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Post-Cold War liberal chauvinism knew no better ideological conduit than the hit NBC series The West Wing. Foreign policy was imperial, staffers were self-satisfied, and Serious Democrats fended off r...

26 Sep 201857min

With recent primary election wins by candidates like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, James Thompson, Julia Salazar and others, the terms "socialist" and "democratic socialist" are everywhere....

19 Sep 20181h 12min

In the mid-1990s there was a rhetorical and cultural shift on the issue of abortion, namely the result of anti-abortion activists successfully introducing the term "partial birth abortion" into both t...

12 Sep 201846min

From the shame-inducing "safe, legal and rare" framing of the 1990s to normalizing efforts like the #ShoutYourAbortion campaign and an uptick in abortion plot lines in mainstream television, dialogue ...

5 Sep 201848min

There must be an account for the thousands of dead Arabs and Asians McCain helped create. On this News Brief we attempt to do that.

26 Aug 201818min

Since there's been America, there have been American war crimes, and since there have been American war crimes, there's been a parallel cottage industry of hacks, shills and propagandists willing to n...

8 Aug 201849min

Russia, as we all know, has sinister "oligarchs" whereas in the United States, we are told, we have "philanthropists," "job creators," and "titans of industry" who earn their wealth through hard work,...

1 Aug 201854min

Russia, as we all know, has sinister "oligarchs" whereas in the United States, we are told, we have "philanthropists," "job creators," and "titans of industry" who earn their wealth through hard work,...

25 Jul 20181h 9min