The history of movements at both ends of the spectrum fomenting rage at conscientious teachers
Altercation
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Altercation: Networks of Paranoia
The interlocking directorates at the heart of the right’s descent into lunacy
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Altercation: ‘Both Sides’ Journalism Versus the Truth on Climate Change
Why our leading newspapers still entertain dangerous nonsense on their opinion pages
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: Big Money Is the Ultimate in Cancel Culture
Just ask Yale, where donors upended a celebrated academic program.
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: What Takes the Place of Local News Ain’t News
Right-wing propaganda that looks like local papers is flooding America’s towns.
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: The Facebook Threat to Democracy—and Us All
On the hatred, violence, and lies that further enrich Mark Zuckerberg
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: Authoritarians Amok
Explaining Trumpism, with some help from Chad Goldberg and Herbert Marcuse
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: Even a Failed War Can Make You Lots of Money
If you’re an enterprising ex-general
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: On 9/11, Was W. AWOL?
The mysterious case of the president’s dysfunctionality on the day the U.S. was attacked
Posted inAmerica and the World
Altercation: The Forever Nonsense of Forever Warriors
A world without ubiquitous U.S. military presence? Horrors!