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Pro-Palestine protesters gather outside the offices of The New York Times to challenge the newspaper's coverage of the Israel-Gaza war during a global call to

The Responsibility of Culture Workers to Help Stop the War on Gaza The Responsibility of Culture Workers to Help Stop the War on Gaza

Researchers, writers, and scholars can identify the institutions that provide ideological cover for Israel’s violence and then intervene to stop them.

Dec 15, 2023 / Kay Gabriel

Andrew Cuomo and Eric Adams, 2021, laughing

Blink and You Missed It: NYC Mayor Eric Adams Was Accused of Sexual Assault—and Nothing Happened Blink and You Missed It: NYC Mayor Eric Adams Was Accused of Sexual Assault—and Nothing Happened

Why the big yawn by the media over this particular allegation against New York’s scandal-surrounded mayor might actually be a sign of mature judgment.

Dec 14, 2023 / Ross Barkan

Brandon Mancilla (center) with Ray Jensen Jr., UAW Region 9 Assistant Director (left) and UAW member Donald Foster.

A Night at the Movies With Brandon Mancilla A Night at the Movies With Brandon Mancilla

The new director of UAW Region 9A is part of a wave of young, politically active labor leaders organizing for a future where union power transcends borders.

Dec 14, 2023 / Alex Press

Goodbye, bad corporate thing that you don’t run, Hello, good indie thing that you DO run. (Details of thing TBD.)

The Definitive Guide to Starting Your Own Media Company The Definitive Guide to Starting Your Own Media Company

How to throw off the corporate shackles and launch an independent news outlet.

Dec 13, 2023 / Feature / Kelsey McKinney and Aleksander Chan

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

The Antitrust Lessons of the OpenAI Saga The Antitrust Lessons of the OpenAI Saga

The high-stakes battle for control of the tech start-up was a case study in the corporate strategy of vertical outsourcing. 

Dec 12, 2023 / Brian Callaci

Local News Has Been Destroyed. Here’s How We Can Revive It.

Local News Has Been Destroyed. Here’s How We Can Revive It. Local News Has Been Destroyed. Here’s How We Can Revive It.

A plan to build back better.

Dec 12, 2023 / Feature / John Nichols

Workers at the Chicago Defender in the 1960s. The paper chronicled the Jim Crow era and the civil rights movement.

One Big Cookout: From the “Negro Press” to Black Twitter One Big Cookout: From the “Negro Press” to Black Twitter

We always suspected that whatever magazines and newspapers for white folks weren’t telling us, Black newspapers and magazines would.

Dec 12, 2023 / Feature / Gene Seymour

Bayard Rustin

Bayard Rustin Was No Hollywood Figurehead Bayard Rustin Was No Hollywood Figurehead

The new biopic about the socialist organizer stops at the March on Washington. What is it leaving out?

Dec 12, 2023 / Column / Adolph Reed Jr.

A statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse

Socialism and Disney Are Incompatible Socialism and Disney Are Incompatible

Our species can’t afford another century of the principles fostered by the Disney emporium.

Dec 11, 2023 / Ariel Dorfman

The Big Unfriendly Tech Giants

The Big Unfriendly Tech Giants The Big Unfriendly Tech Giants

We must ensure that corporations aren’t able to pick and choose winners and losers in journalism.

Dec 11, 2023 / Feature / Zephyr Teachout

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