Book Review
Deadly Spin – an inside account of insurance industry lies
April 10, 2012Wendell Potter, a former top health insurance public relations executive, warned the Senate committee overseeing health care reform not to believe a word insurance companies said.
Read more“Cut from Plain Cloth, The 2011 Wisconsin Workers Protests”
March 5, 2012As you turn the pages of this outstanding work, it is clear that it was complied with the same love, spirit, and determination that fueled the protests themselves.
Read moreJeffrey Sachs and “The Price of Civilization”
February 24, 2012Sachs is particularly good at showing where productive value from work is going.
Read more“Pity the Billionaire” recounts hijacking of public opinion
February 21, 2012Thomas Frank, ex-Wall Street Journalist turned liberal political savant, is currently the darling of the airwaves for NPR and Democracy Now fans.
Read moreMedia and power
February 7, 2012Canadian sociologist Jeffery Klaehn has put together a penetrating collection of essays dealing with the political economy of the mass media spanning a broad range of topics.
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