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Michael Winship

Michael Winship

Michael Winship is the Schumann Senior Writing Fellow for Common Dreams. Previously, he was the Emmy Award-winning senior writer for Moyers & Company and BillMoyers.com, a past senior writing fellow at the policy and advocacy group Demos, and former president of the Writers Guild of America East. 

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A mob of Trump supporters attack the U.S. Capitol

I Hear America Screeching

The constant din from the right and others destroys the peace. No good can come of this ill-spoken, irrational rage and violence.

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Journalist and Political Analyst Amy Walter: Are We Headed Toward "A Really Dark Cynical World?"

The Cook Political Report’s Editor and Publisher on Biden, Trump and Democratic Chances in 2022 and 2024.

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Behind Every Dark Cloud of Terrorism, There’s a Silver Lining for the Wealthy

On this 20th anniversary of 9/11, the rich keep getting richer, always calculating how to squeeze more cash from calamity.

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Afghanistan May Forever Be the Graveyard of Empires

Some "opposed ideas" about a twenty-year war.

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Trumka

The Untimely Tragic Death of Labor's Best Friend

If an institution is the extended shadow of its head, Richard Trumka was the AFL-CIO.

Michael Winship ·

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Just Do It, PBS: Carry the January 6 Insurrection Hearings in Prime Time

Throw away the regular nighttime schedule and let every American see the truth.

Michael Winship ·

A woman holding a Trump flag reacts to a male driver in a passing car waving a Biden-Harris flag at an America First" rally.

Republicans Believe Lying Will Make It So—And They May Be Right

But a party morally corrupted by Donald Trump and its own rotten behavior must not stand.

Michael Winship ·

American flag in downtown Holland, Michigan

On Independence Day, Here’s to My Friend Irving

Three cheers for American creativity, eccentricity—and old movies.

Michael Winship ·

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