ViewpointPalestine

New York Times Repeats U.S. Government’s Evidence-Free Claim That Gaza Protests Are Part of Iranian Plot

Where is the actual evidence that Iranian operatives “posing as students” are helping organize and fund campus protests over the war on Gaza?

Adam Johnson

ViewpointElection 2024

4 Talking Points Used to Smear DNC Protesters—And Why They’re Bogus

As the Democratic National Convention descends on Chicago, protesters are taking to the streets demanding an end to U.S. support for the genocide in Gaza. Don’t buy the arguments of those criticizing them.

Adam Johnson

LaborViewpointPalestine

Unions Demanding an End to Israel Military Aid Is a Welcome Escalation

While the Biden administration uses rhetorical tricks and delay tactics, labor unions are pressuring the White House to end the war by embracing an increasingly popular demand: “not one more bomb.”

Adam Johnson

ViewpointElection 2024

The Best Counter to Project 2025 Is a Progressive Project 2025

If President Biden—or any Democratic replacement—wants to get back in the race, they need a positive moral vision to run on, not just dire warnings.

Adam Johnson

ViewpointElection 2024

Biden Bombed, But CNN Debate Moderators Set a New Benchmark for Cynicism

While the debate was a nightmare for team Biden, the moderators gave Trump's lies free rein—and ensured that it wasn't much of a debate at all.

Adam Johnson

Viewpoint

The Myth of the "Poll-Driven" Democrat Is Cover for Conservative Policy Preferences

Selective "popularism" is being used by the Democratic Party establishment to pursue reactionary ideological goals.

Adam Johnson

ViewpointPalestine

Gaza Has Exposed Journalistic and Academic “Neutrality” as the Conservative Deflection It Always Was

After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, elite liberal institutions had no problem picking a side. After 37,000 Palestinians are killed by Israel—things are now more complicated.

Adam Johnson

ViewpointElection 2024

Unable to Defend Biden’s Gaza Policy on Its Merits, Elite Pundits Turn to Anti-Zoomer Psychobabble

According to mainstream commentators, kids these days are opposing U.S.-backed mass killing because of Chinese psyops, rigid groupthink and social contagion.

Adam Johnson

ViewpointPalestine

Here are 3 Ways the U.S. Media Tries to Justify Israel’s Attacks on Civilians in Gaza

From the use of terms such as “human shields,” “terror tunnels” and “Hamas strongholds,” media outlets are covering for Israel’s devastating bombing campaign on Palestinians.

Adam Johnson

Feature

While Democrats Call for Gun Control at Home, They Push Deadly Arms Deals Abroad

To seriously address the scourge of gun violence, we must oppose U.S. militarism around the globe. Many leading Democrats haven’t gotten the message.

Adam Johnson

Feature

If the New York Times Wanted Ideological Diversity, Why Not Hire a Socialist?

To the Times, Bret Stephens' racism and climate denial are more acceptable than leftism.

Adam Johnson

Feature

Once Again, Corporate Media Unites To Support U.S. Escalation in the Middle East

Trump's latest aggression against the Assad regime has won him fans in editorial boards nationwide.

Adam Johnson

Feature

Surprise: David Brooks Is Dead Wrong on the Women’s March

The New York Times columnist used the biggest protests in U.S. history as an excuse for another boilerplate centrist rant.

Adam Johnson

Rural America

Troubled Human Celebrates Coal Miners Losing Health Insurance

Adam Johnson

Feature

Hey, Pundits: Stop Blaming Millennials For Trump—They Aren’t the Ones Voting for Him

Journalists who pin the rise of Trump on falling civic education standards ignore that young people are the least likely to vote for him.

Adam Johnson

Feature

U.S.-Led Airstrikes Just Killed 85 Syrian Civilians—And the Corporate Media Looked Away

More died than in last week's Nice, France attack, but far fewer words were written.

Adam Johnson

Feature

Washington Post Squeezes Four Anti-Bernie Sanders Stories Out of One Tax Study in Just 7 Hours

The paper seems bent on taking down Bernie.

Adam Johnson

Feature

Shockingly, the Washington Post Investigated Itself for Anti-Bernie Sanders Bias and Found None

The paper had just run 16 negative stories about Sanders in 16 hours.

Adam Johnson

Feature

The Washington Post Ran 16 Negative Stories on Bernie Sanders in 16 Hours

This has to be some kind of record.

Adam Johnson

Feature

Bernie Sanders Won All Major Polls, But Corporate Media Declared Hillary Clinton the Debate Winner

Bernie Sanders by all objective measures "won" the debate.

Adam Johnson