ignore success

December 11, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Media Leave a comment

The ACA [Obamacare] is alive and growing—and Year 2 of enrollment is going quite well, but you’d never know that if you get your

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News organizations are changing their coverage of climate change

September 8, 2014 Renee Shur Climate Change, Media Leave a comment

Make no mistake about it. We’re now approaching thirty years of serious scientific data gathering on climate change. And the consensus among scientists in

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We’ve adjusted to the new normal, and that’s unfortunate

August 5, 2014 Susan Cunningham 2014 Election, Activism, Energy, Environment Leave a comment

Don Corrigan, newspaper editor, author and college professor, taught us something new at the Missouri Progressive Action Group meeting on Saturday. In addition to

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The unbearable invisibility of political underdogs

August 1, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2014 Election, Campaigns, Missouri region, Voting/Elections 2 comments

In theory, Americans love the underdog. In practice—especially in 21st century media coverage of political campaigns—underdog candidates might as well be wearing Harry Potter’s

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