…for years— a somnolence well recognized by Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Google. Phillips reports “Apple and Google provide the software for 99% of all smartphones. Facebook and Google take 59…
…news coverage For example, see Dell Champlin and Janet Knoedler, “Operating in the Public Interest or in Pursuit of Private Profits?: News in the Age of Media Consolidation,” Journal of…
…and international news coverage and to give voice to the people, without ads. It was to be publicly funded by taxpayers. Almost 51 years later, NPR is now funded heavily…
…motive to race abroad in search of monsters to destroy. War tends to diminish Congress to a rubber stamp. Then- Congressman Abraham Lincoln’s 1847 “Spot Resolutions” demanding that President James…
…for such American “exceptionalism” is that the world’s most powerful Empire wishes not to be so restricted by the rule of law because it can exert the “Rule of Power.”…
…serious gatherings that reflect the public interest. They also need to support progressive candidates and run for office. Showing up is half of democracy. We invite you to attend, in…
“Fake news” comes in many different forms. Before the 2016 presidential election, the term was used to describe modern day yellow journalism―false or misleading news stories widely shared on social…
…and New Jersey, which oversees United’s dominant hub at Newark Liberty International Airport. (www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/07/14/united-port-scandal/87094180/) WAIVER OF FEES: With few exceptions (e.g., Southwest Airlines), domestic carriers impose hefty fees and/or nonrefundability…
By Ralph Nader James Ridgeway formally majored in English in the late 1950s, but he really majored in “Reporting” as the editor of the Daily Princetonian. Imagine what it took…
…when one queries the “Recent Activity” search function at the bottom of the Joint Committee on Printing’s website, the search returns no results for any of the search options: “Bills,”…