Do you think following national security is something you should do, because it’s important, but don’t know where to start? I felt this way myself for many years. I’d like to think the topics and perspectives in this post are a worthwhile primer on starting and...
Following the September 11 attacks 20 years ago, and the subsequent U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001, the media broadly published pro-war pieces, often lauding U.S. military instigators as saviors amid the nation’s outpouring of furious grief. The next two...
Unemployment benefits that were implemented to aid workers during the pandemic ended September 6, coinciding with Labor Day. On September 3, the Department of Labor released its weekly unemployment insurance (UI) report, the last before pandemic benefits ended, giving...
This struggle of Afghan women and the fight against misogyny is hardly new, and yet new developments are happening. Newly mobilized global feminisms may be emerging. If this can happen, it might just save our planet. Afghan women ask that there be no recognition of...
The eight-year sentencing of Jessica Reznicek, an Iowan Water Protector arrested for her part in the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, has once again spotlighted the criminalization that environmental and climate activists face in the United States. Yet, as the...
After 20 years of war in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden recently made the decision to fully withdraw U.S. forces from the country. The U.S.-backed Afghan government quickly collapsed and the Taliban, which harbored Al Qaeda before the 9/11 attacks, regained control....
In an age when the majority of Americans get their news from digital platforms and where misinformation about a pandemic is spreading just as fast as the virus itself, digital media literacy is more important than ever. Recent studies have found that popularly used...
In moments when the climate emergency’s dire impacts become unignorable, mainstream news can produce appropriately urgent reporting, such as on wildfires and other disasters. But only sustained coverage of humans’ damage to the planet will communicate the depth of the...
Republican voters in the United States are increasingly hostile toward illegal immigrants, spurred by mounting hardline anti-immigration rhetoric from politicians whose views mainstream conservative outlets like Fox News amplify. Fox News show no signs of letting up...
COVID-19 caseloads are climbing again, and the Right continues to spread virus misinformation as the government struggles with its response. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has given contradictory advice over the past months concerning mask wearing—its...
