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Mourn Justice Ginsburg, Keep Fighting

“Ruth Bader Ginsburg changed the way the law sees gender... She changed the course of American law... She touched the lives of generations of men and women... She pushed for a full and inclusive...

Thank You, Bernie. Screw you, NYT

Thank You, Bernie. Screw You, New York Times. (F Word)     It is the essence of American liberalism to trash radical dreams and then dance on them. And that’s just what the New York Times did...

Can It Happen Here?

Can it happen here? Absolutely it can. Even in a liberal bastion. A few weeks ago, a handful of white supremacists marched into a bookstore in Washington D.C., temporarily disrupting a talk by Jonathan...

F-Word: From Voice of America to NPR – New CEO Lansing’s Glass House

I don’t know about you, but I take a teeny weeny bit of offense when a guy in a glass house lobs a great big stone and expects me not to notice the sound...

F Word – February/March: The Pandering Months

  February/March: The Pandering Months  Here we are again, ending Black History Month, starting Women’s History month. This time, the season coincides with the Democratic primaries. The Democratic Party has no more loyal group of voters...

Reporter in Spain: On the Spanish Left

On Left: Claud Cockburn in Spain with Fred Branfman, commander of British battalion of International Brigade, in a photo by Gerda Toro. (Photo courtesy Laura Flanders)   Eighty years ago this April, Spain fell under a...

F Word: #SayHerName, Impeachment and the Hawk

I was thinking about impeachment when a bird fell out of the sky.  I was thinking about quid pro quos and the using of the presidency for personal gain when I rounded a corner and...

Bigotry and the Health Crisis: Covid-19

Bigotry and the Health Crisis: Covid-19 F Word      Laura explores the relation of bigotry and the health crisis and compares the modern history of healthcare in the US to the UK.    Transcript:   Our Health...

Democracy Vs Dictatorship: Don’t Let Bloomberg Muddy That Choice – F Word

Democracy vs Dictatorship: Don't Let Bloomberg Muddy That Choice  The 2020 presidential race didn’t get decided this week, but the choice before us did: more democracy or less of it. That’s the decision we are...

Kenyon Farrow on The Racial and Economic Implications of the Coronavirus Pandemic

   Kenyon Farrow on the Racial and Economic Implications of the Coronavirus Pandemic  Guest commentary by way of Kenyon Farrow, writer, journalist, strategist, senior editor of TheBody.com and TheBodyPro.com, breaks down the racial and economic disparities...

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