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Informed or Inflamed? Author Steve Almond Talks About How We Consume Trump
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Informed or Inflamed? Author Steve Almond Talks About How We Consume Trump

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 / 6 April 2018

With the recent release of Bad Stories: What the Hell Just Happened to Our Country, Steve Almond talks in-depth about the US president whom most parents wouldn't even let on the playground -- and about his beef with the American left.

Catch Dave Hickey’s Collection of Criticism a ‘Perfect Wave’ and You’ll Enjoy the Ride
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Catch Dave Hickey’s Collection of Criticism a ‘Perfect Wave’ and You’ll Enjoy the Ride

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 / 24 January 2018

In Hickey's formulation, what is raw is hot. What is cooked is cool. Art and democracy are better served by cool cats, not hotheads.

America in the Age of Trump: Boycotts, Condonations, and ‘The Divide’
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America in the Age of Trump: Boycotts, Condonations, and ‘The Divide’

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 / 23 November 2016
Is AntiBookClub's call to Penguin Random House to drop The Art of the Deal from their catalog an effective form of resistance?
How to Save the Media (and Democracy)
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How to Save the Media (and Democracy)

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 / 2 May 2016
The system of media and journalism on which our democracy relies is under threat. French economist Julia Cage surveys the scale of the crisis and proposes a unique solution.
Bernard Harcourt’s Study on Our Surveillance State, ‘Exposed’, Is a Call for Action
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Bernard Harcourt’s Study on Our Surveillance State, ‘Exposed’, Is a Call for Action

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 / 2 December 2015
Surveillance, contrary to 19th century theories, is not an activity perpetrated solely by actors of the state, but rather by “state like” actors -- and we are the actors.
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The 2011 Looking Glass Awards: Anger Is an Energy

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 / 5 January 2012
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Democracy’s Egalitarianism vs. Capitalism’s Inequality: ‘American Colossus’

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 / 1 December 2010
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Living Blue in the Red States by David Starkey

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 / 25 November 2007