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The Dissenter
28
May
2019
Contracts Reveal For First Time How DEA Exercises Control Over Television, Film Productions
Nearly 200 pages of contracts from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) show reveal how agency exercises creative control over TV and film productions.
23
May
2019
In Charging Assange With 17 Espionage Act Offenses, Prosecutors Claim Power To Decide Who Is And Is Not A Journalist
To listen to the story, click the above player. In a superseding indictment, the Justice Department charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with 17 charges of violating the Espionage Act. The Justice Department has relied upon the Espionage Act to target whistleblowers for unauthorized disclosures of information. It has treated journalists
22
May
2019
Founders Of News Review Site Plan To Accelerate Shift In Media From Clicks To Credibility
A new platform called Credder seeks to create a community and develop a collective memory around journalists and media outlets that will empower news consumers.
22
May
2019
The Rank Hypocrisy Of Rahm Emanuel
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel took advantage of his elite privilege and joined The Atlantic, a major media publication, as a contributing editor.
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Prison Protest
07
Jan
2019
Federal Court Will Appoint Monitor To Ensure Illinois Prisoners Have Basic Health Care
A settlement over the unconstitutional lack of health care in Illinois prisons will include the appointment of a federal court monitor.
04
Dec
2018
Florida’s Amendment 4 Pushes Back On Tradition Of Social Death For People With Convictions
The exclusion of people with prior convictions from civic life upholds a tradition that is deeply racist, classist, misogynist, and xenophobic, and must be abolished
24
Nov
2018
Beyond Prisons: Jail Free NYC feat. Nabil Hassein
Nabil Hassein joins Beyond Prisons to give an update on the campaign to close Rikers Island and the fight to oppose new jail construction in New York City.
07
Nov
2018
Beyond Prisons — Episode 30: Prison Reporting
Kim and Brian share their best practices for journalists looking to improve their reporting on incarceration and related issues.
20
Oct
2018
Member Newsletter: Breaking Through Secrecy That Enables Abuse Of Prisoners
Journalist and editor Brian Sonenstein recently wrote about retaliation for supporting the prison strike and provides further insights into his reporting.
18
Oct
2018
Ohio Prisons Uphold Year-Long Communications Ban Against Incarcerated Activist Who Supported National Prison Strike
Ohio prison officials denied an appeal by Imam Hasan against the one-year restriction placed on his phone and email use for supporting the 2018 prison strike.
The Bullpen
24
Jul
2017
Medical Insurance And Care For All: A National Single-Payer Bill
The Medical Insurance and Care for All (MICA) program is a public health insurance program based on Medicare but open to all individuals.
24
Jun
2017
Senate Trumpcare Bill Shows GOP Thinks Working Poor Should Struggle More For Health Care
Senate Republicans want to make Obamacare much worse in order to fund a large tax cuts for the rich, drug companies, insurance companies, and device makers.
07
Jun
2017
California Plan For Single-Payer System Must Confront Political Obstacles To Succeed
Generating support for single-payer health care is important, but it will never succeed without planning for the trade-offs necessary to make it work.
24
May
2017
Single-Payer Health Care Is Less Expensive—Deal With It
Practically everyone (except Kevin Drum at Mother Jones) believes single-payer would cut health care costs. It’s the heart of the whole debate.
14
May
2017
Trumpcare Shows Majority Of Politicians Are Willing To Vote Against Health Care Industry
Single-payer opponents claim it’s politically impossible get a majority in Congress to oppose the health care industry, but House GOP just proved them wrong.
02
May
2017
Road To Single-Payer: Overcoming Hurdles At The State Level
Attempts to convince states to adopt single-payer healthcare face significant hurdles that are both legal and financial.
THE IDIOCRAT
05
Aug
2016
An American Child’s Primer For The US Presidential Election
See the Republican. Voters are angry. He feeds off their anger. Voters are scared. He feeds off their fear. He watches himself on tv. This would make a good tv show.
29
Jul
2016
Clinton Cut Sections From Her Historic DNC Speech, And Here They Are
We managed to uncover some of the sections from Hillary Clinton’s speech at the Democratic National Convention, which were cut.
22
Jul
2016
Trump Cut Sections From His RNC Speech Last Night, And Here They Are
We managed to uncover some of the sections from Donald Trump’s speech, which were cut.
07
Mar
2016
Comedy Sketch: ‘Bernie Bros On Campus’
Over the past months, I have taken a stab at sketch writing. My attempts at sketch writing mostly stem from the fact that I am enrolled in improvisation classes at the iO Theater in Chicago, and I performed in two sketch shows in the Chicago Sketchfest in January. I am
10
Feb
2016
The Night The Establishment Pundit Class Died
Anonymous, unnamed, unidentified, and unknown sources have given us the inside scoop on what happened to several establishment pundits last night.
01
Feb
2016
VIDEO: Trump Around — Donald Trump Unleashes A ‘House of Pain’
“The racists get down / the sexists get down / They get out of their seats and Trump Around!” raps Donald in this parody of the House of Pain classic.
