Category Archives: Persons

PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Dopey Senator: ‘We Need to Declare a War on Drugs!'” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮

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A new “war on drugs” is necessary to combat West Virginia’s opioid crisis, Sen. Joe Manchin said Tuesday.

The West Virginia Democrat’s phrasing was a throwback to a highly criticized Nixon-era program of the same name.

PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “A New McCarthyism with Ellen Schrecker” / RT America / On Contact with Chris Hedges ☮

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On this week’s episode of On Contact, Chris Hedges explores the rise of a new McCarthyism with Professor Ellen Schrecker, author of “Many are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America”. They examine the role of President Elect Donald Trump and the impact the suppression of dissent has had on higher education. RT Correspondent Anya Parampil looks at a few recent examples of targets of this new McCarthyism.

PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Trump is the Result of Years of GOP Anti-Intellectualism” / Ring of Fire / Farron Cousins ☮

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The Republicans have spent most of this century railing against so-called liberal elitism and intellectualism, demonizing intelligence. Donald Trump’s election is the end result of the Republican Party’s assault on intelligence.

ATHEISM: “Obama Signs Law Giving Protection to Atheists” Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮

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For the first time, atheists and other nonreligious persons are explicitly named as a class protected by the law.

President Barack Obama has signed into law the Frank Wolf International Religious Freedom Act. The new law protects atheists, humanists, and other freethinkers around the world from religious persecution.