01 Mar 2016

A Manifesto Of Principles For Covering The 2016 Election

Random thoughts and musings on the Democratic race, as well as the entire 2016 Election and U.S. media coverage: —Tribalism has no place in what we do here. We do not care about what candidate you support in the presidential election. What we care about is the policies and positions, which

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29 Feb 2016

Support Diverse Voices in Journalism: Help Us Hire Roqayah Chamseddine

We hope this interview with Roqayah will persuade you to help us provide her a platform for her insightful, thought-provoking, and critically important work.

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29 Feb 2016

Citigroup Fined Again For Fraudulent Credit Card Practices

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered the Too Big to Fail bank to pay $8 million for fraudulent sales of credit card debt.

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29 Feb 2016

ISIS Suicide Attacks in Baghdad, Syria Ceasefire Mostly Holds, Opposition Threatens Withdrawal

Next Cold War Roundup 2/29/16 Iraq _ ISIS suicide attacks in Sadr City, a Shi’ite district of Baghdad killed at least 70 people on Sunday. 112 people remain in hospital. The attacks were deliberately aimed at civilians in markets. “The market bombings in Sadr City were the deadliest attack in

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28 Feb 2016

Clinton Manipulates Language of ‘Intersectionality’ To Preserve Support From Minority Voters

The presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton has been a master class in how to divorce economic issues from issues of race and gender by pushing the language of “intersectionality,” which enables the political class to head off threats to their power and protect the status quo. The results in the South Carolina

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27 Feb 2016

Daniel Ellsberg: Nixon Almost Took Vietnam War Nuclear In November 1969

‘There was pressure to make the war larger’ and ‘nuclear targets were picked’ by the Nixon administration, the Pentagon Papers whistleblower revealed.

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26 Feb 2016

Legislation To End Money Bail Introduced In Congress

Congressman Ted Lieu introduced the No Money Bail Act of 2016, which prohibits the payment of money as a condition of pretrial release.

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26 Feb 2016

Talk Of Jail Construction Creeping Into Debate Over Closing Rikers Island

Will plans to close the notorious Rikers Island jail complex simply lead to the construction of new, smaller jails throughout New York City?

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26 Feb 2016

Ruling: Judge Improperly Blocked Torture Testimony At Palestinian American Activist’s Trial

The court ruled a PTSD expert should have been allowed to testify at the trial of Rasmea Odeh, imprisoned Palestinian-American activist facing deportation.

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26 Feb 2016

Marco Rubio’s Attack On Trump Backfires With Corinthian Colleges Story

Rubio attacked Trump University despite his own for-profit education scandal–one that not only involved fraud but a possible abuse of official power.

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