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SAY WHAT YOU WILL ABOUT WHISTLEBLOWERS, BUT THEY’RE MORE COURAGEOUS THAN YOU

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 3, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS

"I hope to pass on such lessons to future officials in similar circumstances and to all the citizens who should hold them accountable."

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Daniel Ellsberg, Donald Trump, Massachusetts State Police, Ukraine, whistleblower, whistleblowers, White House

MIKE BENT: PEDAGOGY OF A MAGIC AND COMEDY PROFESSOR

Written by DENNIS MALER Posted March 15, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

Ever since the introduction of the comedy studies major at Emerson College, I wanted to know what goes into creating the first-ever such program. Who are the students that take it? What does it take to teach kids how to be funny?

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: Boston, comedy professor, Easter Egg Hunt, humor, kids comedy, Mike Bent, Obama, White House

A SIMPLE CHALLENGE TO IGNORE PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS UNTIL SEPTEMBER

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted February 27, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader

Since there is absolutely nothing you can do between now and September that will change anything at the national level (and really after that too, but I’m being nice), I’ll make you a deal.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader Tagged With: local, Manchester, Politics, POTUS, presidential politics, Trump, White House

DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: ‘I WILL MANAGE THIS PROCESS’

Written by BAYNARD WOODS Posted September 5, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

The emails from Felix Sater—a convicted criminal and informant with longtime ties to Trump and his organization—promising Trump’s lawyer that Putin would help get the Donald elected are only the most recent example of the Trump/Putin nexus of political crime.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: authoritarianism, Donald Trump, FBI, James Comey, Jeff Sessions, Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County, media, pardon, sater, White House

WHITE SUPREMACY, MONUMENTS, AND POWER

Written by BAYNARD WOODS Posted August 25, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

He was filmed and photographed beating a black man, Deandre Harris, by what looks like the Village People of racists—one with a Nazi helmet, another like a construction, one in a polo, and another, like this guy, with beard and baseball hat.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Baynard Woods, Charlottesville, DC, Democracy in Crisis, Donald Trump, Durham, North Carolina, Trump International Hotel, Virginia, White House, white supremacy

DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: STOP FETISHIZING NORMALCY TO CONDEMN TRUMP

Written by BAYNARD WOODS Posted August 1, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

It’s not normal that a psycho rich guy like Trump takes over the office to make profit for his family. But it is normal for rich guys to hold the office.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Baynard Woods, DC, DC Attorney General Karl Racine, Democracy in Crisis, Donald Trump, Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh, Trump International Hotel, White House

NATIONAL WIRE: TRUMP’S LATEST LGBTQ MOVES DRAW CRITICISM ON MASS FRONT

Written by MIKE CLIFFORD Posted August 1, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

In the workplace protection case, a civil lawsuit involving a fired skydiving instructor who came out as gay, the Justice Department argues that Congress has not extended Title VII to include sexual orientation.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Department of Justice, Donald Trump, Employment Fairness Project, GLAD Legal Advocates and Defenders, Greg Nevins, Jennifer Levi, Lambda Legal, Transgender Rights Project, Twitter, White House

ON WHY MOST OUTLETS AREN’T EQUIPPED TO COVER THE POTUS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted July 18, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm

Mainstream journalists have seen some ugly shit. From shootings to bombings, even the most superficial morons on the evening news may need some therapy. At the same time, while they are often numb to conventional horrors, many have reactionary impulses that result in the wrong kind of attention being given to countless issues.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm Tagged With: authoritarianism, Donald Trump, FBI, James Comey, Jeff Sessions, media, White House

DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: HOOVER, DAMN!

Written by BAYNARD WOODS Posted June 13, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Amid Comey chaos, lessons from the history of America’s secret police

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: authoritarianism, Baynard Woods, Democracy in Crisis, Donald Trump, FBI, James Comey, Jeff Sessions, White House

DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: WHOSE AUTOCRACY IS IT ANYWAY?

Written by BAYNARD WOODS Posted May 15, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

13 Authoritarian jokes on America

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: authoritarianism, Baynard Woods, Democracy in Crisis, Donald Trump, FBI, James Comey, Jeff Sessions, White House

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