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by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) on July 25, 2017 at 12:36 pm

Fifty years ago this month, rebellions broke out in the cities of Newark and Detroit. It all began in Newark on July 12, 1967, when two white police officers detained and beat an African-American cabdriver. Shortly after, on July 23, police officers raided an after-hours club in an African-American neighborhood of Detroit, sparking another mass rebellion. Forty-three […]

by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) on July 25, 2017 at 12:25 pm

With 10 people dead in San Antonio, Texas, following a human smuggling attempt, we look at how the U.S. border crackdown is contributing to human trafficking and increases in death among immigrants fleeing violence in Central America. We speak with Sonia Nazario, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and board member of Kids in Need of Defense. […]

by Mother Jones on July 25, 2017 at 10:20 pm

It’s been more than a year since Mother Jones published its blockbuster multimedia investigation into human rights abuses in private prisons, senior reporter Shane Bauer’s “My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard.” Since then, the exposé has gone on to win more than 18 wins and nominations, including the National Magazine Award for Best [… […]

by Kevin Drum on July 25, 2017 at 8:51 pm

While I was out to lunch, I guess the Senate voted to proceed with debate on the Republican health care bill. They still don’t know which bill they’re going to debate, but they’re going to debate anyway. Welcome the world’s greatest deliberative body. […]

by Ed Brayton on July 25, 2017 at 6:27 pm

Donald Trump is trying like hell to paint Robert Mueller as some sort of partisan figure bent on destroying him, a portrayal that is laughable to anyone not completely blinded by their own partisanship. Even Paul Ryan says this is the opposite of reality. Asked why Republicans aren’t defending the President, Ryan stressed that Mueller, [Read More... […]

by Ed Brayton on July 25, 2017 at 5:26 pm

Christian con man and Trump sycophant Lance Wallnau (also a self-declared prophet) says that prayers are working to protect Trump from spells cast by “witches,” but now those spells are bouncing off him and on to his family. So you have to pray for them too, you know. “People are praying for the president, but [Read More... […]

by Agency on July 22, 2017 at 2:38 pm

In Haight-Ashbury, there were groups such as the Family Dog, who lived communally and did much to popularize the fashion for long hair and... […]

by Agency on July 21, 2017 at 2:39 pm

Yet Begley doesn’t end “The Great Nadar” here. In a substantial appendix, titled “Mementos of Nadar’s World,” he presents a gallery of the notables... […]

by WNYC Studios on July 21, 2017 at 4:00 am

There’s new research about how people process information, errors, and corrections. A look at what those findings tell us about the efficacy of journalism. Plus, how unethical research practices and liberal bias have created a cloud of doubt in the world of social science research. And, eight months after the election, Brooke and Bob reflect on OTM’s coverage of the […]

by WNYC Studios on July 19, 2017 at 7:26 pm

After the Republican Party’s seven-year attempt to dismantle the Affordable Care Act kicked the bucket this week, Donald Trump declared that he would “let Obamacare fail.” He has plenty of options for moving that failure along and his actions inevitably would hit poor people the hardest, a fact that does not surprise Jack Frech who spent 30 years serving the poor […]