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Politics and Movements: US

A bombshell NYT report exposed widespread illegal child labor. Where are all the calls for prison time?

by Adam Johnson April 19, 2023April 19, 2023

A tale of two responses—one to shoplifting, one to child abuse by large corporations—shows two different sets of rules.

Split screen image. On the left: David Frum, author and George W Bush's former economic speech writer at home in Washington DC. On the right: Fires burn in and around Saddam Hussein's Council of Ministers during the first wave of attacks in the "shock and awe" phase of "Operation Iraqi Freedom" on March 21, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq.

Politics and Movements: US

US Media’s Iraq War Pushers 20 Years On: Where Are They Now? Rich and Influential.

by Adam Johnson March 17, 2023March 17, 2023

This video screenshot released by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) shows the site of a derailed freight train in East Palestine, Ohio. NTSB/Handout via Xinhua.

Politics and Movements: US

On East Palestine, Dems’ Unwillingness to Speak in the Language of Class Opens the Door for GOP’s Cynical “White Genocide” Narrative

by Adam Johnson February 22, 2023February 22, 2023

Urban Alchemys Rodney Wrice patrols a homeless tent village a block away from San Francisco's City Hall in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022.

Economy and Inequality

Advocating internment camps for homeless people is increasingly mainstream. This should frighten us.

by Adam Johnson January 27, 2023January 27, 2023

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Southwest Airlines’ Christmas meltdown shows how corporations deliberately pit consumers against low-wage workers

by Adam Johnson December 28, 2022January 5, 2023

Twitter Verified icon seen on mobile screen with Elon Musk in the background illustration, in Brussels, Belgium, on December 11, 2022.

Economy and Inequality

‘Free speech’ is whatever the rich say it is

by Adam Johnson December 22, 2022December 22, 2022

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Politics and Movements: US

Biden and Congressional Dems partner with GOP and corporate media to discipline railroad workers

by Maximillian Alvarez, Mel Buer, Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson December 1, 2022December 1, 2022

The New York Times Building in New York City on Feb. 1, 2022.

Politics and Movements: US

New York Times draws sweeping conclusions when reform district attorneys lose, ignores them entirely when they win

by Adam Johnson November 18, 2022November 18, 2022

Protesters hold a puppet of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos during a May Day protest on May 1, 2021, in New York City. Across the country people are protesting and marching on the traditional day of workers rights and demanding fair treatment and the unionization of Amazon.

Economy and Inequality

Amazon’s $62M Wage Theft Gets Brief Media Mention, While ‘Fare Evasion’ Stories Stir Media Frenzy

by Adam Johnson October 19, 2022October 19, 2022

A group of preschool children with their teachers walking by Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park in downtown Chicago in July 2010.

Economy and Inequality

Media indifference to report on deadly Chicago water contamination an object lesson in how crime is socially constructed

by Adam Johnson September 30, 2022October 1, 2022