Articles in Media
The Bourgeois Morality of ‘The Ethicist’
The New York Times advice column, where snitching liberal busybodies come to seek absolution, is more than a mere annoyance. In limiting our ethical considerations to tricky personal situations and dilemmas, it directs our thinking away from the larger structural injustices of our time.
You Don’t Have to Publish Every Point of View
It’s indefensible for the New York Times to publish an argument against women’s basic human rights.
Islamophobia Will Poison This Country
The U.S. media is once again presenting the vicious dehumanizing caricatures that make it easier to oppress and wage war on people.
The Shoplifting ‘Epidemic’ is a Lie
The media might want us to think society is wracked by a shoplifting ‘epidemic’ or ‘crisis,’ but when we take a look at the facts, it’s obvious that isn’t true.
“Libs of Tiktok” Is Orwell’s “Two Minutes Hate”
The right-wing social media account is vicious and dehumanizing. Its revolting toxicity shows us why empathy and solidarity are so important.
How the Media Turns Extremists Into “Moderates”
The credulity of the media is helping one of the GOP’s most extreme candidates rebrand herself as “the adult in the room.”
As Cruel As It’s Possible To Be
Fox host Jesse Watters has a way to “fix” homelessness: make people feel ashamed of themselves as they lay dying in the streets.
How Rupert Murdoch Destroyed the News
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 Miracle Worker’ Tells a Surprisingly Bold and Liberatory Story about Helen Keller
How the 1962 film about Helen Keller is not the sanitized, ableist depiction we might assume.
Book Publishers Are Trying to Destroy Public E-Book Access in Order to Increase Profits
A recent ruling against the Internet Archive for copyright infringement threatens a treasured and critical public institution: our libraries.
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