Reporters Know They Are Being Conned by Donald Trump, but Not What to Do About It
Trump just managed to con the news media into uninterrupted live coverage of what appeared to be a do-over convention he staged for himself. Then he lied.
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Five Years After the Brooklyn Bridge Arrests, the Occupy Wall Street Worth Remembering
We miss a useful lesson in radical political history if we confine Occupy’s memory to the thing that laid the ground for Bernie Sanders’s campaign and “changed the conversation.”
Intercepted Podcast: Trump Declares War on The Planet in Real-Life Remake of The Purge
Donald Trump is treating the health of the planet as a short sell. The deadly game? Make as much money for big oil as possible before the planet burns.
I Was a CIA Whistleblower. Now I'm a Black Inmate. Here's How I See American Racism.
A former CIA officer, imprisoned for disclosing classified information to a New York Times journalist, speaks out about the mechanics of racism and his hopes for overcoming it.
WashPost Makes History: First Paper to Call for Prosecution of Its Own Source (After Accepting Pulitzer)
The Washington Post received countless benefits off Snowden's back. Now its editorial page wants him imprisoned.
Aide Planted Anti-Bank Comments in One Paid Clinton Speech to Throw Reporters Off the Scent
A top aide calculatingly inserted a passage critical of the financial industry into one of Hillary Clinton’s many highly-paid speeches to big banks.
In the Chicago Police Department, If the Bosses Say It Didn’t Happen, It Didn’t Happen
Two young officers began to hear rumors of a drug gang operating within the Chicago Police Department. They were skeptical at first.
Bernie Sanders Left Delegates With No Way to Fight but Boo
Bernie Sanders decided not to demand votes on progressive issues on the convention floor in order to avoid divisiveness.
How the Chicago Police Department Covered Up for a Gang of Criminal Cops
Top Chicago police officials carried out a campaign of retaliation against two officers investigating a criminal gang within the department.
Leaked Catalogue Reveals a Vast Array of Military Spy Gear Offered to U.S. Police
A 120-page document from the British firm Cobham was circulated to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, from which it leaked.