Jon Schwarz

Before joining First Look Media, Jon Schwarz worked for Michael Moore’s Dog Eat Dog Films and was a research producer for Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story.” He’s contributed to many publications, including the New Yorker, the New York Times, The Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal, Mother Jones, and Slate, as well as NPR and "Saturday Night Live." In 2003, he collected on a $1,000 bet that Iraq would have no weapons of mass destruction.

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BAGHDAD, Iraq: US soldiers from Bravo Company 1-87 Infantry 10th Mountain Division 1st Brigade Combat Team break down the door of a civilian Iraqi home in order to search the building during a patrol in western Baghdad, 31 October, 2005. Seven US soldiers were killed in separate bomb explosions in Iraq, the military said today. Four died when their patrol struck an improvised explosive device in the Yusufiyah district, southwest of Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/DAVID FURST (Photo credit should read DAVID FURST/AFP via Getty Images)

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George W. Bush Is Building a Memorial to the War on Terror. He Wants Your Feedback.

Jon Schwarz

- Sep. 30

Over 4.5 million people will not be submitting comments because they are dead.

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 29: New Yorkers in need wait in a long line to receive free produce, dry goods, and meat at a Food Bank For New York City distribution event at Lincoln Center on July 29, 2020 in New York City. In addition to unemployment and homelessness, millions of Americans face food insecurity as a result of the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images)

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The Secret History of How the Super-Rich Have Kept the Working Class Out of Work

Jon Schwarz

- Sep. 23

Tim Gurner, the viral Australian multimillionaire who wants more workers to be unemployed, was debunked by an economist in 1943.

Two Young Boys eating Lunch, Economy Glass Works, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA, Lewis Hine for National Child Labor Committee, October 1908. (Photo by: GHI/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Four Days a Week: This Labor Day, Let's Talk About Laboring Less

Jon Schwarz

- Sep. 3

The progressive goal of less work and more living is finally back on the political agenda.

More than 200,000 people participated in the March on Washington demonstrations. The throng marched to the Mall and listened to Civil Rights leaders, clergyman and others addressed the crowd, including Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.

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How We Forgot the “Jobs” Part of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

Jon Schwarz

- Aug. 28

The anti-racism of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech has overshadowed the demands for economic justice at the historic 1963 protest.

Air conditioner units at a building in Shanghai, China, on Friday, June 23, 2023. Extreme weather is already promising a fresh test of the electricity grid just months after heat waves and drought throttled hydropower and triggered widespread power shortages. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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A Brief History of China’s Global Warming Hoax, From 1863 to Right Now

Jon Schwarz

- Aug. 20

It all began when Irish physicist John Tyndall proposed in a “false flag” operation that variations in atmospheric composition could cause changes in the climate.