All Views Articles for 2016-04-24

Sunday, April 24, 2016
Hamid Dabashi
American Democracy is Rigged
The Republican and Democratic parties are functioning like two identical but competing Orwellian Ministries of Truth.
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Adam Johnson
Forget Bernie Bros — the Worst Trolls Work in Corporate Media
One of the more popular pastimes of establishment media pundits is complaining of their various “trolls”—anonymous, faceless basement dwellers who lurk online and harass with aggressive, non-stop...
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Robert Parry
Is Hillary Clinton ‘Honest’? (A Response to Kristof)
Hillary Clinton’s defenders object to the widespread public view that she is a liar by noting she scores reasonably well on the accuracy of her policy statements, but that is missing the point
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Neal Gabler
The Mainstream Media’s Big Disconnect: Why They Don’t Get Middle America
The top journalists covering the elections are out of touch. No wonder they're missing this year's big stories.
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Sonali Kolhatkar
A Young American Reminds Us How Badly We Are Failing Children on Climate Change
If Xiuhtezcatl Tonatiuh didn’t have the look and sound of a 15-year-old, one could easily assume he was twice his real age. The indigenous environmentalist talks like a seasoned activist and well-...
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Mohamad Bazzi
Obama May Be Preaching 'Tough Love' to Saudi – But Arms Sales Tell Another Story
Despite his rhetoric, and his administration’s perceived shift toward Iran, Obama has not fundamentally changed the US status quo toward Saudi Arabia
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Andrew Bacevich
War Out of Sight, Sacrifice Out of Mind
In the dispiriting of summer of 1979, a beleaguered President Jimmy Carter tried to sell his fellow citizens on a radical proposition: Having strayed from the path of righteousness, the nation was in...
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