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The Right is Waging War on Academic Freedom

The resignation of Drexel University Professor Ciccariello-Maher following right-wing threats and harassment is the result of a broader, ongoing right-wing campaign to intimidate progressive professors throughout the U.S., and it's…

December 29, 2017
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‘Whataboutism’ Runs Amok as Jake Tapper Rattles Off Trump Talking Points

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For over a year, US media have insisted that the tactic of deflecting criticism by pointing to others’ flaws was the devious Soviet tool of “whataboutism,” and anyone using it was

December 24, 2017
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Net Neutrality Repeal Is Only Part of Trump’s Surrender to Corporate Media

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The FCC is under attack—and so too is the First Amendment. As the primary regulator of how media and information gets to our nation’s citizens, the Federal Communications Commission has…

December 15, 2017
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FCC Set to Roll Back Digital Civil Rights with Thursday's Vote to Repeal Net Neutrality

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The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote Thursday on whether to repeal the landmark net neutrality protections passed under President Obama in 2015. Net neutrality is the principle that…

December 13, 2017
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Free Speech

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Media or Cult? CNN Buries a Massive Russiagate Gaffe

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Instead of explaining how it reported a false story on Russiagate, CNN brought on neocon David Frum to defend it. Max Blumenthal says that's a "window into a cult created…

December 12, 2017
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Propaganda & Truth

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After Trump’s Jerusalem Move, Media Worry About ‘Violence’–Not Violation of International Law

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President Donald Trump declared that the US saw Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and announced the US would move its Israeli embassy there—reversing decades of policy and removing any…

December 9, 2017
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