People around the world don’t know about or celebrate Labor Day. Other countries salute their workers on the first of May, May Day. In America, the day was moved to the first Monday in September, at summer’s end, to remove all whiffs of radicalism from it. It is now commemorated at the backyard barbeque, not [...]
The Pacifica Network has broken its silence. With support from a pricey PR firm, Executive Director Bessie Wash is now going public with the official thinking that has led to so much unheaval within the listener supported community radio stations known for their progressive outlook. An actual debate took place today –a first!–in the op-ed [...]
Today is the 4th anniversary of the death of Princess Diana. It is one of those anniversaries that media outlets love — a chance to recycle the old footage and provoke a tear or two for a woman who so tragically went before her time . Yet Diana — who I once met at a [...]
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The "News Dissector" explores how the financial crisis was built on a foundation of criminal activity uncovering the connection between the collapse of the housing market and the economic catastrophe that followed.
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