Trump is not to blame for our societal destruction, the author of 'America: The Farewell Tour' tells Street Roots; the problem is our political and economic systems What’s wrong with us? As a nation, we are riddled with depression and addiction. ...
5 Oct 2018 - Joanne Zuhl
You can’t dismiss President Trump's anti-press rhetoric as simply hyperbole Remember when the phrase “alternative facts” was laughably absurd? It was the term coined by a White House spokesperson a few days after the Trump administration took office ...
16 Aug 2018 - SR editorial board
The commission's longest-serving member, who opposes the decision to roll back protections, discusses what's at stake When the Federal Communications Commission voted this month to gut internet neutrality protections, Commissioner Mignon Clyburn ...
29 Dec 2017 - Joanne Zuhl
New York Times columnist David Bornstein is co-founder of the Solutions Journalism Network, which advocates for stories that don’t just expose problems but show how they can be solved Car crashes. Robberies. Drug busts. Fires. A murder. These are topics ...
1 Dec 2017 - Amanda Waldroupe
The news media face myriad challenges, but great journalists are still working hard to serve their communities I had the pleasure of taking part in the City Club’s recent Friday Forum on “News Media in a Post-Fact World.” Myself and Kimberly Wilson, forme ...
20 Oct 2017 - Israel Bayer
Media literacy expert Renee Hobbs talks about how to recognize and combat the propaganda coming at us from all sides Do you think of “Saturday Night Live” as propaganda? What about those commercials of sad-looking puppies in cages that can’t be helped “wi ...
16 Mar 2017 - Emily Green