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Made for Each Other: U.S. news media and the Tea Party Movement The Bloomington Alternative Last week, two competing narratives surrounding the economic stimulus package dominated the news cycle. Not...
View ArticleTax Day Protests That Don’t Make the News
Yesterday’s Tea Party tax day protests made headlines across the country. Last night and this morning, Tea Party rallies were featured on NPR, The New York Times, and, closer to home, The Herald-Times...
View ArticleAnnals of Censorship: Wall Street Edition
Time and again, the establishment media ignore progressive protests aimed at the abuses on Wall Street and the subsequent tax payer bailout of the financial services industry. Shutting out progressive...
View ArticleTea Party Assessment
With the primary season coming to a close and the midterm elections looming, now’s as good a time as any to assess the tea party and its impact on electoral politics. Thus far, the tea party’s impact...
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With the midterm elections just around the corner, wars and corporate excess ruining the economy, and environmental calamity all around us, I’ve been doing quite a bit of wishful thinking of late. In...
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WTF? Election Day Edition The Bloomington Alternative This year’s campaign season has been more bizarre than usual. From the manufactured controversy over the so-called Ground Zero mosque and Christine...
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