News & Research

Who’s Really to Blame for Fake News? Look in the Mirror, America.

Neal Gabler Consider for a moment the oxymoronic concept of “fake news,” which we have been hearing so much about lately. This isn’t your typical disinformation or misinformation — generated by

December 1, 2016
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Category: Media

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Propaganda & Truth

Goodbye Grasslands. Goodbye Birds. Goodbye Carbon Sink.

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America's Great Plains are being plowed under at an alarming rate

December 1, 2016
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Category: Environment

Hope in a Dark Era: In the Face of Barbarism, Thousands Turn to Democratic Socialism

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In his book The American Left and Some British Comparisons, published in 1971, the renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith sought to analyze the persistent shortcomings of the Democratic Party.

December 1, 2016
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Category: Politics

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Ideological Debate

Vote Recount vs the Media Consensus

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The impatience across much of the media is palpable. Recount? Oh groan. That’s not going to change the election results. The consensus “truth” writhing just below the surface of the mainstream, eyeball-rolling

December 1, 2016
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Category: Politics

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2016 US Elections

The Extraordinarily High Burden of Proof for Violating Liberty

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One less rewarding consequence of that same fact is hearing something like, “Of course you believe in that; you are a libertarian,” in response to some policy conclusion I have drawn.

November 29, 2016
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Category: Philosophy

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Human Rights

An End to AIDS: New Vaccine Could Be The “Final Nail in the Coffin” for HIV

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HIV/Aids directly affects roughly 36.7 million worldwide and kills over 1 million each year. A human trial period for the HIV vaccine, known as HVTN 702, started this November for 5,400 sexually active South African men and women between the ages of 18 and 35.