Murdoch’s vast empire of toxic right-wing propaganda, from the British tabloids to the Wall Street Journal to Fox News, has poisoned the brains of millions and made the world dramatically worse.
The right claims that radical leftists have run ‘woke’ cities into the ground. But this is false. Moderate policies over the last few decades have created the conditions for crime, drug use, and homelessness to increase in Democratic cities.
As greedy private equity firms use pension funds to buy up huge swathes of the economy—everything from manufacturing plants to nursing homes, infrastructure, and rental housing—workers and the public are the ones getting screwed.
The Georgia attorney general accuses activists of being “racketeers,” “money launderers,” and even “domestic terrorists.” This ludicrous court case should be denounced by everyone who values their freedom.
No, Sky-High Drug Prices Aren’t Funding Crucial New Medical Research (jacobin.com)
Gustavo Rivera: “I Want to Destroy Health Insurance Companies’ Business Model” (jacobin.com)
Kids Shouldn’t Have to Pay for School Lunches (znetwork.org)
Newly Unionized Amazon Delivery Drivers Say the Company Is Hiding Behind Subcontractors (jacobin.com)
Source Who Revealed How Taxes Steal for the Rich Rewarded With Five Years in Prison (fair.org)
How Rupert Murdoch Destroyed the News (www.currentaffairs.org)
Murdoch’s vast empire of toxic right-wing propaganda, from the British tabloids to the Wall Street Journal to Fox News, has poisoned the brains of millions and made the world dramatically worse.
There Should Not Be “Religious Exemptions” To Laws (www.currentaffairs.org)
If a law should apply, it should apply regardless of how people feel about following it. If the law infringes on liberty, it should be repealed.
While Canadians Struggle, Energy Corporations Are Laughing All the Way to the Bank (jacobin.com)
The U.S. Corporations Profiting from the Israeli Occupation (www.dollarsandsense.org)
Moderates, Not Leftists, Have Created the Crises in Democratic Cities (www.currentaffairs.org)
The right claims that radical leftists have run ‘woke’ cities into the ground. But this is false. Moderate policies over the last few decades have created the conditions for crime, drug use, and homelessness to increase in Democratic cities.
You Can’t Selectively Pay Attention To Certain Atrocities And Ignore All The Others (www.currentaffairs.org)
How is it possible to be outraged by Hamas killings of Israeli children, but ignore or rationalize the killing of Gazan children?
Undercover Federal Police Shot and Paralyzed Unhoused Man in Wheelchair (theintercept.com)
Striking While the Iron’s Hot: Unprecedented Strikes in the North of Ireland But Can They Lead to Something More? (znetwork.org)
‘Wage Theft Is Built Into the Business Models of Many Industries’ (fair.org)
We Need to Stop Private Equity from Stealing our Retirement and Ruining our Public Goods (www.currentaffairs.org)
As greedy private equity firms use pension funds to buy up huge swathes of the economy—everything from manufacturing plants to nursing homes, infrastructure, and rental housing—workers and the public are the ones getting screwed.
‘Poverty in America Has Strong Structural Roots That Some People Profit From’ (fair.org)
If capitalism is ‘natural,’ why was so much force used to build it? (climateandcapitalism.com)
The United Auto Workers Are Looking to Unionize the Whole Auto Industry (jacobin.com)
The Only Solution to “Wealth Supremacy” Is a Democratic Economy (truthout.org)
Israel Responds to Hamas Crimes by Ordering Mass War Crimes in Gaza (theintercept.com)
The “Cop City” Indictment Is Preposterous and Terrifying (www.currentaffairs.org)
The Georgia attorney general accuses activists of being “racketeers,” “money launderers,” and even “domestic terrorists.” This ludicrous court case should be denounced by everyone who values their freedom.
Lula Is Right About Israel’s Genocide in Gaza (jacobin.com)
PragerU’s Moral Case for Capitalism Is Terrible (jacobin.com)
No City Needs Subway Soldiers (www.currentaffairs.org)
New York’s deployment of the National Guard on public transit is ludicrous and dystopian.
As Peace Protests Are Violently Suppressed, CNN Paints Them as Hate Rallies (fair.org)