Mar 3, 2021
On
this News Brief, we discuss the ubiquitous weaponization of the
term "taxpayer" in media and politics and how it deliberately
smuggles right-wing, transactional and deeply racialized notions of
people's relationship with their government into our cultural
understanding of taxation, public spending and...
Feb 17, 2021
"Elon Musk sent a thank-you note to
Tesla's workers returning to work," Business Insider squeals.
Walmart teams up with UPS to air an ad "thanking essential
workers." "Jeff Bezos Just Posted an Open Letter to Amazon
Employees About the Coronavirus. Every Smart Business Leader Needs
to Read It," insists an article in...
Feb 10, 2021
In this public News Brief we discuss how American media's general indifference to the Covid pandemic ravaging prisons and jails makes "riots" inevitable. Our guest, Patrice Daniels, is an activist currently incarcerated in Illinois state prison in Joliet, IL.
Feb 3, 2021
“We need a president whose vision was shaped by the American Heartland rather than the ineffective Washington politics,” declares presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg. “AOC Kills Jobs Middle America Would Love to Have,” proclaims The Washington Examiner. Amy Klobuchar insists she’s a “voice from the...